--- title: "Connect Close and FreeAgent - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact in Contact Smart View\" fires in Close, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in FreeAgent." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-freeagent" --- # Connect Close and FreeAgent When **New Contact in Contact Smart View** fires in [Close](https://apiant.ai/connections/close), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [FreeAgent](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent), or **New Bank Transaction** in FreeAgent to **Add Address to Lead** in Close. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Close **3** triggers Close **47** actions FreeAgent **6** triggers FreeAgent **50** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Close and FreeAgent 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 Close and FreeAgent can do together ### From Close to FreeAgent - When **New Contact in Contact Smart View** in Close then **Create Contact** in FreeAgent - When **New Lead in Smart View** in Close then **Create Invoice** in FreeAgent ### From FreeAgent to Close - When **New Bank Transaction** in FreeAgent then **Add Address to Lead** in Close - When **New Contact** in FreeAgent then **Create Contact** in Close 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 Close and FreeAgent ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 97 actions - Trigger **New Contact in Contact Smart View** Triggers when a new contact appears in the selected contact Smart View. - Trigger **New Lead in Smart View** Triggers when a new lead appears in the selected Close lead Smart View, newest leads first. - Trigger **New Note** Triggers when a new note is added to a lead in Close. - Action **Add Address to Lead** Adds a new address to an existing Close lead, keeping the lead's current addresses, and returns the updated lead. - Action **Add User** Adds a user to your Close organization by email, provisioning a new Close user if one does not exist, and returns the new membership. - Action **Create Bulk Action** Starts a bulk edit in Close that sets a lead status, or sets or clears a custom field, on every record matching a search. Returns the bulk edit job and its status. - Action **Create Bulk Email** Starts a bulk email in Close that sends an email template to every lead matching a search query. Returns the bulk email job with its id and status. - Action **Create Bulk Workflow Subscription Action** Starts a bulk workflow (sequence) action in Close for every lead matching a search: subscribe them to a workflow, or pause or resume their existing workflow subscriptions. Returns the bulk action record and its processing status. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in Close, on an existing lead or on a new lead named after the contact, including any contact custom fields. - Action **Create Custom Activity** Creates a custom activity of a chosen type on a Close lead, optionally tied to a contact, and returns the new activity. - Action **Create Export** Starts an export of Close leads (optionally narrowed by an Advanced Filtering query) to a CSV or JSON file, and returns the export job. Close emails a download link when the export is done. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead in Close, optionally with nested contacts, addresses, a status and custom field values. - Action **Create Lead Smart View** Creates a Lead Smart View in Close: a saved lead search defined by an Advanced Filtering query, and returns the new Smart View. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a lead in Close, optionally tied to a contact, pinned, or with file attachments. - Action **Create Opportunity** Creates an opportunity in Close, optionally on an existing lead, with its value, status, pipeline, owner, note and custom fields. - Action **Create SMS** Creates an SMS activity on a Close lead: log a received or sent text, save a draft, schedule one, or send it immediately from one of your Close phone numbers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a to-do task on a Close lead, optionally tied to one of the lead's contacts, assigned to a user and given a due date. - Action **Create WhatsApp Message** Logs a WhatsApp message activity on a Close lead and contact, with its text, direction, phone numbers and optional attachments. - Action **Delete Email** Deletes an email activity from Close. - Action **Delete Email Address From Contact** Removes one email address from a Close contact, keeping the contact's other email addresses. - Action **Delete Logged Call** Deletes a logged Call activity from Close. - Action **Export Activity Report to CSV** Runs a Close activity report (overview by time period or comparison by user) and returns it as CSV text. - Action **Find Call** Returns the call activities logged in Close that match the lead, contact, user, call IDs or date range you specify. - Action **Find Connected Account** Returns the email and calendar accounts a Close user has connected, such as Gmail, Outlook or Zoom accounts. - Action **Find Custom Activity** Returns the custom activities in Close that match the lead, contact, user, activity type or date criteria you specify. - Action **Find Custom Objects** Returns the custom object records attached to a lead, optionally limited to one custom object type. - Action **Find Group** Returns the Close groups whose name matches the name you supply, along with the first match. - Action **Find Lead** Returns up to 200 leads whose name, contacts, emails, phones or other text fields match the search text. - Action **Find Meetings** Returns the Meeting activities in Close that match the lead, contact, user, meeting ID and date filters you supply. - Action **Find Note** Returns the Note activities in Close that match the lead, contact, user, note IDs or date ranges you specify. - Action **Find Number of Leads in Smart View** Returns the number of leads that currently match a lead Smart View in Close. - Action **Find Opportunities** Returns the opportunities that match a search query and any of the chosen filters, such as lead, owner, status, value period or date ranges. - Action **Find Task** Returns the Close tasks that match the filters you supply, such as the lead, assignee, completion state, type or due date. - Action **Find WhatsApp Messages** Returns the WhatsApp message activities in Close that match the lead, contact, user, WhatsApp message id or date range you specify. - Action **Find Workflow Subscription** Returns the workflow (sequence) subscriptions for a workflow, contact or lead. - Action **Merge Two Leads** Merges one Close lead into another. The source lead's contacts, activities and opportunities move to the destination lead, and the source lead is removed. - Action **Resubscribe Email** Resubscribes an email address in Close by removing it from the organization's unsubscribed email list, so Close can send email to it again. - Action **Run Activity Overview Report** Runs a Close activity overview report and returns the chosen activity metrics for each time period in the range, plus totals for the whole range. - Action **Run Opportunity Funnel Report** Runs Close's opportunity funnel totals report for a pipeline, returning win rates, won and completed values, time to win and sales velocity, overall and per user. - Action **Run Sent Email Report** Returns sent email statistics for an organization — totals, opens and replies overall and per email template — optionally limited to a date range or user. - Action **Run Status Change Report** Runs Close's lead status change report, returning how many leads were in each lead status over a period and how leads moved between statuses. - Action **Select Random User** Picks one user at random from the members of your Close organization and returns that user's details — useful for round-robin style lead or task assignment. - Action **Unsubscribe Email** Unsubscribes an email address so Close no longer sends it email, for example when the person opted out of a mailing list elsewhere. - Action **Update Call** Updates an existing call activity in Close, such as its note, outcome, status or duration. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing Close contact's name, title, lead, emails, phones, URLs, timezone or custom fields. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Custom Activity** Updates an existing custom activity in Close: its contact, date, draft/published status, pinned state and custom field values. - Action **Update Lead** Updates an existing Close lead's name, description, website, status, addresses or custom fields. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Lead Smart View** Renames a lead Smart View in Close or replaces the filter that decides which leads it lists. - Action **Update Note** Updates an existing note on a Close lead: its text, title, pinned state, contact, activity date or attachments. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in Close, changing only the fields you fill in, including your custom opportunity fields. - Trigger **New Bank Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction appears in a FreeAgent bank account. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is created or changed in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New or Updated Timeslip** Triggers when a timeslip (time entry) is created or edited in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Action **Convert Estimate to Invoice** Converts an estimate into an invoice, marking the estimate as Invoiced and returning the URL of the new invoice. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill from a supplier contact in FreeAgent, with its line items, and returns the new bill. - Action **Create Contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a draft credit note for a FreeAgent contact, with optional line items. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate, quote or proposal in FreeAgent for a contact or project, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense claim in FreeAgent for a user, with its category, date, amount and sales tax details. - Action **Create Invoice** Create an invoice for a contact. - Action **Create Mileage Claim** Creates a mileage claim (a mileage expense) for a user in FreeAgent and returns the new claim. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a FreeAgent contact or project. - Action **Create Price List Item** Creates a price list item in FreeAgent that can be added to invoices and estimates. - Action **Create Project** Create a project for a contact. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task under a FreeAgent project. - Action **Create Timeslip** Create a timeslip (time tracking entry). - Action **Delete Contact** Delete a contact by id. - Action **Delete Invoice** Deletes an invoice from FreeAgent. - Action **Delete Timeslip** Deletes a timeslip from FreeAgent. - Action **Explain Bank Transaction** Explains a bank transaction in FreeAgent by creating a bank transaction explanation (categorising it, or matching it to an invoice, bill, transfer or user payment). Returns the created explanation. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Finds FreeAgent contacts whose email or billing email matches the given address. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single bill, including its line items, by its ID. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single contact by id. - Action **Get Credit Note** Returns a single FreeAgent credit note, including its line items, status and totals. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single FreeAgent estimate with its line items. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single FreeAgent expense by its ID, including amounts, category, claimant and attachment details. - Action **Get Invoice** Get a single invoice by id. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note attached to a FreeAgent contact or project, including its text, author and timestamps. - Action **Get Price List Item** Returns a single price list item from FreeAgent by its ID. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single FreeAgent project by its ID, including its contact, status, budget and billing details. - Action **Get Timeslip** Returns a single FreeAgent timeslip, including its hours, date, user, project and task. - Action **List Bank Accounts** Returns the bank accounts in your FreeAgent company, optionally filtered to standard, credit card or PayPal accounts. - Action **List Bank Transactions** Returns the bank transactions in a FreeAgent bank account, optionally filtered by date range, last update time, or explanation status. - Action **List Bills** List bills. - Action **List Categories** Returns all accounting categories for the company, grouped into admin expenses, cost of sales, income and general categories, optionally including sub accounts. - Action **List Contacts** List contacts in FreeAgent. - Action **List Corporation Tax Returns** Returns the company's Corporation Tax Returns, including amount due, payment and filing deadlines, and filing/payment status. - Action **List Estimates** List estimates. - Action **List Expenses** List expenses. - Action **List Invoices** List invoices. - Action **List Projects** List projects. - Action **List Self Assessment Returns** Returns the Self Assessment (income tax) returns for a FreeAgent user, including payments due and filing status. - Action **List Tasks** Returns the tasks in your FreeAgent account, optionally filtered by status, project or last-updated date. - Action **List Timeslips** List timeslips (time tracking entries). - Action **List Users** Returns the users on the FreeAgent account, optionally filtered to staff or advisors. - Action **Mark Invoice as Cancelled** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as cancelled, writing it off as unpaid. The invoice must be sent and past its due date. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as sent without emailing it. Can also re-open a cancelled invoice. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill in FreeAgent — its supplier, reference, dates, rebilling, recurrence and bill items. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Update an existing contact. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense in FreeAgent, changing only the details you supply. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreeAgent invoice's details, such as dates, contact, payment terms, comments and line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing FreeAgent project's name, client, status, budget, billing rate and dates. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Timeslip** Updates an existing timeslip in FreeAgent, changing its task, user, project, date, hours or comment. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Close** Close is a sales productivity platform built to help you close more deals.](https://apiant.ai/connections/close) - [ **FreeAgent** FreeAgent is cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers — manage contacts, invoices...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Close - [ **Close to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-hubspot) - [ **Close to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-salesforce) - [ **Close to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-slack) - [ **Close to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-google-sheets) - [ **Close to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-gmail) - [ **Close to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-google-calendar) ## More into FreeAgent - [ **Google Calendar to FreeAgent** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-freeagent) - [ **Mailchimp to FreeAgent** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-freeagent) - [ **ActiveCampaign to FreeAgent** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-freeagent) - [ **Asana to FreeAgent** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-freeagent) - [ **Aplos to FreeAgent** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-freeagent) - [ **Basecamp 3 to FreeAgent** Basecamp 3 is a project management and team collaboration tool by 37signals.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basecamp-3-to-freeagent) Questions ## Close and FreeAgent, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Close? Any of Close's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact in Contact Smart View, New Lead in Smart View and New Note. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreeAgent when something happens in Close? Any of FreeAgent's 50 actions, including Create Bill, Create Contact, 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 FreeAgent to Close? Yes. When something happens in FreeAgent, your agent can act in Close too. This page covers both directions: FreeAgent's triggers and Close's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Close or FreeAgent? 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 Close and FreeAgent 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.