--- title: "Connect Clientary and Grain - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Expense\" fires in Clientary, your agent runs \"Add Recording to Playlist\" in Grain, or \"New Playlist\" in Grain to \"Add contact\" in Clientary." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-grain" --- # Connect Clientary and Grain When **New Expense** fires in [Clientary](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary), your agent runs **Add Recording to Playlist** in [Grain](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain), or **New Playlist** in Grain to **Add contact** in Clientary. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Clientary **3** triggers Clientary **14** actions Grain **4** triggers Grain **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Clientary and Grain 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 Clientary and Grain can do together ### From Clientary to Grain - When **New Expense** in Clientary then **Add Recording to Playlist** in Grain - When **New Invoice** in Clientary then **Add Tag to Recording** in Grain ### From Grain to Clientary - When **New Playlist** in Grain then **Add contact** in Clientary - When **New Upload** in Grain then **Create Invoice** in Clientary 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 Clientary and Grain ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in your Clientary account during the current fiscal year. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Clientary, optionally limited to invoices in a given status or matching a search. - Trigger **New Staff** Triggers when a new staff user is added to your Clientary account. - Action **Add comment** Posts a comment on an invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract and notifies the people involved. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact (an individual person) under an existing Clientary client. - Action **Add contract** Creates a contract for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a contract template, with its sections and signers. - Action **Add proposal** Creates a proposal for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a proposal template, with its sections and signers. - Action **Add retainer** Creates a retainer for a client in Clientary: an up-front payment request kept apart from ordinary invoices. - Action **Client** Creates a new client in Clientary with its name, address, tax id, website and description. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates an estimate in Clientary, optionally for a client, with its dates, taxes, notes and line items. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice in Clientary, optionally for a client, with dates, currency, taxes, notes and line items. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead (a prospective client) in Clientary. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task (a to-do item) in Clientary, optionally on a project and assigned to a staff member. - Action **Expense** Creates a new expense in Clientary, optionally assigned to a client or project. - Action **Get client** Returns a single Clientary client by its ID, including its contact and address details. - Action **List comments** Returns the comments on one Clientary invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract, newest first. - Action **Update contract** Updates an existing Clientary contract: its subject, date, client, status, signers or sections. Only a draft contract can be changed; void and reopen a sent contract first. - Trigger **New Playlist** Triggers when a new playlist is created in Grain. - Trigger **New Upload** Triggers when a new upload is created in Grain. - Trigger **Recording Added** Triggers when a new recording appears in your Grain account. - Trigger **Story Added** Triggers when a new story is created in Grain. - Action **Add Recording to Playlist** Adds a recording to a Grain playlist. - Action **Add Tag to Recording** Adds a tag to a Grain recording. - Action **Create Clip** Creates a clip from a time range of a Grain recording, snapped to whole transcript sentences. - Action **Create Playlist** Creates a Grain playlist. - Action **Delete Clip** Deletes a Grain clip. - Action **Delete Playlist** Deletes a Grain playlist. - Action **Get Playlist** Returns one Grain playlist. - Action **Get Recording** Returns one Grain recording with its participants and calendar details. - Action **Get Transcript** Returns the transcript of a Grain recording as speaker-labelled sections with timestamps. - Action **List Meeting Types** Returns the meeting types defined in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Playlists** Returns your Grain playlists, newest first, one page at a time. - Action **List Recordings** Returns your Grain recordings with their participants, optionally filtered by title or start time. - Action **List Stories** Returns your Grain stories, one page at a time. - Action **List Teams** Returns the teams in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Users** Returns the users in your Grain workspace, each with ID, name and email. - Action **Remove Recording from Playlist** Removes a recording from a Grain playlist. - Action **Remove Tag from Recording** Removes a tag from a Grain recording. - Action **Share Recording with Team** Shares a Grain recording with a team. - Action **Share Recording with User** Shares a Grain recording with a user in your workspace. - Action **Update Clip** Updates a Grain clip's title or time range. - Action **Update Playlist** Updates a Grain playlist's title or link access. - Action **Update Recording** Renames a Grain recording. ## Each app on its own - [ **Clientary** Online invoicing and time tracking for small businesses and freelancers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary) - [ **Grain** Grain joins your calls to take notes, document the next steps, and file automated meeting notes in platforms...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Clientary - [ **Clientary to ViaCep** ViaCep is a Brazilian postal code (CEP) lookup service.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-viacep) - [ **Clientary to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-hubspot) - [ **Clientary to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-salesforce) - [ **Clientary to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-slack) - [ **Clientary to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-google-sheets) - [ **Clientary to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-gmail) ## More into Grain - [ **Google Sheets to Grain** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-grain) - [ **Gmail to Grain** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-grain) - [ **Google Calendar to Grain** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grain) - [ **Google Drive to Grain** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-grain) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Grain** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grain) - [ **Airtable to Grain** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-grain) Questions ## Clientary and Grain, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Clientary? Any of Clientary's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Expense, New Invoice and New Staff. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Grain when something happens in Clientary? Any of Grain's 22 actions, including Create Clip, Create Playlist, Update Clip and Update Playlist. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Grain to Clientary? Yes. When something happens in Grain, your agent can act in Clientary too. This page covers both directions: Grain's triggers and Clientary's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Clientary or Grain? 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 Clientary and Grain 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.