--- title: "Connect Ellie and Financial Cents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Task\" fires in Ellie, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Financial Cents, or \"New Client\" in Financial Cents to \"Create Task\" in Ellie." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-financial-cents" --- # Connect Ellie and Financial Cents When **New Task** fires in [Ellie](https://apiant.ai/connections/ellie), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Financial Cents](https://apiant.ai/connections/financial-cents), or **New Client** in Financial Cents to **Create Task** in Ellie. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Ellie **2** triggers Ellie **2** actions Financial Cents **3** triggers Financial Cents **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 Ellie and Financial Cents 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 Ellie and Financial Cents can do together ### From Ellie to Financial Cents - When **New Task** in Ellie then **Create Contact** in Financial Cents - When **Task Complete** in Ellie then **Update Contact** in Financial Cents ### From Financial Cents to Ellie - When **New Client** in Financial Cents then **Create Task** in Ellie - When **New Contact** in Financial Cents then **Update Task** in Ellie 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 Ellie and Financial Cents ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is created in Ellie. - Trigger **Task Complete** Triggered when a task is marked complete in Ellie. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in Ellie, optionally scheduled for a day, with a label, list, notes and subtasks. - Action **Update Task** Updates a task in Ellie. Fields you leave blank are left as they are. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is added in Financial Cents. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to a client in Financial Cents. - Trigger **New project** Triggers when a new project is created in Financial Cents. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in Financial Cents, optionally with a primary contact person. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person under a client in Financial Cents and returns the new contact. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Financial Cents from one of your project templates, optionally assigning it to a client, reviewer and team member. - Action **Delete client** Deletes a client from Financial Cents. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from Financial Cents. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients whose name matches the text you supply, returning the matching clients with their contacts and groups. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts whose name or email matches the value you search for, returning the matching contacts with their client. - Action **Find projects** Finds projects whose title matches the search text, returning the matching projects and the first match's id. - Action **Find Template** Finds project templates whose title matches the text you give. - Action **Find users** Finds users on your Financial Cents team whose details match the search terms. - Action **Get client** Returns a single client by its id, including the client's contacts. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single contact by its id, including its name, email and associated clients. - Action **Update client** Renames an existing client in Financial Cents and returns the updated client record. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact's name, email, phone numbers, address or notes. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Ellie** Ellie helps you organize your thoughts and plan your day in a beautiful and simple app.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ellie) - [ **Financial Cents** Financial Cents is a project and customer management software for bookkeepers and accountants](https://apiant.ai/connections/financial-cents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Ellie - [ **Ellie to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-hubspot) - [ **Ellie to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-salesforce) - [ **Ellie to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-google-sheets) - [ **Ellie to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-gmail) - [ **Ellie to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-google-calendar) - [ **Ellie to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ellie-to-google-drive) ## More into Financial Cents - [ **ActiveCampaign to Financial Cents** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-financial-cents) - [ **Airtable to Financial Cents** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-financial-cents) - [ **Asana to Financial Cents** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-financial-cents) - [ **ClickUp to Financial Cents** 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-financial-cents) - [ **Discord to Financial Cents** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-financial-cents) - [ **Brevo to Financial Cents** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-financial-cents) Questions ## Ellie and Financial Cents, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Ellie? Any of Ellie's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Task and Task Complete. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Financial Cents when something happens in Ellie? Any of Financial Cents's 14 actions, including Create Client, Create Contact, Create Project and Update client. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Financial Cents to Ellie? Yes. When something happens in Financial Cents, your agent can act in Ellie too. This page covers both directions: Financial Cents's triggers and Ellie's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Ellie or Financial Cents? 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 Ellie and Financial Cents 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.