# Connect Commerce Tools and OpenAI

When **New customer** fires in [Commerce Tools](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-tools), your agent runs **Create message** in [OpenAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai), or **New batch** in OpenAI to **Add customer** in Commerce Tools. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Commerce Tools **2** triggers Commerce Tools **21** actions OpenAI **5** triggers OpenAI **69** 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 OpenAI to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Commerce Tools and OpenAI can do together

### From Commerce Tools to OpenAI

- When **New customer** in Commerce Tools then **Create message** in OpenAI
- When **New order** in Commerce Tools then **Create assistant** in OpenAI

### From OpenAI to Commerce Tools

- When **New batch** in OpenAI then **Add customer** in Commerce Tools
- When **New file** in OpenAI then **Add order from cart** in Commerce Tools

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 OpenAI

## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 90 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.

- Trigger

**New batch**

List your organization's batches.

- Trigger

**New file**

Returns a list of files.

- Trigger

**New model**

Lists the currently available models.

- Trigger

**New vector store**

Returns a list of vector stores.

- Trigger

**New video**

List recently generated videos for the current project.

- Action

**Cancel batch**

Cancels an in-progress batch.

- Action

**Cancel run**

Cancels a run that is in_progress.

- Action

**Cancel vector store file batch**

Cancel a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Content moderation**

Classifies text for hate, harassment, self-harm, sexual, and violence categories using the Moderations API.

- Action

**Count input tokens**

Returns input token counts of the request.

- Action

**Create assistant**

Create an assistant with a model and instructions.

- Action

**Create chat completion**

Sends a list of chat messages to a model via the Chat Completions API and returns the assistant's reply.

- Action

**Create completion**

Creates a completion for the provided prompt and parameters.

- Action

**Create embedding**

Generates a vector embedding for input text using an embeddings model (e.g. text-embedding-3-small).

- Action

**Create message**

Create a message.

- Action

**Create run**

Create a run.

- Action

**Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests**

Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests

- Action

**Create thread**

Create a thread.

- Action

**Create thread and run**

Create a thread and run it in one request.

- Action

**Create vector store**

Create a vector store.

- Action

**Create vector store file**

Create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store.

- Action

**Create vector store file batch**

Create a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Create video edit job**

Create a new video generation job by editing a source or existing generated video.

- Action

**Create video extension**

Create an extension of a completed video.

- Action

**Create video generation job**

Create a new video generation job from a prompt and optional reference assets.

- Action

**Create video remix**

Create a remix of a completed video using a refreshed prompt.

- Action

**Delete assistant**

Delete an assistant.

- Action

**Delete eval run**

Delete an eval run.

- Action

**Delete file**

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

- Action

**Delete message**

Deletes a message.

- Action

**Delete thread**

Delete a thread.

- Action

**Delete vector store**

Delete a vector store.

- Action

**Delete vector store file**

Delete a vector store file (removes from store, file itself not deleted).

- Action

**Delete video**

Permanently delete a completed or failed video and its stored assets.

- Action

**Download video content**

Download the generated video bytes or a derived preview asset.

- Action

**Edit image**

Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt.

- Action

**Generate image**

Generates an image from a text prompt using gpt-image-1 / DALL-E and returns the image URL or base64 data.

- Action

**Generate speech**

Converts text into spoken audio using a TTS model and the selected voice. Returns audio bytes.

- Action

**Get assistant**

Retrieves an assistant.

- Action

**Get batch**

Retrieves a batch.

- Action

**Get file**

Returns information about a specific file.

- Action

**Get file content**

Returns the contents of the specified file.

- Action

**Get message**

Retrieve a message.

- Action

**Get model**

Retrieves a model instance.

- Action

**Get run**

Retrieves a run.

- Action

**Get run step**

Retrieves a run step.

- Action

**Get thread**

Retrieves a thread.

- Action

**Get vector store**

Retrieves a vector store.

- Action

**Get vector store file**

Retrieves a vector store file.

- Action

**Get vector store file batch**

Retrieves a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Get vector store file content**

Retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file.

- Action

**Get video**

Fetch the latest metadata for a generated video.

- Action

**List conversation items**

List all items for a conversation with the given ID.

- Action

**List files**

Lists files that have been uploaded to your OpenAI account.

- Action

**List messages**

Returns a list of messages for a given thread.

- Action

**List models**

Lists the models currently available to your account.

- Action

**List runs**

Returns a list of runs belonging to a thread.

- Action

**List run steps**

Returns a list of run steps belonging to a run.

- Action

**List vector store file batch files**

Returns a list of vector store files in a batch.

- Action

**List vector store files**

Returns a list of vector store files.

- Action

**OpenAI agent message**

Runs one AI agent turn on OpenAI and returns the model's reply. The turn is billed to the OpenAI account connected on this step, and the agent can call the account's AI tool automations.

- Action

**Retrieve response**

Retrieves a previously created model response by its Response ID.

- Action

**Search vector store**

Search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and filter.

- Action

**Send model a message**

Sends a message to an OpenAI model via the Responses API and emits its response. Returns a Response ID usable as previous_response_id for multi-turn conversations.

- Action

**Submit tool outputs to run**

Submit tool outputs when a run requires action.

- Action

**Transcribe audio**

Transcribes audio into the input language.

- Action

**Translate audio**

Translates audio into English.

- Action

**Update assistant**

Modifies an assistant.

- Action

**Update message**

Modifies a message.

- Action

**Update run**

Modifies a run.

- Action

**Update thread**

Modifies a thread.

- Action

**Update vector store**

Modifies a vector store.

- Action

**Update vector store file attributes**

Update attributes on a vector store file.

- Action

**Upload file**

Upload a file that can be used across various endpoints.

## 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)
- [ **OpenAI** OpenAI's platform for text generation (Responses + Chat Completions), image generation (gpt-image-1 /...](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai)

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)
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## More into OpenAI

- [ **Mailchimp to OpenAI** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-openai)
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- [ **Asana to OpenAI** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-openai)
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Questions

## Commerce Tools and OpenAI, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in OpenAI when something happens in Commerce Tools?

Any of OpenAI's 69 actions, including Create assistant, Create chat completion, Create completion and Create embedding. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from OpenAI to Commerce Tools?

Yes. When something happens in OpenAI, your agent can act in Commerce Tools too. This page covers both directions: OpenAI's triggers and Commerce Tools's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Tools or OpenAI?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
