--- title: "Connect Alegra to ShipEngine - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Alegra, your agent runs \"Add batch\" in ShipEngine." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/alegra-to-shipengine" --- # Connect Alegra to ShipEngine When **New Contact** fires in [Alegra](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra), your agent runs **Add batch** in [ShipEngine](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipengine). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Alegra **4** triggers Alegra **16** actions ShipEngine **14** 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 ShipEngine 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 can start in ShipEngine - When **New Contact** in Alegra then **Add batch** in ShipEngine - When **New Estimate** in Alegra then **Add label** in ShipEngine 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 ShipEngine ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 30 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. - Action **Add batch** Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together. - Action **Add label** Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links. - Action **Add shipment** Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches. - Action **Add warehouse** Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address. - Action **Calculate rates** Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment. - Action **Get batch** Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms. - Action **Get label** Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label. - Action **Get manifest** Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form. - Action **Get shipment** Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags. - Action **List carriers** Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options. - Action **List shipments** Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range. - Action **List warehouses** Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address. - Action **Update shipment** Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment. - Action **Validate an Address** Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found. ## Each app on its own - [ **Alegra** Alegra is an accounting and billing app designed for Latin American managers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/alegra) - [ **ShipEngine** ShipEngine APIs empower ecommerce brands and platforms to shop rates, validate global addresses, print...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipengine) 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 ShipEngine - [ **HubSpot to ShipEngine** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shipengine) - [ **Salesforce to ShipEngine** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shipengine) - [ **Slack to ShipEngine** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shipengine) - [ **Google Sheets to ShipEngine** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shipengine) - [ **Gmail to ShipEngine** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shipengine) - [ **Google Calendar to ShipEngine** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipengine) Questions ## Alegra and ShipEngine, 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 ShipEngine when something happens in Alegra? Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ShipEngine to Alegra? ShipEngine has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Alegra. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ShipEngine's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Alegra or ShipEngine? 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 ShipEngine 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.