--- title: "Connect Buy Me a Coffee to VATlayer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Member\" fires in Buy Me a Coffee, your agent runs \"Calculate price with VAT\" in VATlayer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-vatlayer" --- # Connect Buy Me a Coffee to VATlayer When **New Member** fires in [Buy Me a Coffee](https://apiant.ai/connections/buy-me-a-coffee), 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. Buy Me a Coffee **3** triggers 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 Buy Me a Coffee 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 Buy Me a Coffee can start in VATlayer - When **New Member** in Buy Me a Coffee then **Calculate price with VAT** in VATlayer - When **New Support** in Buy Me a Coffee 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 Buy Me a Coffee and VATlayer ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 4 actions - Trigger **Cancelled Membership** Triggered instantly when a member cancels their membership. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the membership.cancelled event. - Trigger **New Member** Triggered instantly when someone starts a membership. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the membership.started event. - Trigger **New Support** Triggered instantly when someone buys you a coffee. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the donation.created event. - 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 - [ **Buy Me a Coffee** A free, fast, and beautiful way to fund your creativity.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buy-me-a-coffee) - [ **VATlayer** VAT number validation](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buy Me a Coffee - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-vercel) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Roboflow** Roboflow is an end to end suite of computer vision tools.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-roboflow) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-hubspot) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-salesforce) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vatlayer) - [ **Google Sheets to VATlayer** Google Sheets](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 ## Buy Me a Coffee and VATlayer, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Buy Me a Coffee? Any of Buy Me a Coffee's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Member, New Support and Cancelled Membership. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VATlayer when something happens in Buy Me a Coffee? 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 Buy Me a Coffee? VATlayer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buy Me a Coffee. 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 Buy Me a Coffee 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 Buy Me a Coffee and VATlayer without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in VATlayer 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.