Customer Support

Connect Help Scout to any app

Help Scout is a help desk and shared inbox platform for customer support teams. Manage conversations, customers, mailboxes, users, and tags via the Mailbox API v2.

Connects with OAuthhelpscout.com

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with Help Scout?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

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)
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.

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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)
Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

Setup guide (opens in a new tab)
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.

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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.

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Pair it

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What your agent can do with Help Scout

Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 17 actions

  • Trigger
    New Conversation

    Polls for newly created conversations across mailboxes.

  • Trigger
    New Customer

    Polls for newly created customers.

  • Trigger
    New Mailbox

    Polls for newly created mailboxes.

  • Trigger
    New User

    Polls for newly added users (team members).

  • Action
    Add Customer Email

    Add an email address to a customer.

  • Action
    Create Customer

    Create a new customer record.

  • Action
    Create Note

    Add an internal note thread to a conversation.

  • Action
    Create Thread (Reply)

    Add a reply thread to an existing conversation.

  • Action
    Delete Conversation

    Delete a conversation by ID.

  • Action
    Get Customer

    Retrieve a single customer by ID.

  • Action
    Get Mailbox

    Retrieve a single mailbox by ID.

  • Action
    List Conversations

    List conversations, optionally filtered by mailbox, status, tag, or query.

  • Action
    List Conversation Threads

    List all threads on a conversation.

  • Action
    List Customers

    List customers, optionally filtered by email, mailbox, or query.

  • Action
    List Mailboxes

    List all mailboxes in the account.

  • Action
    List Mailbox Folders

    List the folders within a mailbox.

  • Action
    List Tags

    List all tags in the account.

  • Action
    List Users

    List all users (team members) in the account.

  • Action
    Update Conversation

    Update a conversation's subject, status, mailbox, assignee, or owner via JSON Patch.

  • Action
    Update Conversation Tags

    Replace the tags on a conversation.

  • Action
    Update Customer

    Update a customer's profile fields.

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What can start an automation from Help Scout?

Any of Help Scout's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Conversation, New Customer, New Mailbox and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Help Scout?

Any of Help Scout's 17 actions, including Create Customer, Create Note, Create Thread (Reply) and Update Conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can Help Scout connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Help Scout with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.