# Connect Bart and Xero

When **New service advisory** fires in [Bart](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart), your agent runs **Add purchase order** in [Xero](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero), or **New bill** in Xero to **Find trips by origin and destination** in Bart. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Bart **1** trigger Bart **8** actions Xero **4** triggers Xero **26** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Bart and Xero to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Bart and Xero can do together

### From Bart to Xero

- When **New service advisory** in Bart then **Add purchase order** in Xero
- When **New service advisory** in Bart then **Create or update contact** in Xero

### From Xero to Bart

- When **New bill** in Xero then **Find trips by origin and destination** in Bart
- When **New or updated contact** in Xero then **Get route** in Bart

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 Bart and Xero

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 actions

- Trigger

**New service advisory**

Triggers when BART posts a new service advisory (delay, emergency or information notice).

- Action

**Find trips by origin and destination**

Finds BART trips departing from an origin station to a destination station around a given time, with fares and legs for each trip.

- Action

**Get route**

Returns details for a BART route: its name, colour, origin and destination, and the ordered list of stations it serves.

- Action

**Get station**

Returns detailed information about a BART station, including its address, location, routes, platforms and nearby attractions.

- Action

**Get station schedule**

Returns the full day's scheduled train departures from a BART station, with line, destination, time and platform for each.

- Action

**List real-time departures**

Returns the current estimated departure times for trains leaving a BART station, grouped by destination.

- Action

**List routes**

Returns the list of BART routes (lines) in service for the current or a chosen schedule date.

- Action

**List service advisories**

Returns BART's current service advisories (delays, emergencies and general information).

- Action

**List stations**

Returns every BART station with its full name, abbreviation, coordinates and address.

- Trigger

**New bill**

Triggered when a new bill (ACCPAY) is added.

- Trigger

**New or updated contact**

Triggered when a contact is created or updated.

- Trigger

**New payment**

Triggered when a new payment is received.

- Trigger

**New sales invoice**

Triggered when a new sales invoice (ACCREC) is added.

- Action

**Add account**

Create a chart of accounts entry.

- Action

**Add credit note**

Create a credit note.

- Action

**Add item**

Create an inventory/sales item.

- Action

**Add purchase order**

Create a purchase order.

- Action

**Add quote**

Create a quote.

- Action

**Create bank transaction**

Create a spend or receive money bank transaction.

- Action

**Create bill**

Create a new bill (Accounts Payable, Type=ACCPAY).

- Action

**Create or update contact**

Create a new contact or update an existing one.

- Action

**Create payment**

Create a payment against an approved invoice.

- Action

**Create sales invoice**

Create a new sales invoice (Accounts Receivable, Type=ACCREC).

- Action

**Find contact by email**

Find a contact by email address.

- Action

**Get contact**

Retrieve a single contact by ContactID.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Retrieve a single invoice by InvoiceID.

- Action

**Get quote**

Returns one quote by its id, with its contact, status, line items and totals.

- Action

**List accounts**

Retrieve the chart of accounts.

- Action

**List bank transactions**

List bank transactions.

- Action

**List contacts**

Retrieve contacts from Xero.

- Action

**List credit notes**

List credit notes.

- Action

**List invoices**

Retrieve sales invoices and bills.

- Action

**List items**

List items.

- Action

**List organisations**

Retrieve organisation details for the connected Xero tenant.

- Action

**List payments**

Retrieve payments.

- Action

**List purchase orders**

List purchase orders.

- Action

**List tax rates**

List tax rates.

- Action

**Update contact**

Update a contact by id.

- Action

**Update invoice**

Update a draft/submitted invoice.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Bart** Real-time BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train schedules, arrivals, and station data API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart)
- [ **Xero** Xero online accounting — manage contacts, invoices, bills, payments, accounts, and bank transactions via the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Bart

- [ **Bart to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-hubspot)
- [ **Bart to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-salesforce)
- [ **Bart to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-slack)
- [ **Bart to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Bart to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-gmail)
- [ **Bart to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-calendar)

## More into Xero

- [ **HubSpot to Xero** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-xero)
- [ **Salesforce to Xero** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-xero)
- [ **Slack to Xero** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-xero)
- [ **Google Sheets to Xero** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-xero)
- [ **Gmail to Xero** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-xero)
- [ **Google Calendar to Xero** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-xero)

Questions

## Bart and Xero, answered

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### What can start an automation from Bart?

Any of Bart's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New service advisory. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Xero when something happens in Bart?

Any of Xero's 26 actions, including Create bank transaction, Create bill, Create or update contact and Create payment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Xero to Bart?

Yes. When something happens in Xero, your agent can act in Bart too. This page covers both directions: Xero's triggers and Bart's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Bart or Xero?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
