--- title: "Connect CS-Cart to Abacus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in CS-Cart, your agent runs \"Add counter\" in Abacus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cs-cart-to-abacus" --- # Connect CS-Cart to Abacus When **New Customer** fires in [CS-Cart](https://apiant.ai/connections/cs-cart), your agent runs **Add counter** in [Abacus](https://apiant.ai/connections/abacus). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CS-Cart **2** triggers CS-Cart **16** actions Abacus **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want CS-Cart and Abacus 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 CS-Cart can start in Abacus - When **New Customer** in CS-Cart then **Add counter** in Abacus - When **New Order** in CS-Cart then **Update counter** in Abacus 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 CS-Cart and Abacus ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 24 actions - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer account is created in the CS-Cart store. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in the CS-Cart store. - Action **Add category** Creates a new product category in your CS-Cart store. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer account in your CS-Cart store. - Action **Add shipment** Creates a shipment for products in an order, with optional carrier and tracking number. - Action **Create Order (For CS-Cart)** Creates an order in a CS-Cart storefront, for an existing customer or a guest. New orders always start with the Open status. - Action **Create Product** Creates a product in your CS-Cart store with its name, price, categories, stock and other product details. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from your CS-Cart store. - Action **Find Category by Name** Finds a category in your CS-Cart store by its name and returns its details. - Action **Get customer** Returns a customer's details (email, name, status, company and profile data) by their user ID. - Action **Get order** Returns the full details of a CS-Cart order, including its products, customer, billing and shipping addresses, totals and status. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product from your CS-Cart store, including its price, stock, categories, images and features. - Action **Get Shipment** Returns one shipment by its ID, including its order, carrier, tracking number and status. - Action **List categories** Returns the categories in the CS-Cart store, up to 1000. - Action **List orders** Returns a list of orders from the store, optionally filtered by status, customer, storefront or vendor, email, invoice, or last-modified date. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's details, such as name, email, company and status. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing order, such as its status, products, total or customer details, optionally emailing notifications. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in your CS-Cart store, such as its name, price, stock, status, descriptions, images or features. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Add counter** Creates a new counter in a namespace with an optional starting value, and returns the counter's admin key. - Action **Delete counter** Deletes a counter and all its data. Requires the admin key returned when the counter was created. - Action **Get counter** Returns the current value of an Abacus counter identified by its namespace and key. - Action **Get counter info** Returns details about a counter: its current value, full key, whether it exists, and how long until it expires. - Action **Increment counter** Increases a counter by one and returns its new value. Creates the counter if it does not exist yet. - Action **Reset counter** Resets a counter's value to 0. Requires the admin key returned when the counter was created. - Action **Set counter value** Sets a counter to a specific value, overwriting its current value. - Action **Update counter** Increases or decreases a counter by the amount you choose and returns its new value. ## Each app on its own - [ **CS-Cart** Marketplace software trusted by 1300+ marketplaces.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cs-cart) - [ **Abacus** Free and simple counting service. You can use it to track page hits and specific events](https://apiant.ai/connections/abacus) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from CS-Cart - [ **CS-Cart to Dashly** Dashly turns visitors into customers with data-driven conversation and marketing.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cs-cart-to-dashly) - [ **CS-Cart to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cs-cart-to-hubspot) - [ **CS-Cart to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cs-cart-to-salesforce) - [ **CS-Cart to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-abacus) - [ **Google Sheets to Abacus** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-abacus) - [ **Gmail to Abacus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-abacus) - [ **Google Calendar to Abacus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-abacus) Questions ## CS-Cart and Abacus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from CS-Cart? Any of CS-Cart'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 Abacus when something happens in CS-Cart? Any of Abacus's 8 actions, including Update counter, Add counter, Get counter and Get counter info. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Abacus to CS-Cart? Abacus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in CS-Cart. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Abacus's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CS-Cart or Abacus? 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 CS-Cart and Abacus 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.