Integration
Connect Commerce Layer to NGP VAN
When New Attachment fires in Commerce Layer, your agent runs Add Contact History in NGP VAN. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Commerce Layer and NGP VAN to do together?
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Commerce Layer can start in NGP VAN
When New Attachment in Commerce Layer
then Add Contact History in NGP VAN
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 NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 48 actions
- New Attachment
Triggers when a new Attachment is created.
- New Customer
Triggers when a new Customer is created.
- New Customer Address Event
Triggers when a customer address is created.
- New Customer Password Reset Event
Triggers when a customer password reset is requested.
- New Customer Subscription Event
Triggers when a given customer_subscription event (one of create or destroy) is fired.
- New Price
Triggers when a new Price is created.
- New Price Import
Fires when a new price import is created in Commerce Layer.
- New Price List
Triggers when a new Price List is created.
- New Shipping Category
Triggers when a Shipping Category is created.
- New SKU
Triggers when a new SKU is created.
- New SKU Import
Triggers when a new SKU import is created.
- New Stock Item Import
Triggers when a new Stock Item import is created.
- New Stock Transfer Event
Triggers when a given stock transfer event (one of create, upocoming, picking, in_transit, complete, cancel is fired).
- Add Customer Address
Adds an existing address to a customer's address book.
- Add Customer Password Reset
Requests a password reset for a customer, returning the reset token to send them.
- Add Customer Subscription
Subscribes a customer email to a list, identified by a reference such as a newsletter id.
- Add Stock Transfer
Moves a quantity of a SKU from one stock location to another.
- Balance Change Gift Card
Change balance of a gift card.
- Create Address
Creates a postal address that can be attached to customers, orders and stock locations.
- Create Attachment
Creates a new Attachment.
- Create Customer
Creates a new Customer.
- Create Gift Card
Creates a new Gift Card.
- Create Price Import
Creates a new Price Import.
- Create Price List
Creates a new Price List.
- Create SKU
Creates a new SKU.
- Find Attachment
Finds a Attachment by name.
- Find Customer
Finds a customer by id or reference.
- Find Gift Card
Finds a gift card by id or reference.
- Find Price
Finds a price by price list.
- Find Price Import
Finds a Price Import by status.
- Find Price List
Finds a Price List by name.
- Find Shipping Category
Finds an Shipping Category by name.
- Find SKU
Finds an SKU by code.
- Find SKU Import
Finds an SKU Import by status.
- Find Stock Item Import
Finds a Stock Item Import by status.
- Get Address
Retrieves one address by id.
- Get Customer Address
Retrieves one customer address link by id.
- Get Customer Password Reset
Retrieves a customer password reset by id, returning customer_email, reset_password_token and reset_password_at.
- Get Customer Subscription
Retrieves one customer subscription by id.
- Get Stock Transfer
Retrieves one stock transfer by id.
- Update Customer Reference
Update customer data setting external identifier.
- Add a Contribution
Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
- Add Activist Codes
Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
- Add Canvass Responses
Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.
- Add Contact History
Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.
- Add Note to Contact
Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.
- Add Survey Responses
Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.
- Create Financial Batch
Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
- Create or Update Contact With a Contribution
Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.
- Delete code from contact
Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
- Delete contact
Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
- Find Contact
Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.
- Find Financial Batch
Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
- Get contact
Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
- List activist codes
Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
- List campaigns
Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
- List notes
Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
- Merge contacts
Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
- Subscribe Email
Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
- Tag a Contact
Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
- Update note
Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Commerce Layer and NGP VAN, 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 NGP VAN when something happens in Commerce Layer?
Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NGP VAN to Commerce Layer?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Commerce Layer. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Layer or NGP VAN?
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 NGP VAN 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.