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Summary
Drive ActiveCampaign (marketing automation + CRM) from any AI agent: contacts, lists, tags, deals, pipelines, campaigns, automations. 16 tools. Custom Api-Token header auth, per-account API URL.
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ActiveCampaign + ChatGPT
Drive ActiveCampaign (marketing automation + CRM) from any AI agent: contacts, lists, tags, deals, pipelines, campaigns, automations. 16 tools. Custom Api-Token header auth, per-account API URL.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_URL, ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY
Step 1 — Get credentials
Setup:
- Sign in to ActiveCampaign → Settings → Developer. Two values:
- URL (your account's API URL):
https://{ACCOUNT}.api-us1.com(or .api-eu1.com, etc.) - Key: a long alphanumeric API key.
- URL (your account's API URL):
- Set
ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_URL= the full URL from step 1 (no trailing slash, no/api/3). - Set
ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY= the key.
Authentication: custom header Api-Token: ${ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY}.
Account-scoped base URL: every account has its own subdomain. The adapter substitutes {{ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_URL}}/api/3 as the base. If you use OAuth2 instead of the API key, the URL is the same.
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
ChatGPT connects to MCP servers as custom apps in developer mode, available on paid plans (not on Free). On Business and Enterprise workspaces an admin may have to allow it first.
- In ChatGPT, open Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Go to chatgpt.com/plugins and click +.
- Enter a name and a short description, e.g. Name:
ActiveCampaign. - Under Connection, enter the MCP server URL
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDand create the connection. - When ChatGPT asks, sign in to AnythingMCP (OAuth) and allow access.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
activecampaign_list_contacts | List contacts with optional filters |
activecampaign_get_contact | Fetch a contact by ID with relationships (contactLists, contactTags, fieldValues, etc |
activecampaign_sync_contact | Upsert a contact by email (creates if missing, updates if exists) |
activecampaign_update_contact | Update an existing contact by ID |
activecampaign_delete_contact | Permanently delete a contact (GDPR right-to-be-forgotten) |
activecampaign_subscribe_contact_to_list | Add a contact to a list with the given status |
activecampaign_list_lists | List all subscriber lists |
activecampaign_list_tags | List tags |
activecampaign_add_tag_to_contact | Attach a tag to a contact (creates a contactTag join) |
activecampaign_remove_tag_from_contact | Remove a tag→contact join (NOT delete the tag itself) |
activecampaign_list_deals | List CRM deals with optional filters |
activecampaign_create_deal | Create a CRM deal |
activecampaign_update_deal | Update a deal — common: change stage_id (move pipeline), set status=1 (won) or 2 (lost), update value |
activecampaign_list_pipelines | List deal pipelines (each pipeline has multiple stages) |
activecampaign_list_pipeline_stages | List stages, optionally filtered to a pipeline |
activecampaign_list_custom_fields | List custom fields defined on contacts |
FAQ
Does the free ChatGPT plan work with custom MCP connectors? No. Custom MCP connections need developer mode, which is only on paid plans.
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