--- title: "Connect Facebook Lead Ads and MyDesk - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Lead\" fires in Facebook Lead Ads, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in MyDesk, or \"New Appointment\" in MyDesk to \"Find Leads\" in Facebook Lead Ads." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-lead-ads-to-mydesk" --- # Connect Facebook Lead Ads and MyDesk When **New Lead** fires in [Facebook Lead Ads](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-lead-ads), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [MyDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk), or **New Appointment** in MyDesk 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 MyDesk **7** triggers MyDesk **13** 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 MyDesk 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 MyDesk can do together ### From Facebook Lead Ads to MyDesk - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Create Contact** in MyDesk - When **New Lead** in Facebook Lead Ads then **Create Task** in MyDesk ### From MyDesk to Facebook Lead Ads - When **New Appointment** in MyDesk then **Find Leads** in Facebook Lead Ads - When **New Company** in MyDesk 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 MyDesk ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 16 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 Appointment** Triggered when a new appointment is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggered when a new opportunity is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Completed** Triggers when a task is marked as completed in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Overdue** Triggers when an open task passes its planned date without being completed. - Action **Create Address** Creates a new address in MyDesk and links it to a company, country and address type. Returns the new address's ids. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company (account) in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in MyDesk and links it to a company. Returns the new contact's MyDesk id and your own id. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Find Contact** Returns the MyDesk contacts that match the name, email address, your own identifier or filter you supply. - Action **Find Country** Returns the countries in your MyDesk environment that match a name, your own identifier or an extra condition. - Action **Find Opportunity** Returns the opportunities in MyDesk that match your own identifier or a filter condition. - Action **Find Representative** Returns the representatives in MyDesk that match the name, your own identifier or filter you specify. - Action **Find Task** Returns the MyDesk tasks that match your identifier, subject or filter condition. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing company in MyDesk by its id. Only the fields you fill in change; everything else keeps its current value. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in MyDesk, changing only the fields you fill in and keeping the rest as they are. - Action **Update Opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in MyDesk by its id, changing only the values you supply and keeping everything else on the record. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task by its MyDesk id, changing only the fields you fill in and returning the updated task. ## 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) - [ **MyDesk** MyDesk: Get started quickly with a user-friendly CRM for sales.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk) 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 MyDesk - [ **HubSpot to MyDesk** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Sheets to MyDesk** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-mydesk) - [ **Gmail to MyDesk** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Calendar to MyDesk** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-mydesk) - [ **Google Drive to MyDesk** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-mydesk) - [ **Mailchimp to MyDesk** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-mydesk) Questions ## Facebook Lead Ads and MyDesk, 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 MyDesk when something happens in Facebook Lead Ads? Any of MyDesk's 13 actions, including Create Address, Create Company, Create Contact and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from MyDesk to Facebook Lead Ads? Yes. When something happens in MyDesk, your agent can act in Facebook Lead Ads too. This page covers both directions: MyDesk'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 MyDesk? 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 MyDesk 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.