--- title: "Connect Axonaut and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Axonaut User\" fires in Axonaut, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect Axonaut and FreshBooks When **New Axonaut User** fires in [Axonaut](https://apiant.ai/connections/axonaut), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Create Invoice** in Axonaut. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Axonaut **13** triggers Axonaut **17** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Axonaut and FreshBooks 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Axonaut and FreshBooks can do together ### From Axonaut to FreshBooks - When **New Axonaut User** in Axonaut then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **New Closed Ticket** in Axonaut then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to Axonaut - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Create Invoice** in Axonaut - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Create Event** in Axonaut 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 Axonaut and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 29 triggers · 46 actions - Trigger **New Axonaut User** Triggers when a new user is added to the Axonaut account. - Trigger **New Closed Ticket** Triggers when a support ticket is closed in Axonaut, optionally only for one company. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Axonaut, optionally limited to customers, prospects or suppliers, or to a city or name. - Trigger **New Contract** Triggers when a new order (contract) is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggered when a new employee (a contact at a company) is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggered when a new expense is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggered when a new opportunity is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Product** Triggered when a new product is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Quotation** Triggered when a new quotation is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created in Axonaut. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggered when a new ticket is created. - Action **Create Employee** Creates an employee (contact person) on a company in Axonaut. - Action **Create Event** Creates an event (meeting, email, phone call, mail, text message or note) in Axonaut, optionally linked to a company, contact and opportunity. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in Axonaut, optionally linked to a supplier, project or workforce. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice in Axonaut for a company, with its product lines, dates, discounts, deposit and payment options. - Action **Create Opportunity** Creates a sales opportunity for a company in Axonaut, optionally placing it in a pipeline step and linking contacts. - Action **Create Product** Creates a product or service in your Axonaut catalog, with its price, tax rate, stock and other details. - Action **Create Quotation** Creates a quotation (quote) for a customer company in Axonaut, with its product lines, discount and terms. - Action **Create Supplier** Creates a new supplier in Axonaut with its address, VAT and SIRET numbers, categories and custom fields. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a support ticket in Axonaut, optionally linked to a company, contacts, a project and an assigned team member. - Action **Find Company** Finds companies in Axonaut whose name contains the text you give, optionally narrowed by internal id, type, SIRET, city or zip code. - Action **Find Contract** Finds Axonaut orders (contracts) by their id, optionally narrowed by last-update date, and returns the matching orders. - Action **Find Expense** Finds Axonaut expenses whose title or number contains the text you enter, optionally narrowed by date and payment status. - Action **Find Product** Finds products in Axonaut by name, product code or internal reference. - Action **Find Quotation** Finds quotations in Axonaut whose number matches the one you supply, optionally narrowed by status, company and date. - Action **Find Supplier** Returns the suppliers whose name contains the text you specify, searching the first five pages of your Axonaut suppliers. - Action **Search Company** Returns the companies whose name contains the search text, optionally narrowed by type, location, SIRET, internal id, status or custom field values. - Action **Search Employee** Returns the employees (company contacts) matching an email, first name, last name, phone number or custom field value. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. 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Any of Axonaut's 13 triggers in the catalog, including New Axonaut User, New Closed Ticket, New Company and New Contract. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in Axonaut? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to Axonaut? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in Axonaut too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and Axonaut's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Axonaut or FreshBooks? 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 Axonaut and FreshBooks 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.