--- title: "Connect Braintrust and Xero - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Braintrust, your agent runs \"Add purchase order\" in Xero, or \"New bill\" in Xero to \"Add project\" in Braintrust." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-xero" --- # Connect Braintrust and Xero When **New Event** fires in [Braintrust](https://apiant.ai/connections/braintrust), your agent runs **Add purchase order** in [Xero](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero), or **New bill** in Xero to **Add project** in Braintrust. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Braintrust **2** triggers Braintrust **17** 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 Braintrust and Xero 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 Braintrust and Xero can do together ### From Braintrust to Xero - When **New Event** in Braintrust then **Add purchase order** in Xero - When **New Project** in Braintrust then **Create or update contact** in Xero ### From Xero to Braintrust - When **New bill** in Xero then **Add project** in Braintrust - When **New or updated contact** in Xero then **Update project** in Braintrust 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 Braintrust and Xero ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 43 actions - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when an automation creates a new event. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Action **Add dataset** Create a new Braintrust dataset. - Action **Add experiment** Create a new Braintrust experiment. - Action **Add project** Create a new Braintrust project. - Action **Add prompt** Create a new Braintrust prompt. - Action **Delete project** Delete a Braintrust project. - Action **Get dataset** Retrieve a Braintrust dataset by id. - Action **Get experiment** Retrieve a Braintrust experiment by id. - Action **Get project** Retrieve a Braintrust project by id. - Action **Get prompt** Retrieve a Braintrust prompt by id. - Action **Insert dataset events** Insert one or more rows/events into a Braintrust dataset. - Action **Insert experiment events** Insert one or more events (spans/rows) into a Braintrust experiment. - Action **Insert project logs events** Insert one or more log events into a Braintrust project's logs. - Action **List datasets** List Braintrust datasets. - Action **List experiments** List Braintrust experiments. - Action **List projects** List all Braintrust projects. - Action **List prompts** List Braintrust prompts. - Action **Update project** Partially update a Braintrust project. - 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 - [ **Braintrust** Braintrust is a service that helps ship production-ready AI apps with evals, tracing, and monitoring.](https://apiant.ai/connections/braintrust) - [ **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 Braintrust - [ **Braintrust to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-linkedin) - [ **Braintrust to Mem0** Memory infrastructure API that stores and retrieves persistent user context for AI agent conversations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-mem0) - [ **Braintrust to Webscraper Io** Cloud web scraping platform with a REST API for extracting data from websites, including JS-rendered pages...](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-webscraper-io) - [ **Braintrust to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-hubspot) - [ **Braintrust to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-salesforce) - [ **Braintrust to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/braintrust-to-slack) ## More into Xero - [ **Gallabox to Xero** Gallabox is no-code conversation workspace for business to grow sales](https://apiant.ai/connect/gallabox-to-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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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) Questions ## Braintrust and Xero, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Braintrust? Any of Braintrust's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Event and New Project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Xero when something happens in Braintrust? 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. ### ### Can it also run from Xero to Braintrust? Yes. When something happens in Xero, your agent can act in Braintrust too. This page covers both directions: Xero's triggers and Braintrust's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Braintrust 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. ### ### Can my AI client use Braintrust and Xero 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.