--- title: "Connect Amazon Secrets Manager and Aplos - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Secret\" fires in Amazon Secrets Manager, your agent runs \"Find contacts\" in Aplos." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-aplos" --- # Connect Amazon Secrets Manager and Aplos When **New Secret** fires in [Amazon Secrets Manager](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-secrets-manager), your agent runs **Find contacts** in [Aplos](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos), or **New contact** in Aplos to **Create Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon Secrets Manager **1** trigger Amazon Secrets Manager **5** 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 Amazon Secrets Manager 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) Example flows ## What Amazon Secrets Manager and Aplos can do together ### From Amazon Secrets Manager to Aplos - When **New Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager then **Find contacts** in Aplos - When **New Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager then **Get contact** in Aplos ### From Aplos to Amazon Secrets Manager - When **New contact** in Aplos then **Create Secret** in Amazon Secrets Manager - When **New contribution** in Aplos then **Update Secret Value** in Amazon Secrets Manager 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 Amazon Secrets Manager and Aplos ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **New Secret** Triggers when a new secret is created in the account. - Action **Create Secret** Creates a new secret holding a text value, such as an API key or password. - Action **Delete Secret** Deletes a secret, either after a recovery window or immediately. - Action **Find Secrets** Returns the secrets in the account, optionally filtered by name, without their values. - Action **Get Secret Value** Returns the current value of a secret by its name or ARN. - Action **Update Secret Value** Stores a new value for an existing secret; the new value becomes the current version. - 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 - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager** Cloud service that stores, encrypts, and automatically rotates API keys, passwords, and other secrets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-secrets-manager) - [ **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 Amazon Secrets Manager - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-slack) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-google-sheets) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-gmail) - [ **Amazon Secrets Manager to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-secrets-manager-to-google-calendar) ## More into Aplos - [ **Airtable to Aplos** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-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) Questions ## Amazon Secrets Manager and Aplos, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Amazon Secrets Manager? Any of Amazon Secrets Manager's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Secret. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Aplos when something happens in Amazon Secrets Manager? Any of Aplos's 13 actions, including Add contribution, Add payable, Add transaction and Find contacts. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Aplos to Amazon Secrets Manager? Yes. When something happens in Aplos, your agent can act in Amazon Secrets Manager too. This page covers both directions: Aplos's triggers and Amazon Secrets Manager's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon Secrets Manager 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 Amazon Secrets Manager 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.