--- title: "Connect Airtable and Aplos - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Airtable, your agent runs \"Find contacts\" in Aplos, or \"New contact\" in Aplos to \"Create Record\" in Airtable." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-aplos" --- # Connect Airtable and Aplos When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Airtable](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable), your agent runs **Find contacts** in [Aplos](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos), or **New contact** in Aplos to **Create Record** in Airtable. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Airtable **2** triggers Airtable **14** actions Aplos **3** triggers Aplos **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Airtable and Aplos 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) Airtable holds the lists your team works from day to day, while Aplos holds the contacts, funds and contributions your books depend on. Connecting them means a donor added in Aplos shows up in your Airtable table, and an approved row in Airtable becomes a payable or a lookup in Aplos. The agent builds the flow, tests every scenario and keeps it running. Example flows ## What Airtable and Aplos can do together ### From Airtable to Aplos - When **New or Updated Record** in Airtable then **Find contacts** in Aplos - When **New Record** in Airtable then **Get contact** in Aplos ### From Aplos to Airtable - When **New contact** in Aplos then **Create Record** in Airtable - When **New contribution** in Aplos then **Update Record** in Airtable 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 Airtable and Aplos ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggers when a record is created or updated. - Trigger **New Record** Triggers when a new record is created or new or existing records when first added to a selected view. - Action **Add Comment to Record** Add a comment to an existing record in Airtable. - Action **Create Base** Create a new Airtable base in your workspace. - Action **Create or Update Record** Find and update an existing record, or create a new one. - Action **Create Record** Creates a new record with auto-populating fields. - Action **Create Table** Create a new table in an existing Airtable base. - Action **Delete Record** Delete a record in a table. - Action **Find Record** Find a record in a table. - Action **Find Record by ID** Find a specific record using its unique ID. - Action **Find Table** Find tables by searching for a keyword in table name or description. - Action **Get All Records** List all records from a table with pagination support. - Action **Get Base Schema** Retrieve the complete schema for a base, including all tables and their field definitions. - Action **List bases** Lists every Airtable base the connected account can see. Takes no search criterion. - Action **Update Multiple Records** Update up to 10 records at once in a specific table. - Action **Update Record** Update a record in a specific table. - Trigger **New contact** Triggers when a new contact (a donor, individual or company) is added in Aplos. - Trigger **New contribution** Triggers when a new contribution (a donation batch) is recorded in Aplos. Use Get contribution with its ID to read the donors, purposes and amounts. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Triggers when a contact (a donor, individual or company) is added or changed in Aplos. - Action **Add contribution** Records a contribution (donation record) in Aplos, with one or more lines each crediting a contact and a purpose. - Action **Add payable** Creates an accounts payable bill in Aplos, split across one or more expense lines by account and fund. - Action **Add transaction** Creates an accounting transaction (journal entry) in Aplos. The transaction lines must balance by amount and fund. - Action **Find contacts** Returns the contacts that match the specified name, email, type or last-updated time. - Action **Find contributions** Returns contributions (donation records) that match the specified contact, name and date criteria. - Action **Find transactions** Returns accounting transactions that match the criteria you supply (contact, fund, account, amount, date range, memo, note, tags, reconciled status). - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a single Aplos contact (individual or company) by its ID, including emails, phones and addresses. - Action **Get contribution** Retrieve a single Aplos contribution record by its ID. - Action **Get payable** Retrieves a single payable (bill) by its id. - Action **Get transaction** Retrieves a single accounting transaction, including its lines (account, fund, amount) and contact. - Action **List accounts** Lists the accounts in the organization's chart of accounts, optionally filtered by enabled status, name or account type. - Action **List funds** Lists the funds in the Aplos organization, optionally narrowed by name or fund balance account number. - Action **List purposes** Lists the donation purposes in the Aplos organization, optionally filtered by name or enabled status. ## Each app on its own - [ **Airtable** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connections/airtable) - [ **Aplos** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Airtable - [ **Airtable to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-hubspot) - [ **Airtable to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-slack) - [ **Airtable to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-google-calendar) - [ **Airtable to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-google-drive) - [ **Airtable to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-shopify) - [ **Airtable to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Aplos - [ **Airbrake to Aplos** Airbrake collects errors generated by other applications, and aggregates the results for review.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airbrake-to-aplos) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Aplos** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-aplos) - [ **2Chat to Aplos** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-aplos) - [ **3Scribe to Aplos** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-aplos) - [ **5pm to Aplos** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-aplos) - [ **Abyssale to Aplos** Abyssale is a banner maker platform that helps you to automatically generate on-brand images at scale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/abyssale-to-aplos) Questions ## Airtable and Aplos, answered ### ### Can a contribution recorded in Aplos update an existing Airtable record instead of making a duplicate? Yes. The agent can read the contribution with Get contribution, use Find Record in Airtable to look for the donor's row, then use Create or Update Record so an existing row is updated rather than duplicated. ### ### Can an Airtable row create a bill in Aplos? Yes. A new or updated record in Airtable can trigger Add payable in Aplos, split across the expense lines you name by account and fund. You can set a condition so only rows marked approved create the bill. ### ### What can start an automation from Airtable? Any of Airtable's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record and New Record. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Aplos when something happens in Airtable? Any of Aplos's 13 actions, including Add payable, Find contacts, Get contribution and Add contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Aplos to Airtable? Yes. When something happens in Aplos, your agent can act in Airtable too. This page covers both directions: Aplos's triggers and Airtable's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Airtable or Aplos? 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 Airtable and Aplos 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.