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title: "Connect Affinda and Returnless - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Document parsed (instant)\" fires in Affinda, your agent runs \"Find customers\" in Returnless."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-returnless"
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# Connect Affinda and Returnless

When **Document parsed (instant)** fires in [Affinda](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda), your agent runs **Find customers** in [Returnless](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless), or **Request Created** in Returnless to **Add document** in Affinda. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Affinda **1** trigger Affinda **6** actions Returnless **2** triggers Returnless **16** actions

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

## What do you want Affinda and Returnless 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 Affinda and Returnless can do together

### From Affinda to Returnless

- When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Find customers** in Returnless
- When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Add note** in Returnless

### From Returnless to Affinda

- When **Request Created** in Returnless then **Add document** in Affinda
- When **Return Created** in Returnless then **Get document** in Affinda

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 Affinda and Returnless

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 22 actions

- Trigger

**Document parsed (instant)**

Fires via a resthook subscription when Affinda finishes parsing a document.

- Action

**Add document**

Upload a document (resume, invoice, job description, etc.) to Affinda for parsing.

- Action

**Delete document**

Delete a document from Affinda.

- Action

**Find job descriptions by search expression**

Search through parsed job descriptions matching given criteria.

- Action

**Get document**

Retrieve a specific document and its parsed data by identifier.

- Action

**List documents**

List all documents uploaded to Affinda.

- Action

**Search resumes**

Search through parsed resumes matching given criteria.

- Trigger

**Request Created**

Triggers when a customer creates a new return request that needs approval.

- Trigger

**Return Created**

Triggers when a new return is created, including a request once it is approved.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds an internal note to a return or return request.

- Action

**Add Request**

Creates a return request in Returnless for items from an existing sales order.

- Action

**Approve a Request**

Approves a return request in Returnless so the customer can send the items back.

- Action

**Approve a Request Without Shipment**

Approves a pending return request without a return shipment, so the customer keeps the items.

- Action

**Find customers**

Returns the customers in your Returnless account that match an email address.

- Action

**Find products**

Returns the products in your Returnless account that match a SKU.

- Action

**Find Requests**

Finds a Request in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Find Returns**

Finds returns (return orders) in Returnless by return number.

- Action

**Find sales orders**

Finds sales orders in Returnless by order number.

- Action

**Get customer**

Returns a single Returnless customer by its id.

- Action

**Get Request (By Request ID)**

Returns a single return request (return order) from Returnless by its ID.

- Action

**Get Return (By Return ID)**

Returns a single return in Returnless, with all of its details, by its return ID.

- Action

**Get sales order**

Returns a single sales order by its ID, including its customer, address and order details.

- Action

**List return reasons**

Returns the return reasons configured in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Reject Request**

Rejects a pending return request in Returnless.

- Action

**Update return**

Changes the status of a return, such as Checked, Approved or Resolved.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Affinda** AI document processing platform that extracts structured data from invoices, resumes, bank statements, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda)
- [ **Returnless** Returnless gives e-commerce businesses a way to get their returns in check.](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Affinda

- [ **Affinda to Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-cakemail)
- [ **Affinda to Healthcare.gov** Healthcare.gov publishes the educational content behind the US Health Insurance Marketplace as...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-healthcare-gov)
- [ **Affinda to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-hubspot)
- [ **Affinda to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-salesforce)
- [ **Affinda to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-slack)
- [ **Affinda to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-google-sheets)

## More into Returnless

- [ **HubSpot to Returnless** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Sheets to Returnless** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-returnless)
- [ **Gmail to Returnless** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Calendar to Returnless** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Drive to Returnless** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-returnless)
- [ **Mailchimp to Returnless** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-returnless)

Questions

## Affinda and Returnless, answered

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### What can start an automation from Affinda?

Any of Affinda's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Document parsed (instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Returnless when something happens in Affinda?

Any of Returnless's 16 actions, including Update return, Add note, Add Request and Approve a Request. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Returnless to Affinda?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Affinda or Returnless?

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 Affinda and Returnless 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.
