# Connect ActiveCollab to FilePost

When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Update file** in [FilePost](https://apiant.ai/connections/filepost). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions FilePost **10** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want ActiveCollab and FilePost to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What ActiveCollab can start in FilePost

- When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Update file** in FilePost
- When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Upload File** in FilePost

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 FilePost

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 actions

- Trigger

**New Project**

Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is created.

- Trigger

**New Task List**

Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**Task Closed**

Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**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.

- Action

**Add Comment to Discussion**

Adds a new comment to discussion.

- Action

**Add Comment to Task**

Creates a new comment in selected task.

- Action

**Add note**

Create a note in a project.

- Action

**Add task list**

Create a task list in a project.

- Action

**Add time record**

Log time on a project or task.

- Action

**Add user**

Create a user.

- Action

**Complete Project**

Completes a project.

- Action

**Complete Task**

Completes a task.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company.

- Action

**Create Discussion**

Creates a new discussion in a project.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a task.

- Action

**Delete task**

Moves a task in a project to trash.

- Action

**Get Discussion**

Returns one discussion including its comments.

- Action

**Get project**

Get a project by id.

- Action

**Get task**

Get a task by id.

- Action

**Invite User to Project**

Invites a new user to a project.

- Action

**List companies**

List companies.

- Action

**List projects**

List active projects.

- Action

**List task lists**

List task lists in a project.

- Action

**List tasks**

List open tasks in a project.

- Action

**List users**

List users.

- Action

**Update project**

Update a project.

- Action

**Update task**

Update a task.

- Action

**Create Intake Link**

Creates a FilePost intake link — a public upload page you can send to someone so they can drop files to you, with your own limits on file type, size, count and how long it stays open.

- Action

**Delete File**

Permanently deletes a file from FilePost. The stored file and its public link are removed and cannot be recovered.

- Action

**Delete intake link**

Closes a FilePost intake link so it stops accepting uploads. Files already uploaded through it are untouched, and the slot frees up against your plan's limit on active links.

- Action

**Get file**

Returns the details FilePost holds about one stored file — its name, size, type, download link and when it expires.

- Action

**Get intake link**

Returns one intake link from your FilePost account, looked up by its intake link ID. FilePost has no single-link endpoint, so the link is selected out of your full list of intake links.

- Action

**List Files**

Returns the files stored in your FilePost account, newest first, together with the total number of files.

- Action

**List intake links**

Returns the intake links on your FilePost account, with each link's label, public upload page, limits and expiry.

- Action

**Update file**

Changes whether a stored file's name appears in its public link, and returns the file with its new link.

- Action

**Upload File**

Uploads a file to FilePost and returns its shareable link.

- Action

**Upload File From URL**

Stores a file from a public web link in FilePost and returns its shareable link.

## Each app on its own

- [ **ActiveCollab** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab)
- [ **FilePost** FilePost is a file upload API that gives developers instant public CDN URLs for any file.](https://apiant.ai/connections/filepost)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from ActiveCollab

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- [ **ActiveCollab to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-salesforce)
- [ **ActiveCollab to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-slack)
- [ **ActiveCollab to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-sheets)
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## More into FilePost

- [ **HubSpot to FilePost** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-filepost)
- [ **Salesforce to FilePost** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-filepost)
- [ **Slack to FilePost** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-filepost)
- [ **Google Sheets to FilePost** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-filepost)
- [ **Gmail to FilePost** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-filepost)
- [ **Google Calendar to FilePost** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-filepost)

Questions

## ActiveCollab and FilePost, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in FilePost when something happens in ActiveCollab?

Any of FilePost's 10 actions, including Create Intake Link, Update file, Upload File and Upload File From URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from FilePost to ActiveCollab?

FilePost has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ActiveCollab. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads FilePost's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or FilePost?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
