--- title: "Connect CS-Cart and Method CRM - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in CS-Cart, your agent runs \"Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)\" in Method CRM." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cs-cart-to-method-crm" --- # Connect CS-Cart and Method CRM When **New Customer** fires in [CS-Cart](https://apiant.ai/connections/cs-cart), your agent runs **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in [Method CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm), or **New Activity** in Method CRM to **Add customer** in CS-Cart. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CS-Cart **2** triggers CS-Cart **16** actions Method CRM **6** triggers Method CRM **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 CS-Cart and Method CRM 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What CS-Cart and Method CRM can do together ### From CS-Cart to Method CRM - When **New Customer** in CS-Cart then **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in Method CRM - When **New Order** in CS-Cart then **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in Method CRM ### From Method CRM to CS-Cart - When **New Activity** in Method CRM then **Add customer** in CS-Cart - When **New Contact** in Method CRM then **Create Order (For CS-Cart)** in CS-Cart 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 Method CRM ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 30 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. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Triggers when a new customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead is added in a Xero-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM. - Action **Add Activity** Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields). - Action **Add Contact to Existing Entity** Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead. - Action **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account. - Action **Add Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Creates a customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead in a Method CRM account synced with Xero. - Action **Add Generic Entry** Creates a new record (entry) in any Method CRM table, using the field values you supply, and returns the new record's id. - Action **Add Opportunity** Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account. - Action **Delete record** Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts. - Action **Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records. - Action **Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account. - Action **Find records by criteria** Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Get record** Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID. - Action **Update record** Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice. ## Each app on its own - [ **CS-Cart** Marketplace software trusted by 1300+ marketplaces.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cs-cart) - [ **Method CRM** Method CRM™ is a QuickBooks CRM that streamlines your business from lead to repeat and everything in between.](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm) 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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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 Method CRM when something happens in CS-Cart? Any of Method CRM's 14 actions, including Update record, Add Activity, Add Contact to Existing Entity and Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Method CRM to CS-Cart? Yes. When something happens in Method CRM, your agent can act in CS-Cart too. This page covers both directions: Method CRM's triggers and CS-Cart's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CS-Cart or Method CRM? 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 Method CRM 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.