--- title: "Connect Aplos and Stripe - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New contact\" fires in Aplos, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Stripe, or \"New Customer\" in Stripe to \"Find contacts\" in Aplos." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-stripe" --- # Connect Aplos and Stripe When **New contact** fires in [Aplos](https://apiant.ai/connections/aplos), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Stripe](https://apiant.ai/connections/stripe), or **New Customer** in Stripe 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 Stripe **11** triggers Stripe **21** 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 Stripe 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) Stripe handles the card payments and Aplos holds the fund accounting and donor records, so the same gift usually gets entered twice. Connecting them means a paid charge in Stripe can become a contribution or journal entry in Aplos against the right purpose and fund, and a new donor added in Aplos can get a matching Stripe customer for future giving. Example flows ## What Aplos and Stripe can do together ### From Aplos to Stripe - When **New contact** in Aplos then **Create Customer** in Stripe - When **New or updated contact** in Aplos then **Update Customer** in Stripe ### From Stripe to Aplos - When **New Customer** in Stripe then **Find contacts** in Aplos - When **New paid charge** in Stripe 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 Stripe ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 34 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 **New Charge** Triggers when a new charge is created. - Trigger **New Charge (instant)** Fires instantly when a charge succeeds in Stripe, via a self-registered webhook (charge.succeeded). The platform registers/deletes the Stripe webhook endpoint automatically at automation activation/deactivation. Payload binds as {{ trigger.body.* }}. - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new Stripe event is created (covers all event types via the Events API). - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New paid and available charge** Triggered when a new paid and available charge is created. - Trigger **New paid charge** Triggered when a new paid charge is created. - Trigger **New plan** Triggered when a new plan is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggers when a new refund is created. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription is created. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a subscription by its ID. - Action **Create Charge** Creates a charge. Amount is in the smallest currency unit (e.g. cents). - Action **Create charges (bulk charge creation)** Creates a charge in Stripe. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer in Stripe. - Action **Create Payment Intent** Creates a PaymentIntent (the modern Stripe payment flow). Amount is in the smallest currency unit. - Action **Create Price** Creates a price for a product. unit_amount is in the smallest currency unit. - Action **Create Product** Creates a product (a good or service) in Stripe. - Action **Create Refund** Refunds a charge or payment intent. Provide charge or payment_intent; amount optional for partial refund. - Action **Create refund by charge id (distinct from Create Refund)** Creates a refund for a specific charge id. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a subscription for a customer to one or more prices. - Action **Delete Customer** Permanently deletes a customer by ID. - Action **Find Customer by Email** Searches for customers matching an email address. - Action **Get Charge** Retrieves a charge by its ID. - Action **Get charge details (distinct from Get Charge)** Retrieves a charge's details by its charge id. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieves a customer by their Stripe ID. - Action **Get Invoice** Retrieves an invoice by its ID. - Action **Get Refund** Retrieves a refund by its ID. - Action **Get Subscription** Retrieves a subscription by its ID. - Action **Get transaction details** Retrieves a transaction's details by its transaction id. - Action **List balance transactions** List balance transactions (txn_xxx) for the account, most recent first. - Action **Update Customer** Updates an existing customer by ID. ## 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) - [ **Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/stripe) 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 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) - [ **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 Stripe - [ **HubSpot to Stripe** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-stripe) - [ **Salesforce to Stripe** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-stripe) - [ **Google Sheets to Stripe** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-stripe) - [ **Google Calendar to Stripe** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-stripe) - [ **Google Drive to Stripe** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-stripe) - [ **Mailchimp to Stripe** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-stripe) Questions ## Aplos and Stripe, answered ### ### Can a Stripe payment be recorded in Aplos against the right donor? Yes. The Find contacts action searches Aplos by the email on the Stripe charge, and Add contribution records the gift with lines crediting that contact and a purpose. If no contact matches, you can decide whether to skip the record or send it to a holding contact. ### ### Do refunds in Stripe reach the Aplos books? The New Refund trigger fires when a refund is created in Stripe, and Add transaction can post a balancing journal entry in Aplos using accounts and funds you pick from List accounts and List funds. You can also read the original charge first with Get Charge to carry over the amount and description. ### ### What can start an automation from Aplos? Any of Aplos's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New contact, New or updated contact and New contribution. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Stripe when something happens in Aplos? Any of Stripe's 21 actions, including Create Customer, Update Customer, Create Charge and Create charges (bulk charge creation). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Stripe to Aplos? Yes. When something happens in Stripe, your agent can act in Aplos too. This page covers both directions: Stripe's triggers and Aplos's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Aplos or Stripe? 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 Stripe 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.