--- title: "Connect Facebook Lead Ads to Abacus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Lead\" fires in Facebook Lead Ads, your agent runs \"Add counter\" in Abacus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-abacus" --- # Connect Facebook Lead Ads to Abacus When **New Lead** fires in [Facebook Lead Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads), 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. Facebook Lead Ads **1** trigger Facebook Lead Ads **3** 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 Facebook Lead Ads 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 Facebook Lead Ads can start in Abacus - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Add counter** in Abacus - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads 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 Facebook Lead Ads and Abacus ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 11 actions - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when someone submits one of your Facebook or Instagram lead ad forms. Returns the lead's answers plus the ad, campaign and form it came from. - Action **Find Leads** Returns the leads submitted on a lead form, optionally only those received after a given time. - Action **Get Lead** Returns one lead by its ID, with the answers the person gave on the form. - Action **Get Lead Form** Returns a lead form's details, including its status, lead count and questions. - 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 - [ **Facebook Lead Ads** Facebook lead ads make signing up for business information easy for people and more valuable for businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads) - [ **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 Facebook Lead Ads - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to MINDBODY** MINDBODY is a powerful business management software that combines your scheduling, task automation...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-mindbody) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Mailsac** Disposable Email](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-mailsac) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to PDF.co** PDF.co is a set of tools for PDF file and data extraction.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-pdf-co) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to ScraperAPI** ScraperAPI is a data extraction service that transforms websites into structured, automation-ready data](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-scraperapi) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Ultimeter** Ultimeter is the most advanced goal meter and progress bar system for WordPress. You've done the hard work.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-ultimeter) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-hubspot) ## More into Abacus - [ **HubSpot to Abacus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-abacus) - [ **Salesforce to Abacus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-abacus) - [ **Slack to Abacus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-abacus) - [ **Google Sheets to Abacus** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 ## Facebook Lead Ads and Abacus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Facebook Lead Ads? Any of Facebook Lead Ads's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Lead. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Abacus when something happens in Facebook Lead Ads? 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 Facebook Lead Ads? Abacus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Facebook Lead Ads. 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 Facebook Lead Ads 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 Facebook Lead Ads 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.