--- title: "Connect Beehiiv and FreeAgent - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New subscriber to publication\" fires in Beehiiv, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in FreeAgent." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-freeagent" --- # Connect Beehiiv and FreeAgent When **New subscriber to publication** fires in [Beehiiv](https://apiant.ai/connections/beehiiv), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [FreeAgent](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent), or **New Contact** in FreeAgent to **Get subscription by email** in Beehiiv. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Beehiiv **8** triggers Beehiiv **42** actions FreeAgent **6** triggers FreeAgent **50** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Beehiiv and FreeAgent 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) Connecting FreeAgent and Beehiiv keeps your client records and your newsletter audience pointed at the same people. New contacts in FreeAgent can be checked against Beehiiv and subscribed with the right tag, and new or lapsed Beehiiv subscribers can be written back into FreeAgent as contacts. The agent builds each scenario, tests it and keeps it running. Example flows ## What Beehiiv and FreeAgent can do together ### From Beehiiv to FreeAgent - When **New subscriber to publication** in Beehiiv then **Create Contact** in FreeAgent - When **New unsubscriber to publication** in Beehiiv then **Update Contact** in FreeAgent ### From FreeAgent to Beehiiv - When **New Contact** in FreeAgent then **Get subscription by email** in Beehiiv - When **New Project** in FreeAgent then **Update subscription by email** in Beehiiv 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 Beehiiv and FreeAgent ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 92 actions - Trigger **List automations** poll for automations; new automations surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **List newsletter lists** poll newsletter lists; new lists surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **List polls** poll for polls; new polls surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **List segment subscriber IDs** poll subscriber IDs in a segment; new IDs surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **List segment subscribers** poll subscribers in a segment; new members surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **List tiers** poll subscription tiers; new tiers surface over time (trigger). - Trigger **New subscriber to publication** Polls Beehiiv and emits each new subscriber to the specified publication. Lists subscriptions newest-first; dedup by subscription id. - Trigger **New unsubscriber to publication** Polls Beehiiv and emits each new unsubscriber (inactive subscription) to the specified publication. Dedup by subscription id. - Action **Add subscription tag** add a tag to a subscription. - Action **Bulk create subscription** create multiple subscriptions in a single bulk request. - Action **Create custom field** create a new custom field. - Action **Create newsletter list** create a new newsletter list. - Action **Create segment** create a new segment. - Action **Delete custom field** delete a custom field. - Action **Delete newsletter list** delete a newsletter list. - Action **Delete segment** delete a segment. - Action **Delete subscription** Remove a subscriber from a publication. - Action **Get aggregate stats** get aggregate statistics across posts. - Action **Get author** get details for a specific author. - Action **Get custom field** get details for a specific custom field. - Action **Get newsletter list** get details for a specific newsletter list. - Action **Get newsletter list subscription** get details for a newsletter list subscription. - Action **Get post** Retrieve a single post by ID. Returns content, stats, and publish status. - Action **Get post templates** get available post templates for a publication. - Action **Get publication** get details for a specific publication. - Action **Get publication engagements** get aggregate engagement stats for a publication. - Action **Get publications by subscription email** get publications associated with a subscriber email. - Action **Get referral program** get referral program details for a publication. - Action **Get segment** get details for a specific segment. - Action **Get subscription by email** Retrieve a single subscription by email address. Returns the subscriber's status, tier, and custom fields. - Action **Get subscription by ID** get details for a subscription by its ID. - Action **Get subscription update** get a specific bulk subscription update record. - Action **Identify user** get current OAuth user info. - Action **Identify workspace** get current workspace info. - Action **List authors** list all authors for a publication. - Action **List complimentary access** list free access grants for a publication. - Action **List condition sets** list all condition sets for a publication. - Action **List custom fields** List a publication's subscriber custom fields. Returns field names and types for mapping. - Action **List posts** List posts for a publication. Returns posts with status, audience, and publish metadata. - Action **List publications** List the publications on the account. Returns each publication's id, name, and settings — the entry point for resolving a publication id. - Action **List segments** List segments for a publication. Returns segment ids, names, and types for audience targeting. - Action **List subscriptions** List subscriptions for a publication. Returns subscribers with status, tier, and custom fields, supports filtering/pagination. - Action **List subscription updates** list bulk subscription update records. - Action **Recalculate segment** recalculate segment membership. - Action **Update a tier** update an existing tier. - Action **Update custom field** update an existing custom field. - Action **Update subscription by email** Update an existing subscriber identified by email. Changes tier, status, or custom fields. - Action **Update subscription by ID** update a subscription by its ID. - Action **Update subscriptions** update multiple subscriptions at once. - Action **Update subscriptions' status** bulk update subscription status. - Trigger **New Bank Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction appears in a FreeAgent bank account. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is created or changed in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New or Updated Timeslip** Triggers when a timeslip (time entry) is created or edited in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Action **Convert Estimate to Invoice** Converts an estimate into an invoice, marking the estimate as Invoiced and returning the URL of the new invoice. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill from a supplier contact in FreeAgent, with its line items, and returns the new bill. - Action **Create Contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a draft credit note for a FreeAgent contact, with optional line items. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate, quote or proposal in FreeAgent for a contact or project, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense claim in FreeAgent for a user, with its category, date, amount and sales tax details. - Action **Create Invoice** Create an invoice for a contact. - Action **Create Mileage Claim** Creates a mileage claim (a mileage expense) for a user in FreeAgent and returns the new claim. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a FreeAgent contact or project. - Action **Create Price List Item** Creates a price list item in FreeAgent that can be added to invoices and estimates. - Action **Create Project** Create a project for a contact. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task under a FreeAgent project. - Action **Create Timeslip** Create a timeslip (time tracking entry). - Action **Delete Contact** Delete a contact by id. - Action **Delete Invoice** Deletes an invoice from FreeAgent. - Action **Delete Timeslip** Deletes a timeslip from FreeAgent. - Action **Explain Bank Transaction** Explains a bank transaction in FreeAgent by creating a bank transaction explanation (categorising it, or matching it to an invoice, bill, transfer or user payment). Returns the created explanation. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Finds FreeAgent contacts whose email or billing email matches the given address. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single bill, including its line items, by its ID. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single contact by id. - Action **Get Credit Note** Returns a single FreeAgent credit note, including its line items, status and totals. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single FreeAgent estimate with its line items. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single FreeAgent expense by its ID, including amounts, category, claimant and attachment details. - Action **Get Invoice** Get a single invoice by id. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note attached to a FreeAgent contact or project, including its text, author and timestamps. - Action **Get Price List Item** Returns a single price list item from FreeAgent by its ID. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single FreeAgent project by its ID, including its contact, status, budget and billing details. - Action **Get Timeslip** Returns a single FreeAgent timeslip, including its hours, date, user, project and task. - Action **List Bank Accounts** Returns the bank accounts in your FreeAgent company, optionally filtered to standard, credit card or PayPal accounts. - Action **List Bank Transactions** Returns the bank transactions in a FreeAgent bank account, optionally filtered by date range, last update time, or explanation status. - Action **List Bills** List bills. - Action **List Categories** Returns all accounting categories for the company, grouped into admin expenses, cost of sales, income and general categories, optionally including sub accounts. - Action **List Contacts** List contacts in FreeAgent. - Action **List Corporation Tax Returns** Returns the company's Corporation Tax Returns, including amount due, payment and filing deadlines, and filing/payment status. - Action **List Estimates** List estimates. - Action **List Expenses** List expenses. - Action **List Invoices** List invoices. - Action **List Projects** List projects. - Action **List Self Assessment Returns** Returns the Self Assessment (income tax) returns for a FreeAgent user, including payments due and filing status. - Action **List Tasks** Returns the tasks in your FreeAgent account, optionally filtered by status, project or last-updated date. - Action **List Timeslips** List timeslips (time tracking entries). - Action **List Users** Returns the users on the FreeAgent account, optionally filtered to staff or advisors. - Action **Mark Invoice as Cancelled** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as cancelled, writing it off as unpaid. The invoice must be sent and past its due date. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as sent without emailing it. Can also re-open a cancelled invoice. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill in FreeAgent — its supplier, reference, dates, rebilling, recurrence and bill items. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Update an existing contact. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense in FreeAgent, changing only the details you supply. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreeAgent invoice's details, such as dates, contact, payment terms, comments and line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing FreeAgent project's name, client, status, budget, billing rate and dates. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Timeslip** Updates an existing timeslip in FreeAgent, changing its task, user, project, date, hours or comment. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Beehiiv** Beehiiv is a newsletter publishing and audience growth platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/beehiiv) - [ **FreeAgent** FreeAgent is cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers — manage contacts, invoices...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Beehiiv - [ **Beehiiv to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-salesforce) - [ **Beehiiv to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-slack) - [ **Beehiiv to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-shopify) - [ **Beehiiv to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Beehiiv to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-zoom) - [ **Beehiiv to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-twilio) ## More into FreeAgent - [ **Google Calendar to FreeAgent** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-freeagent) - [ **Mailchimp to FreeAgent** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-freeagent) - [ **ActiveCampaign to FreeAgent** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-freeagent) - [ **Asana to FreeAgent** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-freeagent) - [ **Aplos to FreeAgent** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-freeagent) - [ **Basecamp 3 to FreeAgent** Basecamp 3 is a project management and team collaboration tool by 37signals.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basecamp-3-to-freeagent) Questions ## Beehiiv and FreeAgent, answered ### ### Will a client who already reads the newsletter get added to Beehiiv twice? No, the agent can look up the email with Get subscription by email before doing anything and only run Create subscription when nothing comes back. If a subscription already exists, it can add a tag or update the subscriber instead. ### ### Can a Beehiiv subscriber become a FreeAgent contact automatically? Yes, the New subscriber to publication trigger can feed Create Contact in FreeAgent with the subscriber's email. When someone unsubscribes, the New unsubscriber trigger can run Update Contact so the record reflects that. ### ### What can start an automation from Beehiiv? Any of Beehiiv's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New subscriber to publication, New unsubscriber to publication, List automations and List newsletter lists. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreeAgent when something happens in Beehiiv? Any of FreeAgent's 50 actions, including Create Contact, Update Contact, Create Bill and Create Credit Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreeAgent to Beehiiv? Yes. When something happens in FreeAgent, your agent can act in Beehiiv too. This page covers both directions: FreeAgent's triggers and Beehiiv's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Beehiiv or FreeAgent? 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 Beehiiv and FreeAgent 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.