--- title: "Connect Balabook and Perspective - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Invoices\" fires in Balabook, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Perspective." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-perspective" --- # Connect Balabook and Perspective When **New Invoices** fires in [Balabook](https://apiant.ai/connections/balabook), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Perspective](https://apiant.ai/connections/perspective), or **New Contact** in Perspective 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 Perspective **2** triggers Perspective **8** 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 Perspective 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 Perspective can do together ### From Balabook to Perspective - When **New Invoices** in Balabook then **Create Contact** in Perspective - When **New Journal Entries** in Balabook then **Update Contact Field** in Perspective ### From Perspective to Balabook - When **New Contact** in Perspective then **Add invoice payment** in Balabook - When **New Lead via Funnel** in Perspective 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 Perspective ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 34 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 **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected funnel. - Trigger **New Lead via Funnel** Triggers when a visitor submits the selected funnel and becomes a new lead (contacts whose source is the funnel itself). - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in the CRM of a Perspective funnel. Returns the created contact. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single CRM contact from a funnel by its ID. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get Funnel Chart** Returns chart data points for a funnel over a time window, such as page-to-page conversion, visitor devices, top traffic sources or button clicks. - Action **Get Funnel KPI** Returns a single key performance indicator, such as conversion rate or total sessions, for a funnel over a chosen time period. - Action **Get Funnel Question Insight** Returns aggregated response counts for a specific funnel question or survey element over a date range. - Action **List Contacts** Returns the CRM contacts captured by a funnel, with their details, custom properties and attribution data. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns all workspaces in your Perspective company, along with the campaigns (funnels) that belong to each one. - Action **Update Contact Field** Updates one field on a contact in a funnel, either a standard contact field, an address field or a custom property, and returns the new value. ## 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) - [ **Perspective** Perspective is a mobile funnel builder which lets you create beautiful mobile experiences.](https://apiant.ai/connections/perspective) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Balabook - [ **Balabook to touchSMS** touchSMS is a simple app to send and receive SMS from any application.](https://apiant.ai/connect/balabook-to-touchsms) - [ **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) ## More into Perspective - [ **HubSpot to Perspective** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-perspective) - [ **Google Sheets to Perspective** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-perspective) - [ **Gmail to Perspective** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-perspective) - [ **Google Calendar to Perspective** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-perspective) - [ **Google Drive to Perspective** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-perspective) - [ **Mailchimp to Perspective** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-perspective) Questions ## Balabook and Perspective, 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 Perspective when something happens in Balabook? Any of Perspective's 8 actions, including Create Contact, Update Contact Field, Get Contact and Get Funnel Chart. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Perspective to Balabook? Yes. When something happens in Perspective, your agent can act in Balabook too. This page covers both directions: Perspective's triggers and Balabook's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Balabook or Perspective? 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 Perspective 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.