--- title: "Connect Daftra and QuickBooks Online - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Client Created\" fires in Daftra, your agent runs \"Create customer\" in QuickBooks Online." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/daftra-to-quickbooks-online" --- # Connect Daftra and QuickBooks Online When **Client Created** fires in [Daftra](https://apiant.ai/connections/daftra), your agent runs **Create customer** in [QuickBooks Online](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbooks-online), or **New bill** in QuickBooks Online to **Add Invoice** in Daftra. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Daftra **9** triggers Daftra **38** actions QuickBooks Online **11** triggers QuickBooks Online **45** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Daftra and QuickBooks Online 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 Daftra and QuickBooks Online can do together ### From Daftra to QuickBooks Online - When **Client Created** in Daftra then **Create customer** in QuickBooks Online - When **Client Updated** in Daftra then **Create invoice** in QuickBooks Online ### From QuickBooks Online to Daftra - When **New bill** in QuickBooks Online then **Add Invoice** in Daftra - When **New customer** in QuickBooks Online then **Add Invoice Payment** in Daftra 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 Daftra and QuickBooks Online ## Triggers and actions 20 triggers · 83 actions - Trigger **Client Created** Triggers when a new client is added to your Daftra account. - Trigger **Client Updated** Triggers when a client is added or updated in Daftra. - Trigger **Estimate Updated** Triggers when an estimate (quote) is created or updated in Daftra. - Trigger **Invoice Created** Triggers when a new invoice (or debit note) is created in Daftra. - Trigger **Invoice Updated** Triggers when an invoice or debit note is created or updated in Daftra. - Trigger **Journal Created** Triggers when a new journal entry is created in Daftra. - Trigger **Journal Updated** Triggers when a journal entry is created or updated in Daftra. - Trigger **Product Created** Triggers when a new product is added in Daftra. - Trigger **Product Updated** Triggers when a product is added or updated in Daftra. - Action **Add Client** Creates a new client in Daftra and returns its id and client number. - Action **Add credit note** Creates a credit note for a client in Daftra, optionally against a source invoice, with line items. - Action **Add Estimate** Creates a new estimate (quote) for a client in Daftra, with optional line items. - Action **Add Expense** Creates an expense in Daftra with its amount, date, vendor, category and optional taxes, account splits and cost-center allocations. - Action **Add Invoice** Creates a sales invoice for a client in Daftra, with optional line items and payments, and returns the new invoice's id. - Action **Add Invoice Payment** Records a payment against an existing Daftra invoice and returns the new payment's id. - Action **Add Journal** Creates a manual double-entry journal entry with its debit and credit lines. Total debits must equal total credits. - Action **Add Product** Creates a new product, service or bundle in Daftra and returns its id. - Action **Add Refund Receipt** Creates a refund receipt against an existing invoice in Daftra, with optional refunded line items and refund payments. - Action **Add Supplier** Creates a new supplier in Daftra and returns its id. - Action **Delete Client** Deletes a client from Daftra. The client must have no invoices, payments or other related records. - Action **Delete credit note** Deletes a credit note in Daftra by its ID. - Action **Delete Estimate** Deletes an estimate (quote) in Daftra. Estimates already converted to an invoice or sales order cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete Expense** Deletes an expense in Daftra, along with its related accounting journal and attachments. - Action **Delete Invoice** Deletes a sales invoice in Daftra by its ID. - Action **Delete Invoice Payment** Deletes an invoice payment, re-adjusting the related invoice's paid total and the client's balance. - Action **Delete Product** Deletes a product, service or bundle in Daftra by its ID. - Action **Delete Refund Receipt** Deletes a refund receipt in Daftra by its ID. - Action **Delete Supplier** Deletes a supplier from Daftra. Suppliers referenced by purchase orders, expenses or other transactions cannot be deleted. - Action **Edit Client** Updates an existing client in Daftra. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Edit Estimate** Updates an existing estimate (quote) in Daftra, changing its client, date, currency, notes or line items. - Action **Edit Expense** Updates an existing expense in Daftra. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Edit Invoice** Updates an existing standard invoice in Daftra, including its header details, line items, payments and custom fields. - Action **Edit Invoice Payment** Updates an existing invoice payment in Daftra. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Edit Journal** Updates an existing journal entry in Daftra, replacing its debit and credit lines. - Action **Edit Product** Updates an existing product, service or bundle in Daftra. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Edit Refund Receipt** Updates an existing refund receipt in Daftra — its date, currency, store, notes or line items. - Action **Edit Supplier** Updates an existing supplier's business name, contact details, addresses and other details. - Action **Get client** Returns a single Daftra client by id, with its contact details, addresses, balances and custom field values. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single expense by its id, including amount, taxes, totals, vendor, category, date and status. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single standard invoice by ID, with its line items, payments, taxes, client and custom fields. - Action **Get Purchase Order** Returns a single purchase order by its ID, including its line items, supplier, taxes, payments and custom fields. - Action **Get Refund Receipt** Returns a single refund receipt by ID, including its line items, payments, taxes, custom fields and client. - Action **List clients** Returns a list of clients in your Daftra account, optionally filtered by keyword or assigned staff member. - Action **List estimates** Returns the account's estimates (quotes), most recent first, optionally filtered by client, number, status, amount, dates and more. - Action **List invoices** Returns a page of your Daftra invoices and debit notes, most recent first, optionally filtered by client, status, dates, amounts and more. - Action **List products** Returns a page of products and services in your Daftra account, optionally filtered by keyword, category, supplier, brand, stock status, barcode or product code. - Action **Update credit note** Updates an existing credit note in Daftra — its client, date, currency, store, notes or line items. - Trigger **New bill** Polls for newly created bills (accounts payable), most recent first. - Trigger **New customer** Polls for newly created customers, most recent first. - Trigger **New estimate** Fires when a new estimate is created in QuickBooks Online. - Trigger **New invoice** Polls for newly created invoices, most recent first. - Trigger **New or updated customer** Fires when a QuickBooks customer is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New or updated estimate** Fires when a QuickBooks estimate is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Fires when a QuickBooks invoice is created or edited — line items, amounts, due date, or status. - Trigger **New or updated item** Fires when a QuickBooks product or service item is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated vendor** Fires when a QuickBooks vendor is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New paid invoice** Polls for invoices that are fully paid (Balance = 0), most recently updated first. - Trigger **New payment** Polls for newly created customer payments, most recent first. - Action **Create account** Create an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts — name, account type, and detail type. - Action **Create bill** Creates a new bill (accounts payable) for a vendor with a single account-based line item. - Action **Create credit memo** Creates a new credit memo for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create customer** Creates a new customer in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Create estimate** Create a QuickBooks Online estimate (quote) for a customer. - Action **Create expense (purchase)** Creates a new expense (Purchase) paid from a bank/credit-card account with one account-based line. - Action **Create invoice** Creates a new invoice for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create item (product/service)** Creates a new product or service item. - Action **Create journal entry** Create a QuickBooks journal entry with balanced debit and credit lines against the chart of accounts. - Action **Create payment** Records a customer payment, optionally applied against a specific invoice. - Action **Create refund receipt** Creates a new refund receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create sales receipt** Creates a new sales receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create vendor** Creates a new vendor in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Delete bill** Permanently delete a QuickBooks bill by Id. - Action **Delete credit memo** Permanently delete a QuickBooks credit memo by Id. - Action **Delete estimate** Permanently delete a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Delete invoice** Permanently delete a QuickBooks invoice by Id. Unlike voiding, this removes the transaction entirely. - Action **Delete sales receipt** Permanently delete a QuickBooks sales receipt by Id. - Action **Find account by name** Look up an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts by its name. - Action **Find customer by name** Searches for a customer by display name and returns its Id and SyncToken. - Action **Find invoice by number** Look up a QuickBooks invoice by its document number (the invoice number customers see) rather than its internal Id. - Action **Find item by name** Look up a QuickBooks product or service item by its name. - Action **Find vendor by name** Look up a QuickBooks Online vendor by display name. - Action **Get bill balance** Returns the outstanding balance for a bill by its Id. - Action **Get customer by ID** Retrieves a single customer by its Id. - Action **Get estimate by ID** Retrieve a QuickBooks Online estimate by its ID. - Action **Get estimate PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Get invoice by ID** Retrieves a single invoice by its Id, including its balance. - Action **Get invoice PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks invoice by Id, for emailing or archiving. - Action **List accounts** List the accounts in the QuickBooks chart of accounts, with their type, detail type, and current balance. - Action **List attachments** List the files attached to a QuickBooks transaction or record, with their download links. - Action **List employees** List employees recorded in QuickBooks Online. - Action **List items** List products and services (items) defined in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Pay bill** Records a bill payment against a vendor bill, paid from the specified bank/credit-card account. - Action **Run query** Runs an arbitrary read-only QuickBooks Online query (QBO SQL-like syntax) and returns the raw QueryResponse. - Action **Send estimate** Email a QuickBooks Online estimate to the customer. - Action **Send invoice** Emails an invoice to the supplied email address (or the invoice's billing email if omitted). - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer (sparse update). Requires the customer Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Update estimate** Update an existing QuickBooks estimate by Id, changing only the fields supplied. - Action **Update invoice** Update an existing QuickBooks invoice by Id — a sparse update that changes only the fields supplied and leaves the rest of the invoice intact. - Action **Update item** Update an existing QuickBooks product or service item by Id — name, description, price, income account, or active flag. - Action **Update vendor** Update an existing QuickBooks vendor by Id — contact details, billing address, terms, or active flag. - Action **Upload attachment** Upload a file to QuickBooks and attach it to a transaction or record — a receipt on an expense, a contract on an invoice. - Action **Void invoice** Voids an existing invoice. Requires the invoice Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Void payment** Voids an existing customer payment. 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Any of Daftra's 9 triggers in the catalog, including Client Created, Client Updated, Estimate Updated and Invoice Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in QuickBooks Online when something happens in Daftra? Any of QuickBooks Online's 45 actions, including Create account, Create bill, Create credit memo and Create customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from QuickBooks Online to Daftra? Yes. When something happens in QuickBooks Online, your agent can act in Daftra too. This page covers both directions: QuickBooks Online's triggers and Daftra's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Daftra or QuickBooks Online? 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 Daftra and QuickBooks Online 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.