--- title: "Connect Slack to Drop Cowboy - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Channel\" fires in Slack, your agent runs \"Add note to contact\" in Drop Cowboy." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-drop-cowboy" --- # Connect Slack to Drop Cowboy When **New Channel** fires in [Slack](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack), your agent runs **Add note to contact** in [Drop Cowboy](https://apiant.ai/connections/drop-cowboy). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Slack **15** triggers Slack **60** actions Drop Cowboy **24** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Slack and Drop Cowboy to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Slack can start in Drop Cowboy - When **New Channel** in Slack then **Add note to contact** in Drop Cowboy - When **New Channel Member** in Slack then **Add number to do-not-contact list** in Drop Cowboy Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Slack and Drop Cowboy ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 84 actions - Trigger **New Channel** Triggers when a new channel is created in the workspace. - Trigger **New Channel (instant)** Triggers when a new channel is created (Slack event channel_created). - Trigger **New Channel Member** Triggers when a member joins a chosen channel (Slack event member_joined_channel). - Trigger **New File (instant)** Triggers when a new file is uploaded to the workspace (Slack event file_created). - Trigger **New Mention (instant)** Triggers when a username or keyword is mentioned in a channel. Events API message events with keyword filter. - Trigger **New Message Posted to Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Message Posted to Private Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen private channel or group DM (Slack events message.groups, message.mpim). - Trigger **New Pinned Item** Triggers when an item is pinned in a channel. - Trigger **New Public Message Posted Anywhere** Triggers when a message is posted to any public channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Reaction Added** Triggers when an emoji reaction is added to a message (Slack event reaction_added). - Trigger **New Saved Message** Triggers when a message or file is saved (starred) (Slack event star_added). - Trigger **New Team Custom Emoji** Triggers when a custom emoji is added to the workspace (Slack event emoji_changed). - Trigger **New Thread Reply** Triggers when a new reply is added to a message thread. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace. Polling; deduped by user id. - Trigger **New User (instant)** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace (Slack event team_join). - Action **Add Bookmark** Add a bookmark to a channel. - Action **Add Reaction** Add an emoji reaction to a message. - Action **Add Star** Save a message or file by starring it. - Action **Archive Channel** Archive a channel. - Action **Complete Reminder** Mark a reminder as complete. - Action **Create Canvas** Create a standalone canvas document. - Action **Create Channel** Create a new public or private channel. - Action **Create Channel Canvas** Create a canvas attached to a channel. - Action **Create Reminder** Create a reminder for a user at a specified time. - Action **Delete Canvas** Delete a canvas. - Action **Delete File** Delete a file from the workspace. - Action **Delete Message** Delete a message from a channel by timestamp. - Action **Delete Reminder** Delete a reminder. - Action **Delete Scheduled Message** Cancel a scheduled message before it is sent. - Action **Edit Bookmark** Edit an existing channel bookmark. - Action **Edit Canvas** Edit the content of a canvas. - Action **Find Channel by Name** List channels filtered to locate a channel by name (client filters the returned list). - Action **Find User by Email** Look up a Slack user by their email address. - Action **Get Channel Messages** Fetch the message history of a channel. - Action **Get File Info** Get information about a file. - Action **Get Message Permalink** Get a permanent link to a specific message. - Action **Get Message Reactions** Get the emoji reactions on a message. - Action **Get Team Info** Get information about the workspace. - Action **Get Thread Replies** Get the replies in a message thread. - Action **Get User Info** Get profile information for a Slack user by ID. - Action **Get User Presence** Get a user's current presence status. - Action **Get User Profile** Get a user's profile fields. - Action **Invite User to Channel** Invite one or more users to a channel (comma-separated user IDs). - Action **Join Channel** Join a public channel. - Action **Leave Channel** Leave a channel. - Action **List Bookmarks** List the bookmarks in a channel. - Action **List Channel Members** List the members of a channel. - Action **List Channels** List channels in the workspace (public and private). - Action **List Custom Emojis** List the workspace's custom emojis. - Action **List Files** List files in the workspace, optionally filtered by channel or user. - Action **List Pinned Items** List the items pinned in a channel. - Action **List Scheduled Messages** List messages scheduled to be sent later. - Action **List User Groups** List the workspace's user groups. - Action **List Users** List all users in the workspace. - Action **List User's Channels** List the channels a user is a member of. - Action **Mark Channel Read** Set the read cursor position in a channel. - Action **Pin Message** Pin a message to a channel. - Action **Remove Bookmark** Remove a bookmark from a channel. - Action **Remove Reaction** Remove an emoji reaction from a message. - Action **Remove Star** Remove a star from a message or file. - Action **Remove User from Channel** Remove a member from a channel. - Action **Rename Channel** Rename a channel. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedule a message to be sent to a channel at a future Unix time. - Action **Search Files** Search files across the workspace. - Action **Search Messages** Search messages across the workspace. - Action **Send Direct Message** Open a DM with a user and post a message to it. - Action **Send Ephemeral Message** Send a message in a channel that is visible only to one user. - Action **Send Message** Post a message to a channel, private group, or DM. - Action **Set Channel Purpose** Set the purpose (description) for a channel. - Action **Set Channel Topic** Set the topic for a channel. - Action **Set User Presence** Set the authenticated user's presence status. - Action **Unarchive Channel** Restore an archived channel. - Action **Unpin Message** Remove a pinned message from a channel. - Action **Update Message** Update an existing message in a channel by timestamp. - Action **Upload File** Upload a file and share it to one or more channels. - Action **Add list** Creates a new, empty contact list in your Drop Cowboy account. - Action **Add note to contact** Adds a note to a Drop Cowboy contact. The note can contain basic HTML. - Action **Add number to do-not-contact list** Adds a phone number (and optionally an email) to the Drop Cowboy do-not-contact list and flags matching contacts as do-not-contact. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in your Drop Cowboy account that you can then apply to contacts. - Action **Add tag to contact** Adds an existing tag to a contact and returns the contact's tags after the change. - Action **Add task** Opens a new task for a contact in the Drop Cowboy shared inbox. New tasks start open and unread. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact. Returns the deleted contact with its deletion time set. - Action **Delete number from do-not-contact list** Removes a phone number from the do-not-contact list, clears the do-not-contact flag on matching contacts, and returns the entry that was removed. - Action **Find contacts by phone or email** Finds contacts whose phone number or email exactly matches the value you provide. - Action **Find numbers on do-not-contact list** Checks phone numbers or email addresses against the do-not-contact list and returns which of them are listed, with the matching entries. - Action **Find or add contact** Finds a contact by phone number (then email), or creates it if none matches, and returns its contact ID. Optionally adds the contact to a list. - Action **Get balance** Returns your Drop Cowboy account balance in US dollars, including the amount reserved for sends in flight, the spendable amount, and your auto-recharge settings. - Action **Get campaign statistics** Returns delivery totals for one campaign: sent, delivered, failed, pending and billable counts with their rates, plus email engagement counts for email campaigns. - Action **Get contact** Returns one contact by id, including its field values, phone numbers, lists, tags, pinned notes, consent and do-not-contact flags. Fails if no contact has that id. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns on your Drop Cowboy account, optionally narrowed by name, status or type. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts on your account, optionally narrowed by list, search text, disposition, owner or brand. - Action **List lists** Returns the contact lists in your Drop Cowboy account, each with its name, brand, owner and contact count. You can filter by name or brand and choose the sort order. - Action **List media files** Returns the playable media files on your Drop Cowboy account, newest first, including whether each is approved for API sends. - Action **Send AI call** Places one outbound call handled by a published AI agent to a phone number or contact. The call is queued and its outcome is reported later by Drop Cowboy. - Action **Send email** Sends an email from one of your Drop Cowboy sending mailboxes to an email address or an existing contact. - Action **Send Mimic AI™ Voicemail** Sends a ringless voicemail spoken from your text in a Mimic AI™ (text-to-speech or cloned) voice, to a phone number or an existing contact. - Action **Send SMS** Sends a text message (SMS, MMS with media, or RCS with a template) to a phone number or an existing contact. The send is queued; its outcome arrives later on status webhooks. - Action **Send voice broadcast** Queues a Press-1 voice broadcast call to one phone number or contact, playing one message to a live person and another to an answering machine. The outcome arrives later on the status webhook. - Action **Send Voicemail** Queues a ringless voicemail to a phone number or contact, using an uploaded audio file or text to speech. Returns the queued message id; the delivery result arrives later on the status webhook. ## Each app on its own - [ **Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack) - [ **Drop Cowboy** Drop Cowboy is a Ringless Voicemail and SMS Marketing platform built to automate communication processes for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/drop-cowboy) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Slack - [ **Slack to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-hubspot) - [ **Slack to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-sheets) - [ **Slack to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-gmail) - [ **Slack to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-drive) - [ **Slack to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Slack to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pipedrive) ## More into Drop Cowboy - [ **HubSpot to Drop Cowboy** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-drop-cowboy) - [ **Salesforce to Drop Cowboy** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-drop-cowboy) - [ **Google Sheets to Drop Cowboy** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-drop-cowboy) - [ **Gmail to Drop Cowboy** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-drop-cowboy) - [ **Google Calendar to Drop Cowboy** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-drop-cowboy) - [ **Google Drive to Drop Cowboy** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-drop-cowboy) Questions ## Slack and Drop Cowboy, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Slack? Any of Slack's 15 triggers in the catalog, including New Channel, New Channel (instant), New Channel Member and New File (instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Drop Cowboy when something happens in Slack? Any of Drop Cowboy's 24 actions, including Send AI call, Send email, Send Mimic AI™ Voicemail and Send SMS. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Drop Cowboy to Slack? Drop Cowboy has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Slack. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Drop Cowboy's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Slack or Drop Cowboy? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Slack and Drop Cowboy without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.