Integration
Connect Avalara and Roam
When New Transaction fires in Avalara, your agent runs Send Channel Message in Roam, or New Recording in Roam 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 Roam to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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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 Roam can do together
From Avalara to Roam
When New Transaction in Avalara
then Send Channel Message in Roam
From Roam 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 Roam
Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 22 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.
- Lobby Booked
Triggers when a lobby is booked.
- New Recording
Triggers when a new meeting recording is saved in your Roam.
- New Transcript
Triggers when a new transcript is saved in your Roam.
- On-Air: Event Created
Triggers when a new On-Air event is created.
- On-Air: Guest Added
Triggers when a guest is added to an On-Air event.
- On-Air: Guest RSVP Changed
Triggers when a guest changes their RSVP status on an On-Air event.
- Create Meeting Link
Creates a new Roam meeting link and returns its ID and shareable URL. Optionally set the host's email and the meeting's start and end times.
- Find User by Email
Looks up a member of your Roam organization by their email address and returns their profile, including user ID, name, photo and admin status.
- On-Air: Add Guest
Adds a guest to a Roam On-Air event by email, optionally setting their name, phone and RSVP status, and returns the created guest.
- On-Air: Find Event
Returns the On-Air events whose title contains the text you search for, taken from your most recent events. Returns an empty list when nothing matches.
- Send Channel Message
Posts a message to a Roam channel and returns the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread.
- Send Direct Message
Sends a direct message to one person in Roam and returns the conversation ID plus the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread.
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 Roam, 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 Roam when something happens in Avalara?
Any of Roam's 6 actions, including Create Meeting Link, Send Channel Message, Send Direct Message and Find User by Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Roam to Avalara?
Yes. When something happens in Roam, your agent can act in Avalara too. This page covers both directions: Roam's triggers and Avalara's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Avalara or Roam?
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 Roam 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.