--- title: "Connect Balabook and EARLY - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Invoices\" fires in Balabook, your agent runs \"Add Member to Folder\" in EARLY, or \"Activity Created\" in EARLY to \"Add invoice payment\" in Balabook." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-early" --- # Connect Balabook and EARLY When **New Invoices** fires in [Balabook](https://apiant.ai/connections/balabook), your agent runs **Add Member to Folder** in [EARLY](https://apiant.ai/connections/early), or **Activity Created** in EARLY to **Add invoice payment** in Balabook. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Balabook **2** triggers Balabook **26** actions EARLY **13** triggers EARLY **19** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Balabook and EARLY 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 Balabook and EARLY can do together ### From Balabook to EARLY - When **New Invoices** in Balabook then **Add Member to Folder** in EARLY - When **New Journal Entries** in Balabook then **Create Activity** in EARLY ### From EARLY to Balabook - When **Activity Created** in EARLY then **Add invoice payment** in Balabook - When **Activity Updated** in EARLY then **Create Invoice** in Balabook 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 Balabook and EARLY ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 45 actions - Trigger **New Invoices** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New Journal Entries** Triggers when a new journal entry is created. - Action **Add bill** Create a bill. - Action **Add credit note** Create a credit note. - Action **Add invoice payment** Record a payment on an invoice. - Action **Add journal entry** Create a journal entry. - Action **Create Account** Creates a new account in your company. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new draft estimate in your company. - Action **Create Expense** Creates a new draft expense in your company. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new draft invoice in your company. - Action **Create Partner** Creates the partner for the company. - Action **Create Transaction** Creates a new draft transaction in your company. - Action **Delete invoice** Delete an invoice. - Action **Get account** Get an account with amounts. - Action **Get credit note** Returns one credit note with partner, line items, totals and status. - Action **Get invoice** Get an invoice by id. - Action **Get partner** Get a partner by id. - Action **List accounts** List accounts. - Action **List bills** List bills. - Action **List estimates** List estimates. - Action **List invoices** List invoices. - Action **List journal entries** List journal entries. - Action **List transactions** List transactions. - Action **Update account** Update an account. - Action **Update estimate** Update an estimate. - Action **Update expense** Update an expense. - Action **Update invoice** Update an invoice. - Action **Update partner** Update a partner. - Trigger **Activity Created** Triggers when an activity is created. - Trigger **Activity Deleted** Triggers when an activity is deleted. - Trigger **Activity Updated** Triggers when an activity is updated. - Trigger **Folder Created** Triggers when a folder is created. - Trigger **Folder Deleted** Triggers when a folder is deleted. - Trigger **Folder Updated** Triggers when a folder is updated. - Trigger **Time Entry Created** Triggers when a time entry is created. - Trigger **Time Entry Deleted** Triggers when a time entry is deleted. - Trigger **Time Entry Updated** Triggers when a time entry is updated. - Trigger **Tracking Canceled** Triggers when a tracking is canceled. - Trigger **Tracking Started** Triggers when a new tracking is started. - Trigger **Tracking Stopped** Triggers when a tracking is stopped. - Trigger **Tracking Updated** Triggers when a tracking is updated. - Action **Add Member to Folder** Adds a person with a given email to a folder. - Action **Cancel Current Tracking** Cancels the tracking that is currently running without saving a time entry - Action **Create Activity** Creates an activity. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder. - Action **Create Tag** Creates an tag. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry for a given activity, start- and end-time. - Action **Delete Activity** Deletes an activity by ID - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder by ID - Action **Delete Time Entry** Deletes a time entry by ID - Action **Get Current Tracking** Gets the tracking that is currently running - Action **Get Folder** Gets a folder by ID - Action **Get Time Entry** Gets a time entry by ID - Action **List Activities** Lists the activities in the account - Action **Start Tracking** Start Tracking an Activity. - Action **Stop Current Tracking** Stop the current time tracking. - Action **Update Activity** Updates an existing activity by ID - Action **Update Current Tracking** Updates the tracking that is currently running - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder by ID - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry by ID ## Each app on its own - [ **Balabook** Balabook is an accounting software for business owners and accounting firms to help improve the financial...](https://apiant.ai/connections/balabook) - [ **EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connections/early) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Balabook - [ **Balabook to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-hubspot) - [ **Balabook to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-salesforce) - [ **Balabook to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-slack) - [ **Balabook to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-google-sheets) - [ **Balabook to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-gmail) - [ **Balabook to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-google-calendar) ## More into EARLY - [ **BriefTape to EARLY** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-early) - [ **HubSpot to EARLY** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-early) - [ **Slack to EARLY** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-early) - [ **Airtable to EARLY** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-early) - [ **Asana to EARLY** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-early) - [ **ClickUp to EARLY** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-early) Questions ## Balabook and EARLY, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Balabook? Any of Balabook's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Invoices and New Journal Entries. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in EARLY when something happens in Balabook? Any of EARLY's 19 actions, including Create Activity, Create Folder, Create Tag and Create Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from EARLY to Balabook? Yes. When something happens in EARLY, your agent can act in Balabook too. This page covers both directions: EARLY's triggers and Balabook's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Balabook or EARLY? 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 Balabook and EARLY 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.