# Connect ActiveCollab and PostgreSQL

When **New Project** fires in [ActiveCollab](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab), your agent runs **Add Row** in [PostgreSQL](https://apiant.ai/connections/postgresql), or **New or Updated Row** in PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL **4** triggers PostgreSQL **6** 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 PostgreSQL to do together?

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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.

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### Zed

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

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### 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.

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Example flows

## What ActiveCollab and PostgreSQL can do together

### From ActiveCollab to PostgreSQL

- When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Add Row** in PostgreSQL
- When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Update Row** in PostgreSQL

### From PostgreSQL to ActiveCollab

- When **New or Updated Row** in PostgreSQL then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab
- When **New Row** in PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL

## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 30 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 or Updated Row**

Triggers when a new row is added or modified.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Row (Custom Query)**

Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database.

- Trigger

**New Row**

Triggers when you add a new row.

- Trigger

**New Table**

Fires when a new table appears in the connected PostgreSQL database.

- Action

**Add Row**

Adds a new row.

- Action

**Delete Row**

Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value.

- Action

**Find Row**

Finds a row in a table via a lookup column.

- Action

**Find Rows via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database and returns every row it matches.

- Action

**Find Row via Custom Query**

Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected PostgreSQL database and returns the first row it matches.

- Action

**Update Row**

Updates an existing row.

## 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)
- [ **PostgreSQL** Connect directly to a PostgreSQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/postgresql)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## ActiveCollab and PostgreSQL, 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 PostgreSQL when something happens in ActiveCollab?

Any of PostgreSQL's 6 actions, including Update Row, Add Row, Find Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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

Yes. When something happens in PostgreSQL, your agent can act in ActiveCollab too. This page covers both directions: PostgreSQL's triggers and ActiveCollab's actions are listed here as well.

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

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.
