--- title: "Connect AccuLynx and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"List of Jobs by Milestone\" fires in AccuLynx, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/acculynx-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect AccuLynx and FreshBooks When **List of Jobs by Milestone** fires in [AccuLynx](https://apiant.ai/connections/acculynx), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Add contact note** in AccuLynx. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. AccuLynx **1** trigger AccuLynx **26** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want AccuLynx and FreshBooks to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What AccuLynx and FreshBooks can do together ### From AccuLynx to FreshBooks - When **List of Jobs by Milestone** in AccuLynx then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **List of Jobs by Milestone** in AccuLynx then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to AccuLynx - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add contact note** in AccuLynx - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Add job message** in AccuLynx 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 AccuLynx and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 17 triggers · 55 actions - Trigger **List of Jobs by Milestone** Triggers when a job enters one of the chosen workflow milestones (for example Lead, Prospect or Approved), newest milestone change first. - Action **Add contact note** Adds a text note to an AccuLynx contact. - Action **Add job document** Uploads a document file to an AccuLynx job and saves it in the chosen document folder. - Action **Add job external reference** Creates an external reference linking an AccuLynx job to a project in another system. - Action **Add job message** Posts a comment to a job's message feed in AccuLynx, visible in the job's Messages section. - Action **Add job photo or video** Uploads a single photo or video to an AccuLynx job, with an optional description and tags. - Action **Add received payment** Records a payment received on an AccuLynx job, such as a customer deposit or check, and returns the new payment. - Action **Find Job** Returns the AccuLynx jobs that contain a search term (such as a name, address or job number) and/or lie near a map location. - Action **Find Job Category** Returns the active AccuLynx job category whose name matches the name you give, or nothing when no category has that name. - Action **Find Trade-Types** Finds an active trade type in your AccuLynx company settings by its name and returns its id. - Action **Find Work-Types** Finds an active AccuLynx work type (for example Insurance or Retail) by its name and returns its id. - Action **Get Contact** Returns the details of one AccuLynx contact by its ID, including name, company, mailing and billing addresses, and its phone numbers and email addresses. - Action **Get Contact Custom Fields** Returns every custom field value recorded on an AccuLynx contact, with each field's label, type and values. - Action **Get estimate** Returns one AccuLynx estimate by its id, including its title, number, primary flag, financial totals, linked job and section references. - Action **Get Job** Returns the details of one AccuLynx job, including its location address, contacts, trade types, category, work type, lead source, current milestone and priority. - Action **Get Job Custom Fields** Returns the custom field values recorded on a job, with each field's label, type, values and when it was last modified. - Action **Get job financials** Returns the financial summary for a job: approved job value, balance due, worksheet section totals, and links to (or full details of) the worksheet and amendments. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your AccuLynx account, with their names, company, mailing and billing addresses, and links to their phone numbers and email addresses. - Action **List estimates** Returns all estimates for the current AccuLynx location, with the job each one belongs to. - Action **List jobs** Returns the jobs in your AccuLynx account, optionally filtered by date range, milestone and assignment, and sorted by created, milestone or modified date. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your AccuLynx company, optionally filtered by status (active, inactive, archived or deleted). - Action **Set Initial Appointment** Adds or updates the initial appointment on an AccuLynx job, including its start and end times and notes. - Action **Update Contact Custom Field** Sets the value of one custom field on an AccuLynx contact. - Action **Update job address** Updates the location address of an existing AccuLynx job. Only the address parts you fill in are sent. - Action **Update Job Custom Field** Sets the value of one custom field on an AccuLynx job. - Action **Update job lead source** Changes the lead source recorded on an AccuLynx job. - Action **Update job priority** Sets the priority (Urgent, High or Normal) of an existing AccuLynx job. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **AccuLynx** AccuLynx is a cloud based roofing software application designed to help contractors manage and grow their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/acculynx) - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from AccuLynx - [ **AccuLynx to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/acculynx-to-hubspot) - [ **AccuLynx to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/acculynx-to-salesforce) - [ **AccuLynx to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of AccuLynx's 1 trigger in the catalog, including List of Jobs by Milestone. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in AccuLynx? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to AccuLynx? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in AccuLynx too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and AccuLynx's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for AccuLynx or FreshBooks? 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 AccuLynx and FreshBooks 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.