--- title: "Connect Alegra and ShareFile - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Alegra, your agent runs \"Add Note\" in ShareFile, or \"New Client\" in ShareFile to \"Create Contact\" in Alegra." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-sharefile" --- # Connect Alegra and ShareFile When **New Contact** fires in [Alegra](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra), your agent runs **Add Note** in [ShareFile](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile), or **New Client** in ShareFile 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 ShareFile **1** trigger ShareFile **18** 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 ShareFile 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Alegra and ShareFile can do together ### From Alegra to ShareFile - When **New Contact** in Alegra then **Add Note** in ShareFile - When **New Estimate** in Alegra then **Add user** in ShareFile ### From ShareFile to Alegra - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Create Contact** in Alegra - When **New Client** in ShareFile 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 ShareFile ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 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 Client** Triggers when a new client user is added to the ShareFile account. - Action **Add group** Creates a new distribution group in ShareFile, optionally shared and with initial member contacts. - Action **Add Note** Creates a note inside a ShareFile folder with a title and optional text. - Action **Add share** Creates a new Send share (sharing files) or Request share (asking recipients to upload into a folder) in ShareFile. - Action **Add URL** Adds a web link (URL) item to a ShareFile folder. - Action **Add user** Creates a new employee user in your ShareFile account and returns the new user. - Action **Copy item** Copies a file or folder into another ShareFile folder. - Action **Create Client User** Creates a new client user in your ShareFile account. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder inside a ShareFile parent folder and returns the new folder. - Action **Delete item** Deletes a file or folder from ShareFile. - Action **Find items by name** Searches ShareFile for files and folders whose name matches the text you enter, and returns the matching items. - Action **Get file download link** Returns a temporary download link for a ShareFile file. For a folder, the link downloads a ZIP archive of its contents. - Action **Get item** Returns a single ShareFile item (file, folder, note or link) by its id. - Action **Get user** Returns a ShareFile user by ID or email address, or the connected user when neither is given. - Action **List folder children** Returns the files, folders, notes and links directly inside a ShareFile folder. - Action **List groups** Returns the distribution groups you have permission to view in your ShareFile account. - Action **List shares** Returns the outstanding Send and Request shares created by the connected ShareFile user. - Action **List users** Returns the employee users in your ShareFile account. - Action **Update item** Updates a ShareFile file, folder, note or link: rename it, change its description or expiration date, or move it to another folder or zone. ## Each app on its own - [ **Alegra** Alegra is an accounting and billing app designed for Latin American managers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra) - [ **ShareFile** Securely send, store, and share files – plus discover document workflows designed to improve your client...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile) 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 ShareFile - [ **HubSpot to ShareFile** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sharefile) - [ **Salesforce to ShareFile** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-sharefile) - [ **Google Sheets to ShareFile** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-sharefile) - [ **Gmail to ShareFile** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-sharefile) - [ **Google Calendar to ShareFile** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-sharefile) - [ **Google Drive to ShareFile** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-sharefile) Questions ## Alegra and ShareFile, 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 ShareFile when something happens in Alegra? Any of ShareFile's 18 actions, including Create Client User, Create Folder, Update item and Add group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ShareFile to Alegra? Yes. When something happens in ShareFile, your agent can act in Alegra too. This page covers both directions: ShareFile's triggers and Alegra's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Alegra or ShareFile? 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 ShareFile 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.