--- title: "Connect TextIt to Tavily - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New contact\" fires in TextIt, your agent runs \"Create research task\" in Tavily." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-tavily" --- # Connect TextIt to Tavily When **New contact** fires in [TextIt](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit), your agent runs **Create research task** in [Tavily](https://apiant.ai/connections/tavily). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. TextIt **2** triggers TextIt **12** actions Tavily **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want TextIt and Tavily 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 TextIt can start in Tavily - When **New contact** in TextIt then **Create research task** in Tavily - When **New message** in TextIt then **Get research task status** in Tavily 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 TextIt and Tavily ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **New contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your TextIt workspace, optionally only contacts in a chosen group. - Trigger **New message** Triggers when a new message is sent or received in your TextIt workspace, optionally limited to a folder or label. - Action **Add broadcast** Creates and sends a new message broadcast to contacts, phone numbers/URNs or contact groups. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact in your TextIt workspace with a name, language, URNs (phone, email, etc.), groups and contact field values. - Action **Add contact field** Creates a new custom contact field in your TextIt workspace. - Action **Add group** Creates a new contact group in your TextIt workspace. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs. - Action **Find contacts** Finds contacts by UUID, URN, group or modification date and returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find messages** Returns messages in your TextIt workspace, filtered by message, folder, label or creation date, most recent first. - Action **List broadcasts** Returns the broadcasts sent from your TextIt workspace, most recent first, optionally filtered by broadcast id or creation date. - Action **List contact fields** Returns the custom contact fields defined in your TextIt workspace, with each field's key, name and data type. - Action **Perform contact action** Performs a bulk action on up to 100 contacts: add to or remove from a group, block, unblock, interrupt active flow runs, or permanently delete. - Action **Start Flow** Starts contacts, groups or URNs down a TextIt flow and returns the created flow start. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing TextIt contact, identified by its UUID or one of its URNs. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Crawl** Crawls a website starting from one address and returns the content of the pages it finds. - Action **Create research task** Starts a Tavily research task for a question you supply and returns its ID and status. Use the ID with Get research task status to collect the finished report. - Action **Extract** Reads one or more web pages and returns their content as markdown or plain text, plus any addresses that could not be read. - Action **Get research task status** Checks a Tavily research task by its ID and returns its current status, and the finished report with its sources once the task is complete. - Action **Get usage** Returns how many Tavily credits have been used this billing cycle, for both the API key and the account, along with the plan limits and a breakdown per feature. - Action **Map** Maps a website starting from an address you supply and returns the list of pages found, without pulling their content. - Action **Search** Searches the web for a query you supply and returns ranked results with titles, addresses and snippets, plus an optional written answer. ## Each app on its own - [ **TextIt** TextIt provides a way of automating conversational interactions over SMS, messaging bots and phone calls.](https://apiant.ai/connections/textit) - [ **Tavily** Tavily AI is a web research tool optimized for LLMs and RAG, offering access to real-time, reliable online...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tavily) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from TextIt - [ **TextIt to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-trello) - [ **TextIt to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-zoom) - [ **TextIt to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-twilio) - [ **TextIt to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-typeform) - [ **TextIt to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-webflow) - [ **TextIt to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/textit-to-wix) ## More into Tavily - [ **CRUSH to Tavily** CRUSH is an AI powered second brain helping you collect a thought, organize it and take action.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crush-to-tavily) - [ **HubSpot to Tavily** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tavily) - [ **Salesforce to Tavily** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tavily) - [ **Slack to Tavily** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tavily) - [ **Google Sheets to Tavily** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tavily) - [ **Gmail to Tavily** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tavily) Questions ## TextIt and Tavily, answered ### ### What can start an automation from TextIt? Any of TextIt's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New contact and New message. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Tavily when something happens in TextIt? Any of Tavily's 7 actions, including Create research task, Crawl, Extract and Get research task status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Tavily to TextIt? Tavily has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in TextIt. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Tavily's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for TextIt or Tavily? 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 TextIt and Tavily 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.