--- title: "Connect Bubble to VATlayer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Thing\" fires in Bubble, your agent runs \"Calculate price with VAT\" in VATlayer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-vatlayer" --- # Connect Bubble to VATlayer When **New Thing** fires in [Bubble](https://apiant.ai/connections/bubble), your agent runs **Calculate price with VAT** in [VATlayer](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bubble **1** trigger Bubble **6** actions VATlayer **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bubble and VATlayer 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 Bubble can start in VATlayer - When **New Thing** in Bubble then **Calculate price with VAT** in VATlayer - When **New Thing** in Bubble then **Validate VAT number** in VATlayer 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 Bubble and VATlayer ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 10 actions - Trigger **New Thing** Triggers when a new record of one of your app's data types is created. - Action **Create Thing** Creates a new record of one of your app's data types and returns its unique ID. - Action **Delete Thing** Deletes one record of one of your app's data types by its unique ID. - Action **Find a Bubble Thing** Finds the first record of one of your app's data types whose field equals the value you give. - Action **Get Thing** Returns one record of one of your app's data types by its unique ID, with all of its fields. - Action **Modify Thing** Updates fields on an existing record of one of your app's data types. - Action **Trigger API Workflow** Runs one of your app's backend API workflows, passing it the parameters you supply, and returns what the workflow responds with. - Action **Calculate price with VAT** Calculates a VAT-compliant price for an amount in a given EU country, optionally using a reduced VAT rate for a type of goods or reversing a VAT-inclusive amount. - Action **Get VAT rate** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for a single EU country, chosen by country code or IP address. - Action **List VAT rates** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for every EU member state in one call. - Action **Validate VAT number** Checks whether an EU VAT number is valid and returns the company name and address registered to it. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bubble** Bubble is a visual programming platform to build web apps without code.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bubble) - [ **VATlayer** VAT number validation](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bubble - [ **Bubble to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-hubspot) - [ **Bubble to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-salesforce) - [ **Bubble to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-slack) - [ **Bubble to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-google-sheets) - [ **Bubble to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-gmail) - [ **Bubble to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bubble-to-google-calendar) ## More into VATlayer - [ **HubSpot to VATlayer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vatlayer) - [ **Salesforce to VATlayer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vatlayer) - [ **Slack to VATlayer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vatlayer) - [ **Google Sheets to VATlayer** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-vatlayer) - [ **Gmail to VATlayer** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-vatlayer) - [ **Google Calendar to VATlayer** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-vatlayer) Questions ## Bubble and VATlayer, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Bubble? Any of Bubble's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Thing. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VATlayer when something happens in Bubble? Any of VATlayer's 4 actions, including Calculate price with VAT, Get VAT rate, List VAT rates and Validate VAT number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VATlayer to Bubble? VATlayer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Bubble. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads VATlayer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bubble or VATlayer? 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 Bubble and VATlayer 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.