--- title: "Connect SmartEmailing to CarAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in SmartEmailing, your agent runs \"Look up recall records\" in CarAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-carapi" --- # Connect SmartEmailing to CarAPI When **New Contact** fires in [SmartEmailing](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartemailing), your agent runs **Look up recall records** in [CarAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SmartEmailing **2** triggers SmartEmailing **15** actions CarAPI **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want SmartEmailing and CarAPI 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 SmartEmailing can start in CarAPI - When **New Contact** in SmartEmailing then **Look up recall records** in CarAPI - When **Updated Contact** in SmartEmailing then **Check vehicle stolen status** in CarAPI 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 SmartEmailing and CarAPI ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your SmartEmailing account. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when an existing contact is updated in SmartEmailing. - Action **Add Contact list** Creates a new contact list in SmartEmailing. - Action **Add Custom field** Creates a new contact custom field in SmartEmailing with the given name and type. - Action **Delete Contact** Permanently deletes a contact and anonymizes its data (GDPR forget). This cannot be undone. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single contact by email address or ID, including contact list memberships and custom field values. - Action **Get Contact list** Returns a single contact list by its ID with all its properties, such as name, sender details and engagement rates. - Action **List Contact lists** Returns all contact lists in your SmartEmailing account. - Action **List Contacts** Returns contacts in your SmartEmailing account, optionally filtered by email, name, company and other contact details, including their list memberships and custom field values. - Action **List Contacts in list** Returns the contacts that belong to a contact list, with their details and list memberships. - Action **List Custom fields** Returns the custom field definitions set up in your SmartEmailing account, optionally with their options. - Action **List Newsletters** Returns your finished newsletters with their sender details, send times and open, click and unsubscribe counts. - Action **Send custom email** Sends a SmartEmailing email or email template to one recipient, with optional subject, preheader and dynamic content overrides. - Action **Send transactional email** Sends a transactional email (no unsubscribe link) to one recipient, either from a saved email/template or from a subject and body you supply. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from a chosen contact list. - Action **Update Contact email address** Changes a contact's email address in SmartEmailing, moving all of the contact's data to the new address. - Action **Update Contact list** Updates an existing contact list's name, public name, sender name, sender email or reply-to address. Only the values you provide are changed. - Action **Check vehicle stolen status** Check whether a vehicle (by VIN) is reported stolen. - Action **Convert plate to VIN** Convert a license plate number to a VIN. - Action **Decode VIN** Decode a vehicle's VIN into make/model/year/trim/specs. - Action **Estimate vehicle cost of ownership** Estimate the total cost of owning a vehicle over time. - Action **Extract license plate from image** Extract a license plate number from an uploaded image. - Action **Extract VIN from image** Extract a VIN from an uploaded vehicle image. - Action **Find nearest EV charging stations** Find EV charging stations near a location. - Action **Get time to sell for comparable vehicles** Estimate time to sell based on comparable vehicle listings. - Action **Get vehicle inspection history** Get a vehicle's inspection history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle mileage history** Get a vehicle's mileage/odometer history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle valuation** Get an estimated market valuation for a vehicle. - Action **List supported EV vehicles** List EV models supported by the route planner. - Action **Look up recall records** Look up safety recall records for a vehicle. - Action **Plan EV route with charging stops** Plan an EV route between two points including charging stops. - Action **Search vehicle listings** Search for-sale vehicle listings by criteria. ## Each app on its own - [ **SmartEmailing** SmartEmailing is an e-marketing automation tool in the Czech Republic and the Slovak.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartemailing) - [ **CarAPI** Vehicle specs, VIN decoder, and market data for 21+ million vehicles](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from SmartEmailing - [ **SmartEmailing to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-stripe) - [ **SmartEmailing to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-trello) - [ **SmartEmailing to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-zoom) - [ **SmartEmailing to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-twilio) - [ **SmartEmailing to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-typeform) - [ **SmartEmailing to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/smartemailing-to-webflow) ## More into CarAPI - [ **HubSpot to CarAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-carapi) - [ **Salesforce to CarAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-carapi) - [ **Slack to CarAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-carapi) - [ **Google Sheets to CarAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-carapi) - [ **Gmail to CarAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-carapi) - [ **Google Calendar to CarAPI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-carapi) Questions ## SmartEmailing and CarAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from SmartEmailing? Any of SmartEmailing's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact and Updated Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CarAPI when something happens in SmartEmailing? Any of CarAPI's 15 actions, including Check vehicle stolen status, Convert plate to VIN, Decode VIN and Estimate vehicle cost of ownership. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CarAPI to SmartEmailing? CarAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SmartEmailing. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CarAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SmartEmailing or CarAPI? 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 SmartEmailing and CarAPI 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.