Integration
Connect ActiveCollab and Avalara
When New Project fires in ActiveCollab, your agent runs Create Customer in Avalara, or New Transaction in Avalara to Add Comment to Task in ActiveCollab. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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 ActiveCollab and Avalara to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart 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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What ActiveCollab and Avalara can do together
From ActiveCollab to Avalara
When New Project in ActiveCollab
then Create Customer in Avalara
From Avalara to ActiveCollab
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 ActiveCollab and Avalara
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 40 actions
- New Project
Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab.
- New Task
Triggers when a new task is created.
- New Task List
Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab.
- Task Closed
Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab.
- Task Moved
Fires when an open task in the selected project lands in a task list it has not been seen in before (a task moved between task lists). Newly seen tasks also fire on first appearance.
- Add Comment to Discussion
Adds a new comment to discussion.
- Add Comment to Task
Creates a new comment in selected task.
- Add note
Create a note in a project.
- Add task list
Create a task list in a project.
- Add time record
Log time on a project or task.
- Add user
Create a user.
- Complete Project
Completes a project.
- Complete Task
Completes a task.
- Create Company
Creates a new company.
- Create Discussion
Creates a new discussion in a project.
- Create Project
Creates a new project.
- Create Task
Creates a task.
- Delete task
Moves a task in a project to trash.
- Get Discussion
Returns one discussion including its comments.
- Get project
Get a project by id.
- Get task
Get a task by id.
- Invite User to Project
Invites a new user to a project.
- List companies
List companies.
- List projects
List active projects.
- List task lists
List task lists in a project.
- List tasks
List open tasks in a project.
- List users
List users.
- Update project
Update a project.
- Update task
Update a task.
- New Transaction
Triggers when a new transaction is recorded for a company.
- Commit Transaction
Commits a transaction so it is included in tax filings.
- Create Customer
Creates a customer in a company, used for exemption certificate tracking.
- Delete Customer
Deletes a customer record from an AvaTax company, identified by its customer code.
- Get Company
Returns one company in your Avalara account.
- Get Customer
Returns a single customer record from an AvaTax company, looked up by its customer code.
- Get Tax Rates by Address
Returns the combined and per-jurisdiction sales tax rates for a street address.
- Get Transaction
Returns one transaction with its calculated tax.
- List Companies
Returns the companies in your Avalara account.
- List Customers
Returns the customers of one company.
- List items
Returns the items (products and their tax codes) defined for an AvaTax company, up to 1,000 records.
- List nexus
Returns the nexus declarations (jurisdictions where the company collects tax) for an AvaTax company.
- List Transactions
Returns the transactions recorded for one company.
- Refund Transaction
Creates a refund (return invoice) for a committed AvaTax sales transaction, fully, partially, tax-only or by percentage.
- Resolve Address
Validates an address and returns its normalized form with coordinates.
- Update Transaction
Adjusts an existing AvaTax transaction, replacing it with new document details and recalculating tax while keeping an audit record of the adjustment reason.
- Void Transaction
Voids a transaction so it no longer counts toward tax liability.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
ActiveCollab and Avalara, answered
What can start an automation from ActiveCollab?
Any of ActiveCollab's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Task, New Task List and Task Moved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Avalara when something happens in ActiveCollab?
Any of Avalara's 16 actions, including Create Customer, Update Transaction, Commit Transaction and Get Company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Avalara to ActiveCollab?
Yes. When something happens in Avalara, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: Avalara's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or Avalara?
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 ActiveCollab and Avalara 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.