--- title: "Connect Commerce Layer and Karbon - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Attachment\" fires in Commerce Layer, your agent runs \"Create Organization Contact\" in Karbon." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-karbon" --- # Connect Commerce Layer and Karbon When **New Attachment** fires in [Commerce Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer), your agent runs **Create Organization Contact** in [Karbon](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon), or **New work item** in Karbon to **Add Customer Address** in Commerce Layer. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Commerce Layer **13** triggers Commerce Layer **28** actions Karbon **1** trigger Karbon **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Commerce Layer and Karbon 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Commerce Layer and Karbon can do together ### From Commerce Layer to Karbon - When **New Attachment** in Commerce Layer then **Create Organization Contact** in Karbon - When **New Customer** in Commerce Layer then **Create Person Contact** in Karbon ### From Karbon to Commerce Layer - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Add Customer Address** in Commerce Layer - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Add Customer Password Reset** in Commerce Layer 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 Commerce Layer and Karbon ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 44 actions - Trigger **New Attachment** Triggers when a new Attachment is created. - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new Customer is created. - Trigger **New Customer Address Event** Triggers when a customer address is created. - Trigger **New Customer Password Reset Event** Triggers when a customer password reset is requested. - Trigger **New Customer Subscription Event** Triggers when a given customer_subscription event (one of create or destroy) is fired. - Trigger **New Price** Triggers when a new Price is created. - Trigger **New Price Import** Fires when a new price import is created in Commerce Layer. - Trigger **New Price List** Triggers when a new Price List is created. - Trigger **New Shipping Category** Triggers when a Shipping Category is created. - Trigger **New SKU** Triggers when a new SKU is created. - Trigger **New SKU Import** Triggers when a new SKU import is created. - Trigger **New Stock Item Import** Triggers when a new Stock Item import is created. - Trigger **New Stock Transfer Event** Triggers when a given stock transfer event (one of create, upocoming, picking, in_transit, complete, cancel is fired). - Action **Add Customer Address** Adds an existing address to a customer's address book. - Action **Add Customer Password Reset** Requests a password reset for a customer, returning the reset token to send them. - Action **Add Customer Subscription** Subscribes a customer email to a list, identified by a reference such as a newsletter id. - Action **Add Stock Transfer** Moves a quantity of a SKU from one stock location to another. - Action **Balance Change Gift Card** Change balance of a gift card. - Action **Create Address** Creates a postal address that can be attached to customers, orders and stock locations. - Action **Create Attachment** Creates a new Attachment. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new Customer. - Action **Create Gift Card** Creates a new Gift Card. - Action **Create Price Import** Creates a new Price Import. - Action **Create Price List** Creates a new Price List. - Action **Create SKU** Creates a new SKU. - Action **Find Attachment** Finds a Attachment by name. - Action **Find Customer** Finds a customer by id or reference. - Action **Find Gift Card** Finds a gift card by id or reference. - Action **Find Price** Finds a price by price list. - Action **Find Price Import** Finds a Price Import by status. - Action **Find Price List** Finds a Price List by name. - Action **Find Shipping Category** Finds an Shipping Category by name. - Action **Find SKU** Finds an SKU by code. - Action **Find SKU Import** Finds an SKU Import by status. - Action **Find Stock Item Import** Finds a Stock Item Import by status. - Action **Get Address** Retrieves one address by id. - Action **Get Customer Address** Retrieves one customer address link by id. - Action **Get Customer Password Reset** Retrieves a customer password reset by id, returning customer_email, reset_password_token and reset_password_at. - Action **Get Customer Subscription** Retrieves one customer subscription by id. - Action **Get Stock Transfer** Retrieves one stock transfer by id. - Action **Update Customer Reference** Update customer data setting external identifier. - Trigger **New work item** Triggers when a new work item is created in Karbon. - Action **Add client group** Creates a new client group in Karbon, optionally with members, owner, manager and client team. - Action **Add note** Creates a note in Karbon, optionally assigned to a user and linked to work items, contacts, organizations or client groups. - Action **Add work item** Creates a new work item for a client in Karbon. - Action **Create Organization Contact** Creates a new Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Create Person Contact** Creates a new person Contact in Karbon and returns the created Contact record. - Action **Find an Organization Contact** Finds Organization contacts in Karbon matching a full name, email address, external key or contact type, and returns the matching organizations. - Action **Find a Person Contact** Finds person contacts in Karbon by email address, full name, phone number, contact type or external key, and returns the matches. - Action **Get work item** Returns the details of a single Karbon work item, including its client, dates, status, fee settings and role assignments. - Action **List invoices** Returns the invoices in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by invoice status and sorted. - Action **List timesheets** Returns a list of timesheets from your Karbon account, optionally filtered by date, user, work item or status, with their time entries if requested. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by name or email address. - Action **List work items** Returns the work items in your Karbon account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **Update client group** Renames an existing Karbon client group by changing its full name. - Action **Update Organization Contact** Updates the name or privacy level of an existing Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Update Person Contact** Updates the name details or privacy level of an existing Person Contact in Karbon. - Action **Update work item** Updates a Karbon work item's title, description, dates, assignee, work type, role assignments or status. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Commerce Layer** Commerce Layer is a lightning fast, super flexible and ultra secure REST API that lets you build...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer) - [ **Karbon** Karbon is the collaborative practice management platform for accounting firms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Commerce Layer - [ **Commerce Layer to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-hubspot) - [ **Commerce Layer to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-salesforce) - [ **Commerce Layer to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-slack) - [ **Commerce Layer to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-google-sheets) - [ **Commerce Layer to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-gmail) - [ **Commerce Layer to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-google-calendar) ## More into Karbon - [ **HubSpot to Karbon** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-karbon) - [ **Google Sheets to Karbon** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-karbon) - [ **Gmail to Karbon** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-karbon) - [ **Google Calendar to Karbon** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-karbon) - [ **Google Drive to Karbon** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-karbon) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Karbon** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-karbon) Questions ## Commerce Layer and Karbon, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Commerce Layer? Any of Commerce Layer's 13 triggers in the catalog, including New Attachment, New Customer, New Customer Address Event and New Customer Password Reset Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Karbon when something happens in Commerce Layer? Any of Karbon's 16 actions, including Create Organization Contact, Create Person Contact, Update client group and Update Organization Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Karbon to Commerce Layer? Yes. When something happens in Karbon, your agent can act in Commerce Layer too. This page covers both directions: Karbon's triggers and Commerce Layer's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Layer or Karbon? 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 Commerce Layer and Karbon 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.