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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
git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in ChatGPT
ChatGPT supports MCP servers via the Connectors feature (Plus / Pro / Team / Enterprise plans). The free tier does not support custom connectors.
- Open ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors (or click the 🔧 icon in the composer → Manage connectors).
- Click "Add custom connector".
- Fill in:
- Name:
ActiveCampaign - MCP server URL:
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp - Authentication: Bearer token → paste your MCP API key (from AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
- Name:
- Click Connect to authorize.
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 ChatGPT free tier work with custom MCP connectors? No — Plus, Pro, Team or Enterprise required.
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