--- title: "Connect Anchor to ServiceTrade - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Proposal Sent\" fires in Anchor, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in ServiceTrade." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-servicetrade" --- # Connect Anchor to ServiceTrade When **New Proposal Sent** fires in [Anchor](https://apiant.ai/connections/anchor), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [ServiceTrade](https://apiant.ai/connections/servicetrade). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Anchor **4** triggers Anchor **6** actions ServiceTrade **30** 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 ServiceTrade 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 ServiceTrade - When **New Proposal Sent** in Anchor then **Create Contact** in ServiceTrade - When **Agreement Amended** in Anchor then **Create Invoice** in ServiceTrade 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 ServiceTrade ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 36 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 Asset to Location** Creates a new asset (equipment or system) at a ServiceTrade location. - Action **Add Attachment to Job** Uploads a file from a URL and attaches it to a ServiceTrade job. - Action **Add Comment to Job** Adds a comment to a ServiceTrade job, with optional visibility, author and pinning. - Action **Add Comment to Location** Adds a comment to a ServiceTrade location. - Action **Add Tag** Creates a tag, or attaches a new or existing tag to a ServiceTrade record such as a job, location or company. - Action **Create Appointment** Creates a new appointment on a ServiceTrade job, optionally assigning services and technicians. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in ServiceTrade and optionally assigns it to companies and locations. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice or vendor bill in ServiceTrade for a customer, optionally linked to a job, with line items. - Action **Create Job** Creates a new job (work order) at a ServiceTrade location. - Action **Create Job Item** Adds a part, labor, service or other item to an existing ServiceTrade job. - Action **Create Location** Creates a new location (a site where work is performed) for a ServiceTrade company. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in ServiceTrade for work at a location, covering one or more services. - Action **Find Asset by Search** Finds assets whose text fields or properties match a search term, optionally narrowed by location, job, appointment, type, status or dates. - Action **Find Company** Searches ServiceTrade companies by name, with optional filters for type, status, location and tags, and returns the matching companies. - Action **Find Company by External ID** Finds a ServiceTrade company by the ID it carries in an external system, and returns the full company record. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts by name, phone number or email address, optionally narrowed by company, location, contact type or dates. - Action **Find Contract by Name** Finds ServiceTrade contracts whose name contains the text you supply, optionally narrowed by customer, vendor, location, tag or dates. - Action **Find Deficiency by Deficiency Number** Finds deficiencies whose reference number exactly matches the one you supply, optionally narrowed by status, severity, location, company and other filters. - Action **Find Job by Job ID** Returns a single ServiceTrade job by its ID, including its customer, location, service requests, appointments and scheduling comments. - Action **Find Job by Job Number** Finds jobs by their job number and returns the first match plus all matching jobs. - Action **Find Location** Finds locations whose name or store number contains the text you give, optionally narrowed by company, status, region, office or tags. - Action **Find Location by External ID** Finds a ServiceTrade location by its ID in an external system and returns the full location record. - Action **Find Quote by Quote Number** Finds a quote by its exact quote number (reference number) and returns the matching quote. - Action **Remove Tag** Removes a tag from a ServiceTrade record (job, location, company, etc.), or deletes the tag from every record when no record is given. - Action **Update Appointment** Updates an existing ServiceTrade appointment's status, time window, assigned technicians, services, or release state. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing ServiceTrade contact's name, phone numbers, email, status, contact types, and company or location assignments. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing ServiceTrade invoice's status, numbering, notes, dates, terms and assignment. - Action **Update Job Item** Updates an existing job item (material, part, labor or service on a job) in ServiceTrade. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Location** Updates an existing ServiceTrade location's name, address, contact details, status, tax and office settings. - Action **Upload File to Bulk Import** Creates a bulk import of the chosen type in ServiceTrade and uploads the CSV file to it, which starts processing the import. ## Each app on its own - [ **Anchor** Get freedom from the burden of invoicing and collections.](https://apiant.ai/connections/anchor) - [ **ServiceTrade** ServiceTrade is a customer service and sales application for commercial service contractors.](https://apiant.ai/connections/servicetrade) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Anchor - [ **Anchor to Outlook** Outlook is Microsoft's email and calendaring platform integrating contacts and scheduling, enabling users to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/anchor-to-outlook) - [ **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 ServiceTrade - [ **HubSpot to ServiceTrade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-servicetrade) - [ **Salesforce to ServiceTrade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-servicetrade) - [ **Slack to ServiceTrade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-servicetrade) - [ **Google Sheets to ServiceTrade** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-servicetrade) - [ **Gmail to ServiceTrade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-servicetrade) - [ **Google Calendar to ServiceTrade** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-servicetrade) Questions ## Anchor and ServiceTrade, answered ### ### 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. ### ### What can your agent do in ServiceTrade when something happens in Anchor? Any of ServiceTrade's 30 actions, including Create Appointment, Create Contact, Create Invoice and Create Job. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ServiceTrade to Anchor? ServiceTrade has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Anchor. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ServiceTrade's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Anchor or ServiceTrade? 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 Anchor and ServiceTrade 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.