--- title: "Connect Tella to Direct Mail Manager - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Video Created\" fires in Tella, your agent runs \"Add address\" in Direct Mail Manager." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-direct-mail-manager" --- # Connect Tella to Direct Mail Manager When **New Video Created** fires in [Tella](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella), your agent runs **Add address** in [Direct Mail Manager](https://apiant.ai/connections/direct-mail-manager). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Tella **1** trigger Tella **13** actions Direct Mail Manager **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Tella and Direct Mail Manager 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 Tella can start in Direct Mail Manager - When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Add address** in Direct Mail Manager - When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Add address to mailing list** in Direct Mail Manager 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 Tella and Direct Mail Manager ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 25 actions - Trigger **New Video Created** Fires instantly when a new video is created in your Tella workspace. - Action **Add Tag to Video** Adds an existing tag to a Tella video. Requires edit access to the video; adding a private tag only affects the connected user's library. - Action **Add Video** Creates a new Tella video from an uploaded video source; the source becomes the video's first clip. - Action **Add Video to Playlist** Adds an existing video to a Tella playlist. - Action **Create Playlist** Creates a new playlist in your workspace. - Action **Delete Playlist** Permanently deletes a Tella playlist. Videos in the playlist are not deleted. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently deletes a Tella video. - Action **Find Playlist** Finds playlists whose name matches the name you give (case-insensitive) and returns the matches, with the first match broken out. - Action **Find Video** Returns the videos whose title contains the specified name. - Action **Get Playlist** Returns the details of a Tella playlist, including its name, description, access settings, number of videos and view link. - Action **Get Video** Retrieves a Tella video's details, including chapters, transcript, thumbnails, exports, settings and links. - Action **Remove Video from Playlist** Removes a video from a playlist by playlist ID and video ID. - Action **Update Playlist** Updates an existing Playlist by ID, e.g. name/description. - Action **Update Video** Update a Tella video's title, description, sharing and access settings, viewer options, subtitle styling, audio and canvas settings. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Add address** Adds a new recipient address to your Direct Mail Manager account, optionally placing it on one or more mailing lists, and returns the new address's id and verification result. - Action **Add address to mailing list** Adds an existing address to a mailing list. An address can belong to any number of mailing lists. - Action **Add mailing list** Creates a new mailing list in Direct Mail Manager and returns its ID. - Action **Delete address** Deletes an address from your Direct Mail Manager account. The deletion is a soft delete, so the address can be restored later; suppressed or locked addresses cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete mailing list** Permanently deletes a mailing list. Addresses that were on the list are kept. - Action **Get address** Returns a single address from Direct Mail Manager, including its verification status, deliverability, mailing lists, metadata and custom field values. - Action **Get mailing list** Returns a single mailing list by its ID, including its name, address count and mailable count. - Action **List addresses** Returns the addresses in your Direct Mail Manager account, optionally narrowed by name, location, verification status, creation date or a search term. - Action **List mailing lists** Returns the mailing lists in your Direct Mail Manager account, with each list's name, address counts and dates. Optionally filter by name, search text or creation date. - Action **Suppress address** Suppresses an address so no postcards are sent to it, no matter how many mailing lists it belongs to. Returns the updated address. - Action **Update address** Updates an existing address in Direct Mail Manager, including its recipient name, street address, mailing lists, metadata and custom field values. - Action **Update mailing list** Renames an existing mailing list in Direct Mail Manager and returns the updated mailing list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Tella** Tella is a screen recorder that allows you to record, edit and share videos.](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella) - [ **Direct Mail Manager** Direct Mail Manager makes sending postcards, letters, and checks as easy as sending an email.](https://apiant.ai/connections/direct-mail-manager) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Tella - [ **Tella to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-vercel) - [ **Tella to Zenserp** SERP API for scraping real-time Google, Bing, and Yandex search, image, maps, news, and shopping results.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-zenserp) - [ **Tella to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-trello) - [ **Tella to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-zoom) - [ **Tella to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-twilio) - [ **Tella to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-typeform) ## More into Direct Mail Manager - [ **HubSpot to Direct Mail Manager** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Salesforce to Direct Mail Manager** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Slack to Direct Mail Manager** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Google Sheets to Direct Mail Manager** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Gmail to Direct Mail Manager** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-direct-mail-manager) - [ **Google Calendar to Direct Mail Manager** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-direct-mail-manager) Questions ## Tella and Direct Mail Manager, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Tella? Any of Tella's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Video Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Direct Mail Manager when something happens in Tella? Any of Direct Mail Manager's 12 actions, including Update address, Update mailing list, Add address and Add address to mailing list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Direct Mail Manager to Tella? Direct Mail Manager has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Tella. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Direct Mail Manager's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Tella or Direct Mail Manager? 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 Tella and Direct Mail Manager 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.