# Connect EspoCRM and Harpoon

When **New contact** fires in [EspoCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Harpoon](https://apiant.ai/connections/harpoon), or **New Client** in Harpoon to **Add contact** in EspoCRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

EspoCRM **3** triggers EspoCRM **16** actions Harpoon **9** triggers Harpoon **46** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want EspoCRM and Harpoon to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 EspoCRM and Harpoon can do together

### From EspoCRM to Harpoon

- When **New contact** in EspoCRM then **Create Contact** in Harpoon
- When **New Lead** in EspoCRM then **Add Lead Source** in Harpoon

### From Harpoon to EspoCRM

- When **New Client** in Harpoon then **Add contact** in EspoCRM
- When **New Contact** in Harpoon then **Update contact** in EspoCRM

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 EspoCRM and Harpoon

## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 62 actions

- Trigger

**New contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New Lead**

Triggers when a new lead is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New opportunity**

Triggers when a new opportunity is created in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add account**

Creates a new account (company) in EspoCRM and returns its attributes.

- Action

**Add case**

Creates a new case (support ticket) in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add opportunity**

Creates a new opportunity (deal) in EspoCRM and returns the created record.

- Action

**Add task**

Creates a task in EspoCRM, optionally linked to an account, contact, lead, opportunity or case.

- Action

**Create Lead**

Creates a new lead in EspoCRM and returns the created lead record.

- Action

**Find accounts**

Finds EspoCRM accounts whose name matches the text you supply.

- Action

**Find contacts**

Finds contacts whose email address (or another chosen attribute) matches the value you supply, returning every matching contact.

- Action

**Find Lead**

Finds leads in EspoCRM matching a value on a chosen attribute (email address by default).

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single EspoCRM contact by its ID, with all its attributes including custom fields.

- Action

**Get Lead**

Returns a single EspoCRM lead by its ID, with all of its fields.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns one task by its ID, with its subject, status, dates, parent record and assignee.

- Action

**Update account**

Updates an existing account (company) in EspoCRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing contact in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Action

**Update Lead**

Updates an existing lead in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated lead.

- Action

**Update opportunity**

Updates an existing opportunity in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Trigger

**New Client**

Triggered when a new client is created in Harpoon.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggered when a new contact is created in Harpoon.

- Trigger

**New Expense**

Triggered when a new expense is created in your Harpoon account.

- Trigger

**New Expense Category**

Triggered when a new expense category is created in Harpoon.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggered when a new invoice is created in Harpoon.

- Trigger

**New Payment**

Triggered when a new payment is recorded in your Harpoon account.

- Trigger

**New Project**

Triggered when a new project is created in Harpoon.

- Trigger

**New Task Category**

Triggered when a new task category is added in your Harpoon account.

- Trigger

**New Time Entry**

Triggered when a new time entry is logged in Harpoon.

- Action

**Add Credit Entry**

Creates a new credit entry on a client's account in Harpoon, recording an amount, a date and an optional note or originating invoice. Returns the credit entry that was created.

- Action

**Add Invoice**

Creates a new invoice in Harpoon for a client or project, with an invoice number, issue date, and optional line items. Returns the invoice that was created.

- Action

**Add Lead Source**

Creates a new lead source in Harpoon, so new clients can be tagged with where they came from. Returns the lead source that was created.

- Action

**Add Note**

Adds a note to a client, project or invoice in Harpoon. Returns the note that was created.

- Action

**Add Team**

Creates a new team in your Harpoon account. Harpoon populates the new team from your account details; the API accepts no team attributes on creation.

- Action

**Clone Time Entry**

Creates a copy of an existing time entry in Harpoon. The copy keeps the original's project, task and description, and starts with today's date and zero hours logged.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a contact person under a Harpoon client, with their name, email address, and phone number. Returns the contact that was created.

- Action

**Create Expense**

Records a one-off expense in Harpoon with its date, amount, and vendor, optionally attributed to a client, project, or expense category. Returns the expense that was created.

- Action

**Create Expense Category**

Creates a new expense category in your Harpoon account so expenses can be grouped under it.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a project in Harpoon for a client, with its budget, rate, and start and end dates. Returns the project that was created.

- Action

**Create Time Entry**

Logs hours worked in Harpoon for a team member on a given date, optionally against a client or project. Returns the time entry that was created.

- Action

**Delete Client**

Deletes a client from your Harpoon account.

- Action

**Delete Expense**

Permanently deletes an expense from your Harpoon account.

- Action

**Delete Invoice**

Permanently removes an invoice from Harpoon. Returns Harpoon's confirmation that the invoice was deleted.

- Action

**Delete Note**

Deletes a note from your Harpoon account.

- Action

**Delete Recurring Expense**

Deletes a recurring expense template from Harpoon by its id, so it stops generating new expenses.

- Action

**Delete Recurring Invoice**

Stops and removes a recurring invoice schedule in Harpoon so it no longer generates invoices. Returns Harpoon's confirmation that it was deleted.

- Action

**Delete Time Entry**

Deletes a time entry from your Harpoon account.

- Action

**Get Client**

Returns a single client from your Harpoon account, including its name, contact details and other stored attributes.

- Action

**Get Client Credits**

Returns a client's credit entries in Harpoon, along with the credit still available on the account.

- Action

**Get Contact**

Returns a single Harpoon contact, including their name, email address, phone number, and the client they belong to.

- Action

**Get Estimate**

Returns a single estimate from your Harpoon account, including its client, line items, totals and status.

- Action

**Get Expense**

Returns a single expense from your Harpoon account, including its amount, date, vendor, category and the client or project it is attached to.

- Action

**Get Expense Category**

Returns a single Harpoon expense category with every detail it carries, including its name and budget settings.

- Action

**Get Invoice**

Fetches one invoice from Harpoon by its id, with its client, line items and payment totals. An error occurs if the invoice is not found.

- Action

**Get Lead Source**

Returns a single lead source from your Harpoon account.

- Action

**Get Project**

Returns a single project from your Harpoon account, including its client, budget and status.

- Action

**Get Recurring Expense**

Fetches one recurring expense template from Harpoon by its id, with its vendor, amount, frequency and schedule. An error occurs if it is not found.

- Action

**Get Recurring Invoice**

Returns a single recurring invoice schedule from Harpoon, including its client, frequency, dates, and line items.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns a single task category from your Harpoon account, including its name and hourly rate.

- Action

**Get Team**

Returns a single team from your Harpoon account, including its name, email address, phone, address, owner and whether it is active.

- Action

**Get Time Entry**

Returns a single tracked time entry from your Harpoon account, including its date, hours, client, project and notes.

- Action

**List Contacts**

Returns the contacts in your Harpoon account, including each contact's name, email address and phone number.

- Action

**List Estimates**

Returns the estimates in a Harpoon account, optionally narrowed to a year, client, project, status, or search text.

- Action

**List Expense Categories**

Returns the expense categories set up in Harpoon, each with its budget settings.

- Action

**List Expenses**

Returns the expenses in your Harpoon account, optionally narrowed by date range, client, project, category, billing status or search text.

- Action

**List Invoices**

Returns the invoices in your Harpoon account, optionally narrowed by year, client, project, status or a search term.

- Action

**List Projects**

Returns the projects in a Harpoon account, with their client, budget, rate, and dates.

- Action

**List Teams**

Returns the teams in your Harpoon account, along with the total number of teams found.

- Action

**List Time Entries**

Returns time entries from your Harpoon account — either the timers running now or logged history for a date range — optionally narrowed by client, project, task, team member or billing status.

- Action

**Update Expense**

Updates an existing expense in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed.

- Action

**Update Invoice**

Updates an existing invoice in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed.

- Action

**Update Project**

Updates an existing project in Harpoon — its name, client, billing type, status, dates, budget and task rates. Returns the updated project.

- Action

**Update Recurring Expense**

Updates a recurring expense in Harpoon — its vendor, amount, frequency, category, dates, and status. Anything left blank keeps its current value. Returns the updated recurring expense.

- Action

**Update Recurring Invoice**

Updates an existing recurring invoice template in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed.

- Action

**Update Time Entry**

Updates an existing time entry in Harpoon — its date, hours, description, project, task or billing state.

## Each app on its own

- [ **EspoCRM** EspoCRM is a highly customizable open source CRM software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm)
- [ **Harpoon** Harpoon is a financial planning, scheduling, time-tracking, invoicing, and budgeting platform for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/harpoon)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Notion to Harpoon** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-harpoon)
- [ **Airtable to Harpoon** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-harpoon)
- [ **Asana to Harpoon** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-harpoon)
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Questions

## EspoCRM and Harpoon, answered

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### What can start an automation from EspoCRM?

Any of EspoCRM's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New contact, New Lead and New opportunity. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Harpoon when something happens in EspoCRM?

Any of Harpoon's 46 actions, including Create Contact, Create Expense, Create Expense Category and Create Project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Harpoon to EspoCRM?

Yes. When something happens in Harpoon, your agent can act in EspoCRM too. This page covers both directions: Harpoon's triggers and EspoCRM's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for EspoCRM or Harpoon?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
