--- title: "Connect Aplos and Commune - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New contact\" fires in Aplos, your agent runs \"Send Direct Message\" in Commune, or \"New Attendee\" in Commune to \"Find contacts\" in Aplos." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-commune" --- # Connect Aplos and Commune When **New contact** fires in [Aplos](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos), your agent runs **Send Direct Message** in [Commune](https://apiant.ai/connections/commune), or **New Attendee** in Commune to **Find contacts** in Aplos. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Aplos **3** triggers Aplos **13** actions Commune **9** triggers Commune **9** 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 Commune 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 and Commune can do together ### From Aplos to Commune - When **New contact** in Aplos then **Send Direct Message** in Commune - When **New contribution** in Aplos then **Create Post** in Commune ### From Commune to Aplos - When **New Attendee** in Commune then **Find contacts** in Aplos - When **New Comment** in Commune then **Get contact** in Aplos 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 Commune ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 22 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. - Trigger **Comment Edited** Triggers when a comment is edited after it was posted. - Trigger **Comment Moderated** Triggers when a comment is moderated to "Show to Poster/Admin only" visibility in your Commune community. - Trigger **New Attendee** Triggers when a new attendee registers for the selected Commune event. - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is posted in your Commune community, optionally limited to one post, commenter, box or category. - Trigger **New Event Created** Triggers when a new event is created in your Commune community. - Trigger **New Post** Triggers when a new post is created in your Commune community. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user joins your Commune community. - Trigger **User Account Deactivation** Triggers when a community member's account is deactivated (the user resigns or is removed). - Trigger **User Added to Group** Triggers when a user is added to the selected Commune group. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new group in your Commmune community. - Action **Create Post** Creates a new post in a Commune box and category, authored as the chosen user. - Action **Deactivate User’s Account** Deactivates (removes) one or more user accounts from your Commune community. - Action **Find User** Finds community users by email address, optionally narrowed by creation date, resigned status or admin role. Returns the matching users and the first match. - Action **Generate Invitation Link** Creates member invitation links for one or more email addresses in your Commune community. - Action **Give Badge** Gives a badge to a community member. Only badges in the "Specific users" category can be given. - Action **Give Points** Adds points to one or more community members. By default the points count toward both their total earned and available points. - Action **Remove User From Group** Removes one or more users from a group. Any badge tied to that group is removed from those users too. - Action **Send Direct Message** Sends a direct message from the community admin to a user. ## 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) - [ **Commune** Commune is the no-code customer success platform that boosts customer engagement and reduces time and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commune) 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 JotForm** JotForm is a web-based WYSIWYG form builder. Create forms, integrate them into your site, and collect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-jotform) - [ **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) ## More into Commune - [ **ActiveCampaign to Commune** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-commune) - [ **Airtable to Commune** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-commune) - [ **Asana to Commune** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-commune) - [ **ClickUp to Commune** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-commune) - [ **Brevo to Commune** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-commune) - [ **Calendly to Commune** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-commune) Questions ## Aplos and Commune, 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 Commune when something happens in Aplos? Any of Commune's 9 actions, including Create Group, Create Post, Send Direct Message and Deactivate User’s Account. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Commune to Aplos? Yes. When something happens in Commune, your agent can act in Aplos too. This page covers both directions: Commune's triggers and Aplos's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Aplos or Commune? 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 Commune 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.