--- title: "Connect Alegra and Forem - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Alegra, your agent runs \"Get user\" in Forem, or \"New article\" in Forem to \"Create Contact\" in Alegra." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-forem" --- # Connect Alegra and Forem When **New Contact** fires in [Alegra](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra), your agent runs **Get user** in [Forem](https://apiant.ai/connections/forem), or **New article** in Forem to **Create Contact** in Alegra. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Alegra **4** triggers Alegra **16** actions Forem **1** trigger Forem **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Alegra and Forem 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 Alegra and Forem can do together ### From Alegra to Forem - When **New Contact** in Alegra then **Get user** in Forem - When **New Estimate** in Alegra then **Add article** in Forem ### From Forem to Alegra - When **New article** in Forem then **Create Contact** in Alegra - When **New article** in Forem then **Create Contact in Colombia** in Alegra 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 Alegra and Forem ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers ยท 24 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in your Alegra account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new quote (estimate) is created in your Alegra account. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created in your Alegra account. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when a new product or service is created in your Alegra account. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact (client or provider) in your Alegra account. Returns the created contact. - Action **Create Contact in Colombia** Creates a contact in an Alegra account on the Colombian version, including its identification, regime and fiscal responsibilities. Returns the created contact. - Action **Create Tax** Creates a tax in your Alegra account that can then be applied to items and invoices. Returns the created tax. - Action **Find Contact** Searches the contacts in your Alegra account by name or identification. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Argentina** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Argentinian version by name or CUIT. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Chile** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Chilean version by name or RUT. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Colombia** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Colombian version by name or NIT. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Costa Rica** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Costa Rican version by name or identification. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Mexico** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Mexican version by name or RFC. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Panama** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Panamanian version by name or identification. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Contact in Peru** Searches the contacts in an Alegra account on the Peruvian version by name or RUC. Returns the matching contacts. - Action **Find Invoice** Searches the sales invoices in your Alegra account by number, client, date or status. Returns the matching invoices. - Action **Find Item** Searches the products and services in your Alegra account. Returns the matching items. - Action **Find Tax** Finds a tax in your Alegra account by name. Returns the matching tax and its id. - Action **Update Contact** Updates a contact in your Alegra account. Only the values you supply are changed. Returns the updated contact. - Action **Update Contact in Colombia** Updates a contact in an Alegra account on the Colombian version, including its identification, regime and fiscal responsibilities. Only the values you supply are changed. - Trigger **New article** Triggers when a new article is published on the Forem community, newest first. - Action **Add article** Creates a new article on DEV/Forem, either published or saved as a draft. - Action **Find articles** Searches published articles by keyword and returns the matching articles, optionally limited to the most popular ones from the last N days. - Action **Get article** Returns a single published article by its numeric ID, including its content, tags and author details. - Action **Get user** Returns a single Forem user's public profile by their user id. - Action **List articles** Returns a list of published articles, optionally filtered by tag, author, state, popularity window or collection. - Action **List my articles** Returns the published articles of the account you connected, newest first. - Action **List my unpublished articles** Returns your unpublished (draft) articles, most recently created first. - Action **Update article** Updates an existing article you authored, changing only the fields you fill in. ## Each app on its own - [ **Alegra** Alegra is an accounting and billing app designed for Latin American managers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra) - [ **Forem** Open-source community platform software for building forums where members post articles and discuss topics.](https://apiant.ai/connections/forem) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Alegra - [ **Alegra to Geckoboard** Geckoboard is a dashboard tool for displaying KPIs and live business metrics on TV dashboards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-geckoboard) - [ **Alegra to OnceHub** Capture, qualify, and engage with inbound leads using ScheduleOnce, ChatOnce, FormOnce and SubmitOnce.](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-oncehub) - [ **Alegra to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-hubspot) - [ **Alegra to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-salesforce) - [ **Alegra to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-slack) - [ **Alegra to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-google-sheets) ## More into Forem - [ **ActiveCampaign to Forem** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-forem) - [ **Airtable to Forem** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-forem) - [ **Asana to Forem** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-forem) - [ **ClickUp to Forem** 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-forem) - [ **Discord to Forem** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-forem) - [ **Brevo to Forem** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-forem) Questions ## Alegra and Forem, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Alegra? Any of Alegra's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Estimate, New Invoice and New Item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Forem when something happens in Alegra? Any of Forem's 8 actions, including Update article, Add article, Find articles and Get article. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Forem to Alegra? Yes. When something happens in Forem, your agent can act in Alegra too. This page covers both directions: Forem's triggers and Alegra's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Alegra or Forem? 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 Alegra and Forem 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.