--- title: "Connect Apollo and Attio - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record\" in Attio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-attio" --- # Connect Apollo and Attio When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** in [Attio](https://apiant.ai/connections/attio), or **List Entry Created** in Attio to **Create Contact** in Apollo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** actions Attio **7** triggers Attio **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Apollo and Attio 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 Apollo and Attio can do together ### From Apollo to Attio - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** in Attio - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Create or Update Record** in Attio ### From Attio to Apollo - When **List Entry Created** in Attio then **Create Contact** in Apollo - When **List Entry Updated** in Attio then **Create Deal** in Apollo 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 Apollo and Attio ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **Account Updated** Polls Apollo accounts/search for new or updated accounts (dedup on MD5 of the record; accounts/search returns no updated_at). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Polls Apollo contacts/search for new or updated contacts (dedup on MD5 of the record). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Account** Polls Apollo accounts/search for newly created accounts (dedup on account id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Contact** Polls Apollo contacts/search for newly created contacts (dedup on contact id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Action **Create Account** An Account is a company that your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Contact** A Contact is a person your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Deal** Deals are records that you can use to track possible opportunities with your prospective customers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task for the specified Apollo contact (via /tasks/bulk_create with a single contact). - Action **Find Contact** Find a contact in your Apollo instance by searching for their email. If you have multiple contacts with the same email address, this search returns the contact that was created first. - Action **Find Deal** Returns up to 100 deals (opportunities) that match the specified name. Leave name blank to return all deals. - Action **Find Task** Returns up to 100 tasks for the specified contact. Leave contact_id blank to return all tasks. - Action **Get Account** Returns the details of an existing Apollo account (a company saved in Apollo), including its custom field values. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Trigger **List Entry Created** Triggered when a record is added to an Attio list. Attio registers and removes the webhook automatically when the automation is turned on and off. - Trigger **List Entry Deleted** Triggers when a record is removed from a list in Attio, giving you the deleted list entry's ID along with the list and the parent record it pointed at. - Trigger **List Entry Updated** Triggers when a list attribute on an existing Attio list entry is changed, giving you the entry, the list, the parent record and the attribute that changed. - Trigger **Record Created** Triggers when a new record is created in Attio, giving you the new record's ID and the object it belongs to. - Trigger **Record Deleted** Triggers when a record is deleted in Attio, giving you the deleted record's ID and the object it belonged to. - Trigger **Record Updated** Triggers when an attribute on an Attio record changes, giving you the record, the object it belongs to and the attribute that changed. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a new task is created in Attio, giving you the new task's ID and who created it. - Action **Create List Entry** Adds a record to an Attio list as a new list entry and returns the entry. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on an Attio record and returns the new note. - Action **Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record** Adds a record to an Attio list, or updates its existing entry if it is already on the list. - Action **Create or Update Record** Creates a record in Attio, or updates the existing record that matches on the chosen field. - Action **Create Record** Creates a new record on the chosen Attio object and returns it. - Action **Create Storage Location** Attaches a folder to an Attio record — either a folder stored in Attio or one linked from Dropbox, Box, Google Drive or OneDrive. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in Attio, optionally linked to a record and assigned to a workspace member. - Action **Delete List Entry** Removes an entry from an Attio list. - Action **Find List Entries** Returns the entries on an Attio list. - Action **Find Records** Searches records on the chosen Attio object and returns the matches. - Action **Update List Entry** Updates the list-specific field values on an existing Attio list entry. Fields you leave blank are left untouched. - Action **Update Record** Updates the field values on an existing Attio record. Fields you leave blank are left untouched. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing Attio task's due date, done state, linked records or assignee. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. Attio does not allow the task's text to be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Apollo** Apollo is a unified engagement platform that is the foundation for your entire end-to-end sales strategy.](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo) - [ **Attio** Attio is the CRM of the future: data-driven, completely customizable and intuitively collaborative.](https://apiant.ai/connections/attio) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Apollo - [ **Apollo to Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-streak) - [ **Apollo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-hubspot) - [ **Apollo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-salesforce) - [ **Apollo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-slack) - [ **Apollo to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-google-sheets) - [ **Apollo to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-gmail) ## More into Attio - [ **PhantomBuster to Attio** PhantomBuster is an automation tool for teams to extract lists of leads, enrich data and emails as well as...](https://apiant.ai/connect/phantombuster-to-attio) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Attio** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-attio) - [ **Airtable to Attio** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-attio) - [ **Asana to Attio** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-attio) - [ **Brevo to Attio** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-attio) - [ **PandaDoc to Attio** PandaDoc helps you build and deliver sales quotes and proposals and track presentations and close deals...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pandadoc-to-attio) Questions ## Apollo and Attio, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Apollo? Any of Apollo's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Account Updated, Contact Updated, New Account and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Attio when something happens in Apollo? Any of Attio's 13 actions, including Create List Entry, Create Note, Create or Update List Entry by Parent Record and Create or Update Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Attio to Apollo? Yes. When something happens in Attio, your agent can act in Apollo too. This page covers both directions: Attio's triggers and Apollo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo or Attio? 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 Apollo and Attio 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.