--- title: "Connect Aplos to BulkGate - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New contact\" fires in Aplos, your agent runs \"Address Book - Add a Contact\" in BulkGate." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-bulkgate" --- # Connect Aplos to BulkGate When **New contact** fires in [Aplos](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos), your agent runs **Address Book - Add a Contact** in [BulkGate](https://apiant.ai/connections/bulkgate). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Aplos **3** triggers Aplos **13** actions BulkGate **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Aplos and BulkGate 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 Aplos can start in BulkGate - When **New contact** in Aplos then **Address Book - Add a Contact** in BulkGate - When **New contribution** in Aplos then **Address Book - Edit a Contact** in BulkGate 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 Aplos and BulkGate ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 21 actions - 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. - Action **Address Book - Add a Contact** Adds a contact to your BulkGate address book, optionally placing it in existing groups or a new group. - Action **Address Book - Edit a Contact** Updates an existing contact in your BulkGate address book, found by its phone number. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Address Book - Get a Contact** Returns a contact from your BulkGate address book, looked up by phone number. - Action **Address Book - Remove a Contact** Removes a contact from a BulkGate address book by phone number. - Action **Check Credit Balance** Returns the remaining credit, currency and free message count for your BulkGate wallet. - Action **Url Shortener - Edit Shortened Url** Points an existing BulkGate short link at a new destination address. The short link stays the same, so messages already sent keep working. - Action **Url Shortener - Remove a Shortened Url** Removes a short link from your BulkGate account. The link stops redirecting, including in messages already sent. - Action **Url Shortener - Shorten an Url** Creates a short link for a web address that you can use in message text. Links are valid for 30 days. ## Each app on its own - [ **Aplos** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos) - [ **BulkGate** BulkGate is a messaging platform that enables companies and individuals to spread their message to anyone...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bulkgate) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Aplos - [ **Aplos to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-salesforce) - [ **Aplos to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-stripe) - [ **Aplos to OpenAI** OpenAI's platform for text generation (Responses + Chat Completions), image generation (gpt-image-1 /...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-openai) - [ **Aplos to Ontraport** Ontraport is an all-in-one CRM, marketing automation, and e-commerce platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-ontraport) - [ **Aplos to Freshworks CRM** Freshworks CRM (Freshsales Suite) — manage contacts, sales accounts, deals, notes, tasks, and appointments.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-freshworks-crm) - [ **Aplos to Beanstalk** Beanstalk is a code hosting and deployment workflow tool for Git and Subversion.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-beanstalk) ## More into BulkGate - [ **HubSpot to BulkGate** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-bulkgate) - [ **Salesforce to BulkGate** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-bulkgate) - [ **Slack to BulkGate** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-bulkgate) - [ **Google Sheets to BulkGate** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-bulkgate) - [ **Gmail to BulkGate** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-bulkgate) - [ **Google Calendar to BulkGate** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-bulkgate) Questions ## Aplos and BulkGate, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Aplos? Any of Aplos's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New contact, New contribution and New or updated contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in BulkGate when something happens in Aplos? Any of BulkGate's 8 actions, including Address Book - Add a Contact, Address Book - Edit a Contact, Address Book - Get a Contact and Check Credit Balance. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from BulkGate to Aplos? BulkGate has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Aplos. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BulkGate's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Aplos or BulkGate? 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 Aplos and BulkGate 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.