---
title: "Connect ActiveCollab to Open Collective - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Project\" fires in ActiveCollab, your agent runs \"Get order\" in Open Collective."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-open-collective"
---

# Connect ActiveCollab to Open Collective

When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Get order** in [Open Collective](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-collective). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** actions Open Collective **7** 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 Open Collective 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 can start in Open Collective

- When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Get order** in Open Collective
- When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **List orders** in Open Collective

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 Open Collective

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 31 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

**Find collectives**

Search for collectives, organizations, or other accounts by name or keyword.

- Action

**Get collective**

Retrieve a collective (or organization/fund/project/event) by slug or id, including its profile, balance, and settings.

- Action

**Get expense**

Retrieve a single expense by id, including its status and line items.

- Action

**Get order**

Retrieve a single financial contribution (order) by id.

- Action

**List expenses**

List expenses submitted to a collective or by an account.

- Action

**List orders**

List financial contributions (orders) made to or from an account.

- Action

**List transactions**

List financial transactions (debits and credits) for an account.

## 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)
- [ **Open Collective** Open Collective is a platform where community projects and open-source groups collect and spend money...](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-collective)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from ActiveCollab

- [ **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)
- [ **ActiveCollab to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-google-calendar)

## More into Open Collective

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

Questions

## ActiveCollab and Open Collective, 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 Open Collective when something happens in ActiveCollab?

Any of Open Collective's 7 actions, including Find collectives, Get collective, Get expense and Get order. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Open Collective to ActiveCollab?

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

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

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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### Can my AI client use ActiveCollab and Open Collective 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.

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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.
