--- title: "Connect Facebook Lead Ads and FileMaker - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Lead\" fires in Facebook Lead Ads, your agent runs \"Duplicate Record\" in FileMaker." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-filemaker" --- # Connect Facebook Lead Ads and FileMaker When **New Lead** fires in [Facebook Lead Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads), your agent runs **Duplicate Record** in [FileMaker](https://apiant.ai/connections/filemaker), or **New Record** in FileMaker to **Find Leads** in Facebook Lead Ads. 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 FileMaker **1** trigger FileMaker **4** 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 FileMaker 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 and FileMaker can do together ### From Facebook Lead Ads to FileMaker - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Duplicate Record** in FileMaker - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Get Record** in FileMaker ### From FileMaker to Facebook Lead Ads - When **New Record** in FileMaker then **Find Leads** in Facebook Lead Ads - When **New Record** in FileMaker then **Get Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads 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 FileMaker ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers ยท 7 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. - Trigger **New Record** Triggers when a new record is added to a FileMaker layout's table. - Action **Delete Record** Deletes a record from a FileMaker layout's table. - Action **Duplicate Record** Creates a copy of an existing record in a FileMaker layout's table and returns the new record's ID. - Action **Get Record** Returns one record from a FileMaker layout by its record ID, including its field values and related portal rows. - Action **Run Script** Runs a FileMaker script in the database and returns the script's result. ## 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) - [ **FileMaker** FileMaker integrates a database engine with a graphical user interface (GUI) and security features, allowing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/filemaker) 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 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) - [ **Facebook Lead Ads to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-salesforce) ## More into FileMaker - [ **ActiveCampaign to FileMaker** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-filemaker) - [ **Airtable to FileMaker** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-filemaker) - [ **Asana to FileMaker** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-filemaker) - [ **ClickUp to FileMaker** 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-filemaker) - [ **Discord to FileMaker** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-filemaker) - [ **Brevo to FileMaker** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-filemaker) Questions ## Facebook Lead Ads and FileMaker, 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 FileMaker when something happens in Facebook Lead Ads? Any of FileMaker's 4 actions, including Duplicate Record, Get Record, Run Script and Delete Record. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FileMaker to Facebook Lead Ads? Yes. When something happens in FileMaker, your agent can act in Facebook Lead Ads too. This page covers both directions: FileMaker's triggers and Facebook Lead Ads's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Facebook Lead Ads or FileMaker? 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 FileMaker 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.