Integration
Connect Avalara and Looker
When New Transaction fires in Avalara, your agent runs Create Credentials - Email in Looker, or New Dashboard in Looker to Create Customer in Avalara. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Avalara and Looker to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Avalara and Looker can do together
From Avalara to Looker
When New Transaction in Avalara
then Create Credentials - Email in Looker
From Looker to Avalara
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 Avalara and Looker
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 35 actions
- New Transaction
Triggers when a new transaction is recorded for a company.
- Commit Transaction
Commits a transaction so it is included in tax filings.
- Create Customer
Creates a customer in a company, used for exemption certificate tracking.
- Delete Customer
Deletes a customer record from an AvaTax company, identified by its customer code.
- Get Company
Returns one company in your Avalara account.
- Get Customer
Returns a single customer record from an AvaTax company, looked up by its customer code.
- Get Tax Rates by Address
Returns the combined and per-jurisdiction sales tax rates for a street address.
- Get Transaction
Returns one transaction with its calculated tax.
- List Companies
Returns the companies in your Avalara account.
- List Customers
Returns the customers of one company.
- List items
Returns the items (products and their tax codes) defined for an AvaTax company, up to 1,000 records.
- List nexus
Returns the nexus declarations (jurisdictions where the company collects tax) for an AvaTax company.
- List Transactions
Returns the transactions recorded for one company.
- Refund Transaction
Creates a refund (return invoice) for a committed AvaTax sales transaction, fully, partially, tax-only or by percentage.
- Resolve Address
Validates an address and returns its normalized form with coordinates.
- Update Transaction
Adjusts an existing AvaTax transaction, replacing it with new document details and recalculating tax while keeping an audit record of the adjustment reason.
- Void Transaction
Voids a transaction so it no longer counts toward tax liability.
- New Dashboard
Triggers when a new dashboard is created in Looker.
- New Look
Triggers when a new Look is saved in Looker.
- New User
Triggers when a new user is added to Looker.
- Add Group
Creates a new user group in Looker (admin only).
- Add Role(s) to User
Sets the roles assigned directly to a Looker user, replacing their current direct roles.
- Add Scheduled Plan
Creates a scheduled plan that delivers a Look, dashboard, LookML dashboard or query to one or more destinations on a recurring schedule.
- Add User to Group
Adds a user to a Looker group.
- Create Credentials - Email
Adds an email login to a Looker user.
- Create Render Task
Starts rendering a Look to an image or PDF; use Get Render Task Results with the returned ID once it finishes.
- Create User
Creates a new user in Looker with the given name and details.
- Delete User
Deletes a user from Looker.
- Find User
Finds Looker users matching an email or name.
- Get Dashboard
Returns the full details of a Looker dashboard, including its tiles, filters and layouts.
- Get Look
Returns a saved Look's details, including its title, folder, owner, URLs and the query behind it.
- Get Render Task Results
Returns the image or PDF file produced by a completed render task.
- Get User
Returns a Looker user's details by user ID, including name, email, roles, groups and credentials.
- List Dashboards
Returns all active dashboards in your Looker instance with summary details such as id, title and folder.
- List Groups
Returns the user groups in your Looker instance, optionally filtered by ID or content access.
- List Looks
Returns all active Looks the connected user has access to, with their titles, folders and owners.
- Run Look
Runs a saved Look and returns its result rows.
- Send Password Reset or Account Setup Email
Sends a Looker user a password reset email, or an account setup email if they have not set up their account yet.
- Update User
Updates a Looker user's name, home folder, locale or disabled status, and returns the updated user.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Avalara and Looker, answered
What can start an automation from Avalara?
Any of Avalara's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Transaction. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Looker when something happens in Avalara?
Any of Looker's 19 actions, including Create Credentials - Email, Create Render Task, Create User and Send Password Reset or Account Setup Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Looker to Avalara?
Yes. When something happens in Looker, your agent can act in Avalara too. This page covers both directions: Looker's triggers and Avalara's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Avalara or Looker?
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 Avalara and Looker 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.