--- title: "Connect Commonsku and Grafana - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New client\" fires in Commonsku, your agent runs \"Add Team Member\" in Grafana, or \"New Dashboard\" in Grafana to \"Add client contact\" in Commonsku." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commonsku-to-grafana" --- # Connect Commonsku and Grafana When **New client** fires in [Commonsku](https://apiant.ai/connections/commonsku), your agent runs **Add Team Member** in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), or **New Dashboard** in Grafana to **Add client contact** in Commonsku. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Commonsku **3** triggers Commonsku **22** actions Grafana **1** trigger Grafana **24** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Commonsku and Grafana 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 Commonsku and Grafana can do together ### From Commonsku to Grafana - When **New client** in Commonsku then **Add Team Member** in Grafana - When **New invoice** in Commonsku then **Create Alert Rule** in Grafana ### From Grafana to Commonsku - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Add client contact** in Commonsku - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Update contact** in Commonsku 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 Commonsku and Grafana ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 46 actions - Trigger **New client** Triggers when a new client is added in commonsku. - Trigger **New invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in commonsku. - Trigger **Sales Order Status Change** Triggers when a sales order reaches a new status, such as Client Approved, In Production or Shipped. Each newly created sales order also fires once with its first status. - Action **Add client** Creates a new client in commonsku. - Action **Add client address** Creates a new address in a client's address book and returns the created address. - Action **Add client contact** Creates a contact for a commonsku client and returns the new contact. - Action **Add project** Creates a new project for an existing client in commonsku. - Action **Add tag** Creates a tag in your commonsku company, or returns the existing tag if one with the same label already exists. - Action **Delete client** Deletes a client from commonsku by ID, along with all of its contacts and addresses, and returns the deleted client. - Action **Find products by keyword** Returns the products whose name, supplier code or tag match a keyword, optionally narrowed by supplier, division, tag, owner or net price. - Action **Get client** Returns the details of a single Commonsku client, including its terms, industry, status and tags. An error occurs if the client is not found. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single invoice, including its customer, billing and shipping details, line items and totals. An error occurs if the invoice is not found. - Action **Get product** Returns the full details of a single product by its ID, including its colors, sizes, imprints, images, SKUs, costs and prices. An error occurs if the product is not found. - Action **Get project** Returns the details of a single commonsku project by its ID. - Action **List client contacts** Returns the contacts associated with a commonsku client, including names, email, department and phone numbers. - Action **List clients** Returns the clients in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by customer number, client name, credit hold status or last-updated date. - Action **List invoices** Returns invoices in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by status, customer, numbers or dates. - Action **List products** Returns products in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by keyword, supplier, division, tag or price, or by a special mode such as popular or recently used products. - Action **List projects** Returns the projects in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by client, dates or project number. - Action **List purchase orders** Returns the purchase orders in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by status, client, order numbers, dates or tracking number. - Action **List sales orders** Returns the sales orders in your commonsku account, optionally filtered by status, client, numbers and date ranges. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags defined in your commonsku company, optionally limited to one record, one record type, or a label search. - Action **Update client** Updates an existing commonsku client's name, payment terms, industry, rep, website, status, credit hold and tags. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing client contact's name, email or department in commonsku. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in commonsku. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Trigger **New Dashboard** Triggers when a new dashboard is created in your Grafana instance. - Action **Add Team Member** Adds an existing Grafana user to a team. - Action **Create Alert Rule** Creates a Grafana-managed alert rule (or recording rule) in a folder and rule group, and returns the new rule. - Action **Create Annotation** Creates an annotation in Grafana, either on a specific dashboard panel or as an organization-wide annotation. Supports point-in-time and region annotations with tags. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in Grafana, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create or Update Dashboard** Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing one from a complete dashboard model, optionally placing it in a folder and recording a version-history message. - Action **Create Team** Creates a new team in your Grafana organization with a name and optional email. - Action **Delete Alert Rule** Deletes a Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID. - Action **Delete Annotation** Deletes an annotation from Grafana by its id. - Action **Delete Dashboard** Deletes a dashboard from your Grafana instance by its unique identifier. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a Grafana folder along with all dashboards and alerts stored in it. - Action **Find Annotations** Returns annotations matching the given time range, dashboard, panel, user, alert, type or tags. - Action **Find Teams** Finds teams in your Grafana organization by name or partial name. - Action **Get Alert Rule** Returns a single Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID, including its queries, labels, annotations and folder. - Action **Get Annotation** Returns a single annotation by its id, including its text, tags, time range and the dashboard and panel it belongs to. - Action **Get Dashboard** Returns a Grafana dashboard, including its full dashboard model and metadata such as its folder and URL, given the dashboard's unique identifier. - Action **Get Data Source** Returns a single Grafana data source, including its type, URL, access mode and settings, looked up by its UID. - Action **Get Folder** Returns a Grafana folder by its UID, including its title and parent folder. - Action **Get Team** Returns a Grafana team's details (name, email, organization, created and updated times) by its ID. - Action **List Data Sources** Returns all data sources configured in your Grafana organization, with their names, types and connection settings. - Action **List Folders** Returns all folders in your Grafana organization that you have permission to view, with each folder's UID, title and parent folder. - Action **Remove Team Member** Removes a user from a Grafana team. - Action **Update Alert Rule** Updates an existing Grafana alert or recording rule, replacing its title, queries, condition, labels and other settings. - Action **Update Annotation** Updates the text, tags, or time range of an existing annotation. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder's title, or moves it under a different parent folder. ## Each app on its own - [ **Commonsku** commonsku is a workflow management, CRM, and ERP platform specifically designed for the promotional goods...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commonsku) - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Commonsku - [ **Commonsku to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commonsku-to-hubspot) - [ **Commonsku to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commonsku-to-salesforce) - [ **Commonsku to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Commonsku's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New client, New invoice and Sales Order Status Change. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Grafana when something happens in Commonsku? Any of Grafana's 24 actions, including Create Alert Rule, Create Annotation, Create Folder and Create or Update Dashboard. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Grafana to Commonsku? Yes. When something happens in Grafana, your agent can act in Commonsku too. This page covers both directions: Grafana's triggers and Commonsku's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Commonsku or Grafana? 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 Commonsku and Grafana 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.