--- title: "Connect Axonaut to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Axonaut User\" fires in Axonaut, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Axonaut to NGP VAN When **New Axonaut User** fires in [Axonaut](https://apiant.ai/connections/axonaut), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Axonaut **13** triggers Axonaut **17** actions NGP VAN **20** 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 NGP VAN 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 Axonaut can start in NGP VAN - When **New Axonaut User** in Axonaut then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Closed Ticket** in Axonaut then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN 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 NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 37 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. - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **Axonaut** Axonaut is a CRM and more: follow your customer from before the first contact, beginning at the marketing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/axonaut) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Axonaut - [ **Axonaut to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-hubspot) - [ **Axonaut to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-salesforce) - [ **Axonaut to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-slack) - [ **Axonaut to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-google-sheets) - [ **Axonaut to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-gmail) - [ **Axonaut to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/axonaut-to-google-calendar) ## More into NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## Axonaut and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Axonaut? 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 NGP VAN when something happens in Axonaut? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Axonaut? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Axonaut. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Axonaut or NGP VAN? 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 NGP VAN 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.