--- title: "Connect ActiveCollab and Financial Cents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in ActiveCollab, your agent runs \"Create Project\" in Financial Cents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-financial-cents" --- # Connect ActiveCollab and Financial Cents When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Create Project** in [Financial Cents](https://apiant.ai/connections/financial-cents), or **New Client** in Financial Cents to **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions Financial Cents **3** triggers Financial Cents **14** 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 Financial Cents to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One 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. ### 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 and Financial Cents can do together ### From ActiveCollab to Financial Cents - When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Create Project** in Financial Cents - When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Create Contact** in Financial Cents ### From Financial Cents to ActiveCollab - When **New Client** in Financial Cents then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab - When **New Contact** in Financial Cents then **Add task list** in 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 Financial Cents ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 38 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. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is added in Financial Cents. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to a client in Financial Cents. - Trigger **New project** Triggers when a new project is created in Financial Cents. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in Financial Cents, optionally with a primary contact person. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person under a client in Financial Cents and returns the new contact. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Financial Cents from one of your project templates, optionally assigning it to a client, reviewer and team member. - Action **Delete client** Deletes a client from Financial Cents. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from Financial Cents. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients whose name matches the text you supply, returning the matching clients with their contacts and groups. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts whose name or email matches the value you search for, returning the matching contacts with their client. - Action **Find projects** Finds projects whose title matches the search text, returning the matching projects and the first match's id. - Action **Find Template** Finds project templates whose title matches the text you give. - Action **Find users** Finds users on your Financial Cents team whose details match the search terms. - Action **Get client** Returns a single client by its id, including the client's contacts. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single contact by its id, including its name, email and associated clients. - Action **Update client** Renames an existing client in Financial Cents and returns the updated client record. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact's name, email, phone numbers, address or notes. Fields left blank are not changed. ## 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) - [ **Financial Cents** Financial Cents is a project and customer management software for bookkeepers and accountants](https://apiant.ai/connections/financial-cents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveCollab - [ **ActiveCollab to Google Gemini** Google AI Studio is a fast, easy way to start prototyping generative AI ideas using Google's Gemini model.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-gemini) - [ **ActiveCollab to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-hubspot) - [ **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) - [ **ActiveCollab to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-gmail) ## More into Financial Cents - [ **ActiveCampaign to Financial Cents** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-financial-cents) - [ **Airtable to Financial Cents** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-financial-cents) - [ **Asana to Financial Cents** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-financial-cents) - [ **ClickUp to Financial Cents** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-financial-cents) - [ **Discord to Financial Cents** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-financial-cents) - [ **Brevo to Financial Cents** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-financial-cents) Questions ## ActiveCollab and Financial Cents, 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 Financial Cents when something happens in ActiveCollab? Any of Financial Cents's 14 actions, including Create Client, Create Contact, Create Project and Update client. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Financial Cents to ActiveCollab? Yes. When something happens in Financial Cents, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: Financial Cents's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab or Financial Cents? 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 Financial Cents 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.