--- title: "Connect Close and Raiser's Edge - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact in Contact Smart View\" fires in Close, your agent runs \"Create Constituent Email Address\" in Raiser's Edge." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/close-to-raiser-s-edge" --- # Connect Close and Raiser's Edge When **New Contact in Contact Smart View** fires in [Close](https://apiant.ai/connections/close), your agent runs **Create Constituent Email Address** in [Raiser's Edge](https://apiant.ai/connections/raiser-s-edge), or **New Action** in Raiser's Edge to **Create Bulk Action** in Close. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Close **3** triggers Close **47** actions Raiser's Edge **13** triggers Raiser's Edge **83** 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 Raiser's Edge 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 Raiser's Edge can do together ### From Close to Raiser's Edge - When **New Contact in Contact Smart View** in Close then **Create Constituent Email Address** in Raiser's Edge - When **New Lead in Smart View** in Close then **Create Constituent Note** in Raiser's Edge ### From Raiser's Edge to Close - When **New Action** in Raiser's Edge then **Create Bulk Action** in Close - When **New Constituent** in Raiser's Edge then **Add Address to Lead** 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 Raiser's Edge ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 130 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 Action** Triggers when a new action is added to any constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Constituent** Fires when a new constituent is added. Polls constituents sorted by date_added; dedups on constituent id. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new event is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Event Participant** Triggers when a new participant is added to the selected Raiser's Edge NXT event. - Trigger **New Fund** Triggers when a new fund is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Gift** Fires when a new gift is recorded. Polls gifts sorted by date_added; dedups on gift id. - Trigger **New Gift Batch** Triggers when a new gift batch is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Membership** Triggers when a new membership is added to a constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Note** Triggers when a new note is added to a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New or Updated Gift** Triggers when a gift is created or updated in Raiser's Edge NXT. Changes can take about 30 minutes to appear. - Trigger **New or Updated Opportunity** Triggers when an opportunity is created or updated in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **Updated Constituent** Fires when a constituent is modified. Polls constituents sorted by date_modified; dedups on a composite of id + date_modified. - Action **Add Constituent Code** Assigns a constituent code (classification) to a constituent. - Action **Create Constituent** Creates a new constituent (individual or organization) in The Raiser's Edge. - Action **Create Constituent Action** Creates an action (interaction/task) on a constituent record. - Action **Create Constituent Address** Adds an address to a constituent record. - Action **Create Constituent Custom Field** Adds a custom field value to a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT, under one of your constituent custom field categories. - Action **Create Constituent Email Address** Adds a new email address to a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Create Constituent Note** Adds a note to a constituent record. - Action **Create Constituent Phone** Adds a phone number to a constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT and returns the new phone's ID. - Action **Create Event** Creates a new event in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as a gala, walk-a-thon or reception, and returns the new event's ID. - Action **Create Event Participant** Adds a participant to a Raiser's Edge NXT event, either as a host (a constituent) or as a guest of an existing host participant. - Action **Create Gift** Creates a new gift (donation) for a constituent. - Action **Create Gift Batch** Creates a new gift batch in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally with a description, batch number and expected gift count and total, and returns the new batch's ID. - Action **Create Gift Custom Field** Adds a custom field value to a gift in Raiser's Edge NXT, using one of your gift custom field categories. - Action **Create Membership** Adds a membership to a constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Create Opportunity** Creates an opportunity in Raiser's Edge NXT to plan and track a major-gift solicitation for a constituent. - Action **Create Opportunity Note** Creates a note on an opportunity in Raiser's Edge NXT and returns the new note's ID. - Action **Create Participant Fee** Adds a fee to an event participant in Raiser's Edge NXT, recording the quantity purchased, the fee amount and the portion that is a donation. - Action **Delete Action** Deletes a constituent action (a call, meeting, task or other interaction logged on a constituent) from Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Constituent Address** Deletes an address from a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Constituent Email Address** Deletes an email address from a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Constituent Phone** Deletes a phone number from a constituent's record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Event** Deletes an event from Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Event Participant** Deletes a participant from a Raiser's Edge NXT event. - Action **Delete Note** Deletes a constituent note in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Delete Opportunity** Deletes an opportunity from Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Downgrade Membership** Downgrades a Raiser's Edge NXT membership to a lower category during its current cycle. Only active or lapsed memberships can be downgraded. - Action **Drop Membership** Drops an active or lapsed membership in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Find Duplicate Constituents** Returns individual, organization or relationship contact records that may be duplicates of the name and contact details you supply, ranked by how closely they match. - Action **Get Action** Returns a constituent action (a call, meeting, mailing, email or task) by its ID, including its status, dates, fundraisers and linked opportunity, campaign, fund and appeal. - Action **Get Appeal** Returns an appeal by its ID, including its category, dates, goal and custom field values. - Action **Get Campaign** Returns a campaign by its ID, including its category, dates, goal and custom field values. - Action **Get Constituent** Retrieves a constituent by system record id. - Action **Get Constituent Latest Gift** Returns the most recent gift recorded for a constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT, including its amount, date, type, and the funds, campaigns and appeals it was credited to. - Action **Get Constituent Lifetime Giving** Returns a constituent's lifetime giving summary: total given, total received, pledge balance, soft credits, matching gifts and years of giving. - Action **Get Event** Returns an event from Raiser's Edge NXT by its ID, including its category, group, location, dates, capacity and fundraising goal. - Action **Get Event Participant** Returns one event participant record, including the participant's constituent, event, RSVP and invitation status, attendance and participation level. - Action **Get Gift** Retrieves a gift by system record id. - Action **Get Membership** Returns the details of one member's membership in Raiser's Edge NXT: its program, category, dues, join date, membership type, years of membership and times renewed. - Action **Get Note** Returns a constituent note from Raiser's Edge NXT, including its summary, text, type, date and the constituent it belongs to. - Action **Get Opportunity** Returns an opportunity's details, including ask, expected and funded amounts, status, fundraisers, linked gifts and its custom field values. - Action **Get Package** Returns a fundraising package by its ID, including its appeal, description, dates, goal, default gift amount and recipient count. - Action **List Actions** Returns actions (calls, meetings, emails, tasks) across all constituents, optionally filtered by status, date added, date modified or a saved action list. - Action **List Appeals** Returns the appeals in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific appeal IDs, or including inactive appeals. - Action **List Campaigns** Returns the fundraising campaigns in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific campaign IDs, and whether to include inactive campaigns. - Action **List Constituent Actions** Returns every action (calls, meetings, mailings, emails and tasks) recorded for a constituent, newest first. - Action **List Constituent Addresses** Returns all addresses on file for a constituent, including where and whether to send mail. Optionally includes inactive addresses. - Action **List Constituent Codes** Returns the constituent codes (such as Board Member, Volunteer or Alumnus) assigned to one constituent, with their start and end dates and active status. - Action **List Constituent Custom Fields** Returns every custom field recorded on a constituent, including each field's category, type, value, comment and date. - Action **List Constituent Email Addresses** Returns all email addresses on file for a constituent, optionally including inactive ones. - Action **List Constituent Memberships** Returns every membership held by a constituent, including program, category, dues, dates, standing and members. - Action **List Constituent Notes** Returns the notes recorded on a constituent, such as interests and special instructions, excluding RE NXT summary notes. - Action **List Constituent Phones** Returns the phone numbers on a constituent's record, including type, primary and do-not-call flags. - Action **List Constituents** Lists constituents with paging (limit/offset). - Action **List Constituents in List** Returns constituents that belong to a saved list (by list id). - Action **List Event Fees** Returns every fee set up for an event, such as registration fees and add-ons like parking, with cost, tax-deductible amount and number sold. - Action **List Event Participants** Returns the participants registered for an event in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by name, RSVP or invitation status, attendance, fees and more. - Action **List Events** Returns the events in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by name, category, group, start date range, or when they were added or modified. - Action **List Funds** Returns the funds in your Raiser's Edge NXT database, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific fund IDs, or including inactive funds. - Action **List Gift Batches** Returns the gift batches in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by creator, text, batch number, approval status or exceptions. - Action **List Gift Custom Fields** Returns the custom fields recorded on a single gift, with each field's category, type, value, comment and date. - Action **List Gifts** Lists gifts, optionally filtered by constituent, with paging. - Action **List Memberships** Returns memberships across all constituents, with each membership's program, category, dues, join and expiry dates, standing and members. Optionally limited to memberships added or changed since a date. - Action **List Opportunities** Returns opportunities in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added or modified, constituent, list, or search text. - Action **List Opportunity Notes** Returns the notes recorded on an opportunity, including each note's date, type, summary, text and author. - Action **List Packages** Returns the packages used with your appeals, optionally filtered by appeal, package, date added or date last modified. - Action **List Participant Fees** Returns the fees recorded for an event participant, including the quantity, amount, tax-receiptable amount, date and the event fee each one is for. - Action **Rejoin Membership** Rejoins a dropped membership in Raiser's Edge NXT, restoring the member to the membership. - Action **Renew Membership** Renews an existing Raiser's Edge NXT membership for a new term. - Action **Search Constituents** Searches constituents by name, lookup id, email, or other text. - Action **Update Action** Updates an existing constituent action in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as its category, date, status, summary or outcome. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Constituent** Updates an existing constituent's core fields. - Action **Update Constituent Address** Updates an existing constituent address in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as its street lines, city, postal code, type or mailing preferences. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Constituent Custom Field** Updates the value, comment or date of an existing custom field on a constituent record. - Action **Update Constituent Email Address** Updates an existing constituent email address in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as the address itself, its type, or whether it is primary, inactive or marked do-not-email. - Action **Update Constituent Phone** Updates an existing phone number on a constituent record, such as its number, type, primary flag, or do-not-call setting. - Action **Update Event** Updates the details of an existing event in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as its name, dates, location, capacity, goal and category. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Event Participant** Updates an event participant's details in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as RSVP status, attendance, invitation status, participation level and summary note. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Gift** Updates an existing gift in Raiser's Edge NXT, such as its date, status, reference, gift code, subtype or anonymity. Posted gifts cannot be changed. - Action **Update Gift Acknowledgement** Updates a gift's acknowledgement status, acknowledgement date and acknowledgement letter in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Action **Update Gift Receipt** Updates the receipt on a gift in Raiser's Edge NXT — its amount, date, number or receipt status. - Action **Update Note** Edits an existing constituent note in Raiser's Edge NXT, changing its date, summary, text or type. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in Raiser's Edge NXT, changing only the details you fill in such as its name, status, amounts, dates, campaign, fund and fundraisers. - Action **Upgrade Membership** Upgrades a membership to a higher category during its current membership cycle. ## Each app on its own - [ **Close** Close is a sales productivity platform built to help you close more deals.](https://apiant.ai/connections/close) - [ **Raiser's Edge** The Raiser's Edge NXT by Blackbaud — a cloud-based fundraising and constituent relationship management...](https://apiant.ai/connections/raiser-s-edge) 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 Raiser's Edge - [ **HubSpot to Raiser's Edge** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-raiser-s-edge) - [ **Google Sheets to Raiser's Edge** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-raiser-s-edge) - [ **Gmail to Raiser's Edge** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-raiser-s-edge) - [ **Google Calendar to Raiser's Edge** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-raiser-s-edge) - [ **Google Drive to Raiser's Edge** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-raiser-s-edge) - [ **Mailchimp to Raiser's Edge** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-raiser-s-edge) Questions ## Close and Raiser's Edge, 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 Raiser's Edge when something happens in Close? Any of Raiser's Edge's 83 actions, including Create Constituent, Create Constituent Action, Create Constituent Address and Create Constituent Custom Field. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Raiser's Edge to Close? Yes. When something happens in Raiser's Edge, your agent can act in Close too. This page covers both directions: Raiser's Edge's triggers and Close's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Close or Raiser's Edge? 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 Raiser's Edge 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.