--- title: "Connect US Global Mail to EmailOctopus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Mail \" fires in US Global Mail, your agent runs \"Add Tag to Contact\" in EmailOctopus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-emailoctopus" --- # Connect US Global Mail to EmailOctopus When **New Mail **fires in [US Global Mail](https://apiant.ai/connections/us-global-mail), your agent runs **Add Tag to Contact** in [EmailOctopus](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailoctopus). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. US Global Mail **1** trigger US Global Mail **16** actions EmailOctopus **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want US Global Mail and EmailOctopus 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What US Global Mail can start in EmailOctopus - When **New Mail **in US Global Mail then **Add Tag to Contact** in EmailOctopus - When **New Mail **in US Global Mail then **Add/Update Contact** in EmailOctopus 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 US Global Mail and EmailOctopus ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 34 actions - Trigger **New Mail** Triggers when a new mail item arrives in your US Global Mail mailbox. - Action **Add address** Adds a new shipping or check-deposit address to your US Global Mail account. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new mail folder with a name and an optional color. - Action **Add scan request** Requests a scan of a mail item, or has it opened and its contents scanned. This is a billable action on the US Global Mail account. - Action **Archive mail item** Moves a mail item out of the active inbox into the archive and returns the updated mail item. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder. Mail in the folder is not deleted; it simply becomes unfiled. - Action **Discard mail item** Asks the mailroom to discard a physical mail item. It can be undone with Undiscard within 7 days; after that the item is permanently shredded. - Action **Get account** Returns your US Global Mail account profile, including name, email, phone number, status and mailbox (PMB) number. - Action **Get mail item** Returns full detail for one mail item in your US Global Mail mailbox, including its status, sender, dimensions, weight, scan and folder. - Action **Get shipment** Returns the details of one shipment, including its status, tracking number, destination and packed mail items. - Action **List addresses** Returns the shipping and deposit addresses on your US Global Mail account, optionally filtered by type. - Action **List folders** Returns all of your US Global Mail folders, with each folder's name and color. - Action **List mail items** Returns the mail items in your mailbox, with optional filters for status, type, folder, scan state, arrival period, read state and search text. - Action **List scans** Returns your scan and open-and-scan requests, optionally filtered by status, type, mail item, search text or scan date. - Action **List shipments** Returns your shipment requests (shipments, returns to sender, check deposits and pickups), optionally filtered by type and status. - Action **Update folder** Renames a mail folder or changes its color. - Action **Update mail item** Marks a mail item as read or unread and/or moves it into a folder, and returns the updated mail item. - Action **Add field** Creates a new custom field on an EmailOctopus list, such as a text, number, date or choice field that contacts can hold a value for. - Action **Add list** Creates a new mailing list in EmailOctopus and returns the list's details. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on an EmailOctopus list so it can be applied to contacts. - Action **Add Tag to Contact** Adds a tag to an existing contact in an EmailOctopus list, leaving the contact's other tags unchanged. - Action **Add/Update Contact** Creates a contact on an EmailOctopus list, or updates it if a contact with that email address already exists on the list. - Action **Delete contact** Permanently deletes a contact from an EmailOctopus list. - Action **Delete list** Deletes an EmailOctopus list, along with its contacts, fields and tags. - Action **Find Contact** Finds a contact on an EmailOctopus list by email address and returns its details, field values, tags and subscription status. - Action **Get campaign** Returns the details of an EmailOctopus campaign, including its status, subject, sender, recipient lists and HTML content. - Action **Get campaign summary report** Returns the summary report for an EmailOctopus campaign: how many contacts it was sent to, plus its bounce, open, click, complaint and unsubscribe counts. - Action **Get list** Returns the details of an EmailOctopus list, including its custom fields, tags and subscriber counts. - Action **List campaigns** Returns every campaign in your EmailOctopus account, including its status, subject, sender and the lists it was sent to. - Action **List lists** Returns all mailing lists in the EmailOctopus account, with each list's fields, tags, contact counts and dates. - Action **Remove Tag From Contact** Removes a tag from a contact on an EmailOctopus list, leaving the contact's other tags unchanged. Returns the updated contact. - Action **Start automation for contact** Starts an EmailOctopus automation for a contact. The automation must be one that is started through the API. - Action **Unsubscribe Contact** Unsubscribes a contact from an EmailOctopus list so they stop receiving campaigns, and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update Contact's Email Address** Changes the email address of an existing contact on an EmailOctopus list and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update list** Renames an existing EmailOctopus list and returns the updated list. ## Each app on its own - [ **US Global Mail** US Global Mail is a virtual mailbox tool that allows you to seamlessly access and control your mail items...](https://apiant.ai/connections/us-global-mail) - [ **EmailOctopus** EmailOctopus is a simple to use email marketing platform that helps you grow your audience, send beautiful...](https://apiant.ai/connections/emailoctopus) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from US Global Mail - [ **US Global Mail to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-zoom) - [ **US Global Mail to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-webflow) - [ **US Global Mail 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/us-global-mail-to-wix) - [ **US Global Mail to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-linkedin) - [ **US Global Mail to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-facebook) - [ **US Global Mail to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/us-global-mail-to-anthropic) ## More into EmailOctopus - [ **HubSpot to EmailOctopus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Salesforce to EmailOctopus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Slack to EmailOctopus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Google Sheets to EmailOctopus** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Gmail to EmailOctopus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-emailoctopus) - [ **Google Calendar to EmailOctopus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-emailoctopus) Questions ## US Global Mail and EmailOctopus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from US Global Mail? Any of US Global Mail's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Mail. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in EmailOctopus when something happens in US Global Mail? Any of EmailOctopus's 18 actions, including Update Contact's Email Address, Update list, Add field and Add list. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from EmailOctopus to US Global Mail? EmailOctopus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in US Global Mail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads EmailOctopus's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for US Global Mail or EmailOctopus? 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 US Global Mail and EmailOctopus 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.