--- title: "Connect Algolia and Avaza - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Browse Records\" fires in Algolia, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Avaza, or \"Company Updated\" in Avaza to \"Add or Replace Record\" in Algolia." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/algolia-to-avaza" --- # Connect Algolia and Avaza When **Browse Records** fires in [Algolia](https://apiant.ai/connections/algolia), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Avaza](https://apiant.ai/connections/avaza), or **Company Updated** in Avaza to **Add or Replace Record** in Algolia. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Algolia **1** trigger Algolia **28** actions Avaza **25** triggers Avaza **47** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Algolia and Avaza 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 Algolia and Avaza can do together ### From Algolia to Avaza - When **Browse Records** in Algolia then **Create Contact** in Avaza - When **Browse Records** in Algolia then **Create Invoice** in Avaza ### From Avaza to Algolia - When **Company Updated** in Avaza then **Add or Replace Record** in Algolia - When **Contact Updated** in Avaza then **Check Task Status** in Algolia 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 Algolia and Avaza ## Triggers and actions 26 triggers · 75 actions - Trigger **Browse Records** Triggers when a new record appears in an Algolia index, optionally limited to records matching a query or filter. - Action **Add or Replace Record** Adds a record to an Algolia index, or replaces the existing record with the same object ID. - Action **Batch Indexing** Adds, updates or deletes several records in one Algolia index with a single request. Returns the affected record IDs and the indexing task ID. - Action **Batch Multiple Indices** Adds, updates, or deletes records across multiple Algolia indices in a single request. - Action **Batch Save Query Rules** Creates or replaces several query rules on an Algolia index in one call, optionally clearing the existing rules first. - Action **Batch Save Synonyms** Creates or replaces a batch of synonyms on an Algolia index. - Action **Check Task Status** Returns whether an Algolia indexing task on an index has finished (published) or is still pending. - Action **Clear All Synonyms** Deletes all synonyms from an Algolia index. - Action **Clear Index (Delete All Records)** Deletes every record from an Algolia index while keeping its settings, synonyms and rules. - Action **Copy or Move Index** Copies or moves (renames) an Algolia index to a destination index within the same application. - Action **Delete Index** Deletes an Algolia index together with all its records and settings. - Action **Delete Query Rule** Deletes a query rule from an Algolia index by its ID. - Action **Delete Record** Deletes a single record from an Algolia index by its object ID. - Action **Delete Records by Query** Deletes every record in an Algolia index that matches a filter. The deletion is queued as a task; empty filters are refused. - Action **Delete Synonym** Deletes a synonym from an Algolia index by its ID. - Action **Find Query Rule** Returns a single query rule from an Algolia index by its rule ID, including its conditions and consequence. - Action **Find Record** Returns one record from an Algolia index by its object ID. - Action **Find Synonym** Finds a synonym in an Algolia index by its ID and returns its type, words and replacements. - Action **Get Index Settings** Returns the settings configured on an Algolia index, such as searchable attributes, ranking and faceting. - Action **Get Records (Batch)** Retrieves one or more records by object ID, potentially from different indices, in a single call. - Action **List Indices** Returns all indices in your Algolia application, with each index's name, record count, size and last-updated time. - Action **Partial Update Record** Adds new attributes to an Algolia record or updates existing ones, leaving the other attributes unchanged. - Action **Save Record (Auto Object ID)** Adds a record to an Algolia index with an auto-generated object ID, or replaces the record if the given object ID already exists. - Action **Save Synonym** Creates a synonym in an Algolia index, or replaces the existing synonym with the same ID. - Action **Search for Facet Values** Searches the values of a facet attribute in an index and returns the matching facet values with their record counts. - Action **Search Index** Searches one Algolia index and returns the matching records (hits) with result counts. - Action **Search Multiple Indices** Runs several search queries against one or more indices in a single request and returns each query's results in the same order. - Action **Search Synonyms** Searches the synonyms of an Algolia index by text and optional synonym type, returning the matching synonyms and the total match count. - Action **Update Index Settings** Updates the settings of an Algolia index, such as searchable attributes, faceting, ranking and typo tolerance. Settings you leave blank are not changed. - Trigger **Company Updated** Triggers when a company is updated in Avaza, delivering a snapshot of the company. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Estimate Deleted** Triggers when an estimate (quote) is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Estimate Updated** Triggers when an estimate (quote) is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Expense Deleted** Triggers when an expense is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Expense Updated** Triggers when an expense is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent (or marked as sent) in Avaza. - Trigger **Invoice Update** Triggers when an invoice is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **New Bill Created** Triggers when a new supplier bill is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Estimate Created** Triggers when a new estimate (quote) is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Expense Created** Triggers when a new expense is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Invoice Created** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Schedule Series Created** Triggers when a schedule series (a project booking or leave) is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Task Created** Triggers when a new task is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Timesheet Entry** Triggers when a timesheet entry is created in Avaza. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a project is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Schedule Series Deleted** Triggers when a schedule booking or leave series is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Schedule Series Updated** Triggers when a schedule series (a project booking or leave) is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a task is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a task is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Timesheet Entry Deleted** Triggers when a timesheet entry is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Timesheet Entry Updated** Triggers when a timesheet entry is updated in Avaza. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a new draft supplier bill in Avaza, optionally creating the supplier company and contact if no match is found. - Action **Create Bill Payment** Records a payment made to a supplier, optionally allocating it against one or more bills. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new customer company in Avaza with billing address, contact details and custom field values. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in Avaza, optionally linked to an existing or new company. - Action **Create Estimate / Quote** Creates a new draft estimate (quote) for a customer, optionally creating the customer company and contact if no match is found. - Action **Create Expense** Creates a new expense entry in Avaza for a user, with a date, amount and expense category, optionally linked to a customer, project or task. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new draft invoice for a customer company, with line items. Can create the customer company and contact if no matching company is found. - Action **Create Invoice Payment** Records a customer payment in Avaza, optionally allocating it against one or more invoices. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Avaza under an existing customer company, or under a new company created from the name you give. - Action **Create Schedule Booking** Creates a project work schedule booking for a user over a date range, with hours per day or a total duration. - Action **Create Section** Creates a new section (task group) within an Avaza project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task in an Avaza project section, optionally assigning users, dates, priority, effort, tags and custom field values. - Action **Create Timesheet Entry** Creates a timesheet entry in an Avaza project, or starts a timer when no duration is given. - Action **Delete Estimate** Deletes an estimate (quote) in Avaza. Estimates converted to an invoice cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete Schedule or Leave Series** Deletes a schedule booking or leave series, along with all of its daily schedule assignments. - Action **Delete Section** Deletes a section (task group) from a project. Sections that still contain tasks cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task, along with its subtasks and comments, from an Avaza project. - Action **Delete Timesheet** Deletes a timesheet entry in Avaza by its Timesheet Entry ID. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single supplier bill by its ID, including line items, supplier and recipient address details, amounts, status and web links. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single external contact by its Contact ID, including company, contact details, roles and custom field values. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single estimate (quote) by its ID, including line items, status, amounts, issuer/recipient details and web links. - Action **Get Project** Returns a project's full details, including its sections, team members, tags and custom field values. - Action **Lookup Company** Finds companies in Avaza whose name matches the search text and returns their IDs and names. - Action **Lookup Expense Category** Finds an expense category in your Avaza account by its name and returns its id and unit price settings. - Action **Lookup Project** Finds active projects by title, project code, or customer company and returns their ids, codes and titles. - Action **Lookup Project Timesheet Category** Looks up the timesheet categories assigned to a project, optionally matching one by name. - Action **Lookup Task** Returns a task by its ID, including project, section, assignees, dates, status, priority, tags, time tracking and custom field values. - Action **Lookup User** Finds Avaza users (team members and customer contacts) by email address, with optional filters for role, tag and company. Returns the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Flags a draft invoice as Sent without emailing it to the customer. - Action **Reterive Task Comments** Returns the comments and discussion messages on an Avaza task, including replies, attachments and system messages. - Action **Search Expenses** Returns expense entries matching a search on merchant or category name, with optional filters for date range, user, customer, project, chargeable/invoiced status and approval status. - Action **Search Invoice** Searches invoices by status, customer company, issue date, due date or last-updated date, and returns the matching invoices with their line items. - Action **Search Project** Searches projects by title, company, category, owner, status, billing or budget type, tags and dates, and returns the matching projects. - Action **Search Task** Searches tasks, filtering by project, section parent, status, priority, due date range, assigned user, completion state and last-updated date. - Action **Search Timesheets** Searches timesheet entries, filtered by date range, user, project, customer, task, category, billable/invoiced and approval status. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops the running timer on an existing timesheet entry, adding the elapsed time to its duration. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing Avaza company. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing customer contact in Avaza — name, email, phone, mobile, position title, time zone, portal roles and custom field values. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing draft or sent estimate (quote) in Avaza, changing only the fields you list. Accepted, converted or void estimates cannot be updated. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing Avaza expense entry. Only the fields you list in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing draft invoice in Avaza. Only the fields you list in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing Avaza project. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project Member** Updates a project member's rates, budget, or permissions on an Avaza project. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project Timesheet Category** Updates a timesheet category's settings on a project, such as billable status, hourly rate, cost rate and budget hours. - Action **Update Schedule Booking** Updates an existing project work schedule booking in Avaza, such as its user, project, dates or hours. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing Avaza task. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields keep their current values. - Action **Update Timesheet Entry** Updates an existing timesheet entry in Avaza, changing only the fields you list as fields to update. ## Each app on its own - [ **Algolia** Algolia is a search and discovery platform for fast, relevant search and AI-powered recommendations across...](https://apiant.ai/connections/algolia) - [ **Avaza** Avaza is a versatile software for client-focused businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/avaza) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Algolia - [ **Algolia to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/algolia-to-hubspot) - [ **Algolia to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/algolia-to-salesforce) - [ **Algolia to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Algolia's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Browse Records. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Avaza when something happens in Algolia? Any of Avaza's 47 actions, including Create Bill, Create Bill Payment, Create Company and Create Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Avaza to Algolia? Yes. When something happens in Avaza, your agent can act in Algolia too. This page covers both directions: Avaza's triggers and Algolia's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Algolia or Avaza? 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 Algolia and Avaza 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.