--- title: "Connect Commerce Tools to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New customer\" fires in Commerce Tools, your agent runs \"Create CII Invoice\" in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml" --- # Connect Commerce Tools to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML When **New customer** fires in [Commerce Tools](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-tools), your agent runs **Create CII Invoice** in [CII & UBL by InvoiceXML](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Commerce Tools **2** triggers Commerce Tools **21** actions CII & UBL by InvoiceXML **14** 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 Tools and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Commerce Tools can start in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New customer** in Commerce Tools then **Create CII Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New order** in Commerce Tools then **Create UBL Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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 Tools and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New customer** Triggers when a new customer is created in your commercetools project. - Trigger **New order** Triggers when a new order is created in the commercetools project. - Action **Add cart** Creates a new shopping cart in your commercetools project, optionally with line items, customer, addresses and discount codes. - Action **Add category** Creates a category in your commercetools project for organizing products. - Action **Add customer** Creates a customer in your commercetools project and returns the new customer record. - Action **Add order from cart** Creates an order from an existing cart, optionally setting its order number and initial order, payment and shipment states. - Action **Add product** Creates a product in your commercetools project with its product type, name, slug and optional variants, prices, categories and attributes. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes a customer, optionally erasing all of their related personal data. Returns the deleted customer. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from the catalog and returns the product as it was when deleted. - Action **Find categories** Finds categories in your commercetools project that match a filter, such as a key, slug or name. - Action **Find customers** Finds customers matching a filter condition, such as an email address or last name. - Action **Find inventory entries** Returns the inventory entries (stock quantities per SKU and supply channel) that match a filter. - Action **Find orders** Finds orders in the commercetools project that match a filter condition. - Action **Find products** Finds products in your commercetools project that match a filter condition, such as a product key or name. - Action **Get cart** Returns a cart by its id, including its line items, totals, addresses and state. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer by its id, including addresses and custom fields. - Action **Get order** Returns an order by its id, including line items, totals, state and custom fields. - Action **Get product** Returns a product by its id, including its current and staged data, variants and prices. - Action **Update cart** Updates a cart by applying one or more update actions, such as adding line items or setting the shipping address, and returns the updated cart. - Action **Update customer** Applies one or more update actions to an existing customer, such as changing their email, name or addresses, and returns the updated customer. - Action **Update inventory entry** Updates an inventory entry, for example adding, removing or setting its stock quantity, and returns the updated entry. - Action **Update order** Updates an order by applying one or more update actions, such as changing its order, shipment or payment state. - Action **Update product** Updates a product by applying one or more update actions, and returns the updated product. - Action **Convert CII to UBL** Translates a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML into a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML document, enabling interoperability between systems that use different e-invoice formats. - Action **Convert UBL to CII** Transforms a UBL 2.1 invoice XML into a UN/CEFACT CII XML document, bridging compatibility between PEPPOL-based systems and CII-native accounting platforms. - Action **Create CII Invoice** Produces a UN/CEFACT Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) XML document from structured billing data, ready for submission through any EN16931-compliant e-invoicing channel. - Action **Create UBL Invoice** Generates a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML invoice from structured billing data including seller, buyer, line items, and payment details. - Action **Extract Invoice Attachments** Download an e-invoice's embedded attachments as a ZIP. - Action **Extract Invoice JSON** Parses a PDF invoice into machine-readable JSON, reading embedded CII or UBL XML when available and applying AI-based extraction as a fallback for unstructured PDFs. - Action **Extract Invoice XML** Pull the CII or UBL XML out of an e-invoice PDF. - Action **Parse Invoice JSON** AI-parse any PDF invoice — messy, scanned, or handwritten — into structured JSON. - Action **Render CII to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a CII e-invoice. - Action **Render UBL to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a UBL e-invoice. - Action **Transform PDF to CII** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UN/CEFACT CII XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Ideal for digitising paper-based or scanned invoices into a structured CII format. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Transform PDF to UBL** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UBL 2.1 XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Useful for onboarding legacy invoices into structured e-invoicing workflows. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Validate CII Invoice** Verifies a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML against EN16931 semantic rules and XSD schema, returning a detailed compliance report including any rule failures or data inconsistencies. - Action **Validate UBL Invoice** Checks a UBL 2.1 invoice XML against EN16931 business rules and schema constraints, returning a structured validation report with any rule violations or structural errors. ## Each app on its own - [ **Commerce Tools** Headless commerce platform providing APIs for product catalog, cart, order, and inventory management across...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-tools) - [ **CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** CII & UBL by InvoiceXML is an e-invoice compliance service for creating, converting, validating, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Commerce Tools - [ **Commerce Tools to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-hubspot) - [ **Commerce Tools to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-salesforce) - [ **Commerce Tools to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-slack) - [ **Commerce Tools to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-google-sheets) - [ **Commerce Tools to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-gmail) - [ **Commerce Tools to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-google-calendar) ## More into CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - [ **HubSpot to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Salesforce to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Slack to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Google Sheets to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Gmail to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Google Calendar to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) Questions ## Commerce Tools and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Commerce Tools? Any of Commerce Tools's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New customer and New order. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML when something happens in Commerce Tools? Any of CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's 14 actions, including Create CII Invoice, Create UBL Invoice, Convert CII to UBL and Convert UBL to CII. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to Commerce Tools? CII & UBL by InvoiceXML has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Commerce Tools. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Tools or CII & UBL by InvoiceXML? 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 Tools and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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.