--- title: "Connect Common Room and folk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Custom Fields List\" fires in Common Room, your agent runs \"Create Deal\" in folk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-folk" --- # Connect Common Room and folk When **Custom Fields List** fires in [Common Room](https://apiant.ai/connections/common-room), your agent runs **Create Deal** in [folk](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk), or **Company Added** in folk to **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** in Common Room. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Common Room **2** triggers Common Room **11** actions folk **11** triggers folk **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 Common Room and folk 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 Common Room and folk can do together ### From Common Room to folk - When **Custom Fields List** in Common Room then **Create Deal** in folk - When **Segment Status List** in Common Room then **Create Note** in folk ### From folk to Common Room - When **Company Added** in folk then **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** in Common Room - When **Company Custom Field Updated** in folk then **Add or Update a Contact Custom Field** in Common Room 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 Common Room and folk ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **Custom Fields List** Triggers when a new contact custom field is added to the Common Room community. - Trigger **Segment Status List** Triggers when a new status is added to the selected Common Room segment. - Action **Add Activity From Third Party Source** Adds an activity from a third-party system to a Common Room API signal source, or updates an activity previously added with the same activity ID and type. - Action **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** Adds one or more existing Common Room contacts to an existing segment, identified by email, Twitter, GitHub or LinkedIn, optionally setting their segment status. - Action **Add Organization From Third Party Source** Adds an organization to a Common Room API source, or updates the organization previously added with the same domain. - Action **Add or Update a Contact Custom Field** Sets the value of a contact custom field on a Common Room contact, creating or updating the contact in an API signal source. - Action **Add tag** Creates a tag in Common Room, or returns the existing tag if one with the same name already exists. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag and removes it from everywhere it was applied. A tag that segments or workflows still use can't be deleted. - Action **Get tag** Returns a Common Room tag by its id, including its name, description and the entity types it may be assigned to. - Action **List activity types** Returns every activity type defined in your Common Room community, with its id and display name. - Action **List segments** Returns all segments in the Common Room community, with each segment's id and name. - Action **List tags** Returns all user-defined tags in your Common Room community, with their names, descriptions and the record types they can be applied to. - Action **Update tag** Renames a tag or changes its description. A deleted tag is restored when it is updated. - Trigger **Company Added** Triggers when a new company is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Company Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a company custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Company Removed** Triggers when a company is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Company Updated** Triggers when a company basic field (like name, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Trigger **Deal Added** Fires when a new deal is created. - Trigger **Deal Removed** Fires when a deal is deleted from a pipeline. - Trigger **Deal Updated** Fires when a deal is updated (stage change, field update). - Trigger **Person Added** Triggers when a new person is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Person Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a person custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Person Removed** Triggers when a person is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Person Updated** Triggers when a person basic field (like first name, job title, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Action **Create Company** Creates a company in folk, optionally adding it to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in a folk group, optionally linked to companies and people, and sets that deal type's custom fields. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in folk. A default "All people" table view is added to the group automatically. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a folk person, company or deal. Optionally posts it as a reply to an existing note. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in folk, optionally adding them to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Reminder** Creates a reminder on a folk person, company or deal, scheduled with an iCalendar recurrence rule. - Action **Delete Company** Deletes a company from folk by its id. - Action **Delete Person** Deletes a person from folk by their id. This also removes their custom fields, notes and associations. - Action **Find a Company** Searches folk companies by name, email or website and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Find a Person** Searches folk people by email, full name or phone and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Get a Company** Fetches one folk company by id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get a Note** Fetches one folk note by id, with its text, author and the record it is attached to. - Action **Get a Person** Fetches one folk person by id, including their custom field values. - Action **List Groups** Returns the groups in the folk workspace, with each group's id, name and visibility. - Action **Update Company** Updates a folk company. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. - Action **Update Person** Updates a folk person. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Common Room** Common Room is the intelligent community growth platform that helps you deepen relationships, build better...](https://apiant.ai/connections/common-room) - [ **folk** folk is the next generation CRM for teams](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Common Room - [ **Common Room to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-hubspot) - [ **Common Room to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-salesforce) - [ **Common Room to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-slack) - [ **Common Room to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-google-sheets) - [ **Common Room to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-gmail) - [ **Common Room to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-google-calendar) ## More into folk - [ **Stripe to folk** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-folk) - [ **ActiveCampaign to folk** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-folk) - [ **Airtable to folk** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-folk) - [ **Asana to folk** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-folk) - [ **ClickUp to folk** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-folk) - [ **Discord to folk** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-folk) Questions ## Common Room and folk, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Common Room? Any of Common Room's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Custom Fields List and Segment Status List. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in folk when something happens in Common Room? Any of folk's 16 actions, including Create Company, Create Deal, Create Group and Create Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from folk to Common Room? Yes. When something happens in folk, your agent can act in Common Room too. This page covers both directions: folk's triggers and Common Room's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Common Room or folk? 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 Common Room and folk 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.