--- title: "Connect Bread & Butter and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Authentication\" fires in Bread & Butter, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect Bread & Butter and FreshBooks When **New Authentication** fires in [Bread & Butter](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Add contact us submission** in Bread & Butter. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bread & Butter **6** triggers Bread & Butter **23** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bread & Butter and FreshBooks to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bread & Butter and FreshBooks can do together ### From Bread & Butter to FreshBooks - When **New Authentication** in Bread & Butter then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **New Contact Us Submission** in Bread & Butter then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to Bread & Butter - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add contact us submission** in Bread & Butter - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Add lead list** in Bread & Butter 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 Bread & Butter and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 22 triggers · 52 actions - Trigger **New Authentication** Triggers every time a user signs in. - Trigger **New Contact Us Submission** Triggers when a user submits the Contact Us tool. - Trigger **New Custom Fields** Triggers when a user submits the Custom Fields for Registration. - Trigger **New Custom User Event** Triggers when a user subscribes to custom events, selected in the triggers section below. - Trigger **New Email Captured** Triggers when a user enters their email address, or signs in with SSO for the first time. - Trigger **New Profile Verified** Triggers when a user signs in for the first time. - Action **Add contact us submission** Records a Contact Us submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add event** Records an event (such as a page view or custom event code) for a device in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add form submission** Records a form submission from a visitor's device in a Bread & Butter app, capturing their email, name and any extra form fields. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a lead list in a Bread & Butter app from a set of leads, returning the new list with its lead count and credit quote. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Add user custom values** Saves custom field values (key/value pairs) for a visitor in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Create custom event definition** Creates a custom event definition in a Bread & Butter app, which users can then trigger and which can be subscribed to. - Action **Create webhook** Subscribes a webhook URL to a Bread & Butter event so Bread & Butter posts each new occurrence to it. Returns the id of the new subscription. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from a Bread & Butter app. - Action **Get credit balance** Returns the credit balance for a Bread & Butter app, including credits used this period, the monthly allowance and pending enrichments. - Action **Get device profile** Returns the sign-in options and the visitor's profile state for one registered device. - Action **Get lead list** Returns a Bread & Butter lead list by its ID, including its processing status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **Identify user** Identifies an anonymous visitor's device as a known person in a Bread & Butter app by attaching their email address and name. - Action **List app triggers** Returns the triggers set up in a Bread & Butter app, including webhook subscriptions, with their kind, filters and activity state. - Action **List custom event definitions** Returns the event definitions configured in a Bread & Butter app, optionally filtered to enabled or disabled ones. - Action **List Events** Returns the events recorded in a Bread & Butter app — sign-ins, page views, custom events, form submissions and more — optionally narrowed to one user or a date range. - Action **List lead lists** Returns all lead lists in a Bread & Butter app, including each list's status, lead counts and credit usage. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined in a Bread & Butter app, with each tag's id and name. - Action **List user events** Returns the page views and events (sign-ins, custom events, form submissions and more) a user recorded during one of their sessions in a Bread & Butter app. - Action **List users** Returns the users (visitors and leads) recorded in a Bread & Butter app, optionally narrowed to one email address or user state. - Action **List user sessions** Lists the sessions of one Bread & Butter user, newest first, with each session's ID, start time, location, device and page view count. - Action **Record external authentication** Records that a visitor signed in through your own login system, linking their device to the user with that email address. - Action **Update user lead status** Updates a user's lead status in a Bread & Butter app by setting their lead status rank. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bread & Butter** Augment your lead funnel with first-party data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bread-butter) - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bread & Butter - [ **Bread & Butter to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-hubspot) - [ **Bread & Butter to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bread-butter-to-salesforce) - [ **Bread & Butter to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Bread & Butter's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Authentication, New Contact Us Submission, New Custom Fields and New Custom User Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in Bread & Butter? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to Bread & Butter? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in Bread & Butter too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and Bread & Butter's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bread & Butter or FreshBooks? 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 Bread & Butter and FreshBooks 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.