---
title: "Connect Anchor to Insightly - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Proposal Sent\" fires in Anchor, your agent runs \"Add contact to organisation\" in Insightly."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-insightly"
---

# Connect Anchor to Insightly

When **New Proposal Sent** fires in [Anchor](https://apiant.ai/connections/anchor), your agent runs **Add contact to organisation** in [Insightly](https://apiant.ai/connections/insightly). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Anchor **4** triggers Anchor **6** actions Insightly **34** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Anchor and Insightly 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 Anchor can start in Insightly

- When **New Proposal Sent** in Anchor then **Add contact to organisation** in Insightly
- When **Agreement Amended** in Anchor then **Create contact** in Insightly

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 Anchor and Insightly

## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 40 actions

- Trigger

**Agreement Amended**

Triggers when an agreement is amended.

- Trigger

**New Proposal Sent**

Triggers when a proposal is sent to a client.

- Trigger

**Proposal Approved**

Triggers when a proposal is approved. The payload is the resulting agreement (a proposal becomes an agreement on approval).

- Trigger

**Proposal Published**

Triggers when a proposal is published.

- Action

**Add Service to Agreement**

Adds a service to a signed Anchor agreement as a new amendment.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new client contact in Anchor.

- Action

**Find Contact by ID**

Looks up a single contact by its Anchor ID.

- Action

**List Contacts**

Returns a list of contacts (client businesses), optionally filtered by search text or status.

- Action

**Publish Proposal**

Publishes a proposal draft as a proposal and, unless set to silent, emails the client.

- Action

**Submit Charges**

Submits charges on an agreement to issue an invoice now or schedule one for a future billing date.

- Action

**Add contact to organisation**

Link a contact to an organisation by updating the contact's ORGANISATION_ID.

- Action

**Create contact**

Create a new contact in Insightly.

- Action

**Create event**

Create a new calendar event in Insightly.

- Action

**Create lead**

Create a new lead in Insightly.

- Action

**Create note**

Create a new note in Insightly.

- Action

**Create opportunity**

Create a new opportunity in Insightly.

- Action

**Create organisation**

Create a new organisation in Insightly.

- Action

**Create project**

Create a new project in Insightly.

- Action

**Create task**

Create a new task in Insightly.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Delete a contact by its CONTACT_ID.

- Action

**Delete lead**

Delete a lead by its LEAD_ID.

- Action

**Delete opportunity**

Delete an opportunity by its OPPORTUNITY_ID.

- Action

**Delete organisation**

Delete an organisation by its ORGANISATION_ID.

- Action

**Get contact**

Retrieve a single contact by its CONTACT_ID.

- Action

**Get event**

Retrieves a single Insightly calendar event by its id, including its custom field values and links.

- Action

**Get lead**

Retrieve a single lead by its LEAD_ID.

- Action

**Get note**

Retrieves a single Insightly note by its id, including its title, body, owner, dates and linked records.

- Action

**Get opportunity**

Retrieve a single opportunity by its OPPORTUNITY_ID.

- Action

**Get organisation**

Retrieve a single organisation by its ORGANISATION_ID.

- Action

**Get project**

Retrieve a single project by its PROJECT_ID.

- Action

**Get task**

Retrieve a single task by its TASK_ID.

- Action

**List contacts**

List contacts (paged) ordered by date.

- Action

**List leads**

List leads (paged).

- Action

**List opportunities**

List opportunities (paged).

- Action

**List organisations**

List organisations (paged).

- Action

**List projects**

List projects (paged).

- Action

**List tasks**

List tasks (paged).

- Action

**List users**

List Insightly users (useful for resolving owner/responsible user IDs).

- Action

**Search contacts**

Search contacts by a single field value (e.g. email_address).

- Action

**Update contact**

Update an existing contact in Insightly.

- Action

**Update lead**

Update an existing lead in Insightly.

- Action

**Update opportunity**

Update an existing opportunity in Insightly.

- Action

**Update organisation**

Update an existing organisation in Insightly.

- Action

**Update task**

Update an existing task in Insightly.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Anchor** Get freedom from the burden of invoicing and collections.](https://apiant.ai/connections/anchor)
- [ **Insightly** Insightly CRM — manage contacts, leads, organisations, opportunities, projects, tasks, events and notes.](https://apiant.ai/connections/insightly)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Anchor

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- [ **Anchor to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-hubspot)
- [ **Anchor to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-salesforce)
- [ **Anchor to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-slack)
- [ **Anchor to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Anchor to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-gmail)

## More into Insightly

- [ **Mailchimp to Insightly** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-insightly)
- [ **Stripe to Insightly** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-insightly)
- [ **Zoom to Insightly** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoom-to-insightly)
- [ **SendGrid to Insightly** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-insightly)
- [ **Freshdesk to Insightly** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-insightly)
- [ **Typeform to Insightly** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/typeform-to-insightly)

Questions

## Anchor and Insightly, answered

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### What can start an automation from Anchor?

Any of Anchor's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Proposal Sent, Agreement Amended, Proposal Approved and Proposal Published. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Insightly when something happens in Anchor?

Any of Insightly's 34 actions, including Create contact, Create event, Create lead and Create note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Insightly to Anchor?

Insightly has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Anchor. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Insightly's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Anchor or Insightly?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Anchor and Insightly 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.
