ActiveCampaign Skill

Manage email marketing and CRM with ActiveCampaign's automation platform.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/activecampaign/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/activecampaign ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_URL "your_account_url"
canifi-env set ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY "your_api_key"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:

1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Contact Management: Create and manage contacts with custom fields
2. Email Automation: Build complex automation workflows with triggers
3. Campaign Sending: Create and send email campaigns
4. Deal Pipeline: Manage sales deals and opportunities
5. Site Tracking: Track website visits and behavior

Usage Examples

Add Contact

User: "Add a new contact to ActiveCampaign for john@company.com"
Assistant: Creates contact with provided details

Start Automation

User: "Add this contact to the onboarding automation"
Assistant: Enrolls contact in specified automation

Create Campaign

User: "Create a newsletter campaign in ActiveCampaign"
Assistant: Creates campaign draft for editing

Update Deal

User: "Move the TechCorp deal to 'Negotiation' stage"
Assistant: Updates deal pipeline stage

Authentication Flow

1. Get API URL and key from ActiveCampaign settings
2. URL is account-specific (yourname.api-us1.com)
3. Use API key in request header
4. All requests require both URL and key

Error Handling

Notes

• Combined email marketing and CRM
• Powerful automation builder
• Machine learning features
• Site and event tracking
• Salesforce integration
• 850+ integrations available