Integration
Connect Filevine to NGP VAN
When New Contact fires in Filevine, your agent runs Create or Update Contact in NGP VAN. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Filevine and NGP VAN to do together?
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Claude Code
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claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Filevine can start in NGP VAN
When New Contact in Filevine
then Create or Update Contact in NGP VAN
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 Filevine and NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added in Filevine.
- New Project
Triggers when a new project (case) is created in Filevine.
- Add appointment
Creates a calendar appointment on a Filevine project with a title, start and end time, and attendees.
- Add invoice
Creates a new invoice on a Filevine project from its billable billing items.
- Add project contact
Adds an existing contact to a Filevine project, optionally with the role they play on that project.
- Add project deadline
Creates a new deadline (such as a statute of limitations or court date) on a Filevine project.
- Add task
Creates a task on a Filevine project and assigns it to a user, with an optional subject and due date.
- Create Collection Item
Adds a new item to a collection section (for example a list of medical providers) on a Filevine project.
- Create Contact
Creates a new contact card (a person or organization) in Filevine.
- Find Collection Item
Gets one collection item from a Filevine project by its item ID.
- Find Contact
Finds the first Filevine contact matching an email, full name, phone or search term.
- Find Document
Finds the first Filevine document matching a search term, optionally within one project.
- Find Form
Gets the field values of a form section on a Filevine project.
- Find Phase
Finds a phase of a Filevine project type by name and returns its ID.
- Find Project
Finds the first active Filevine project matching a name, project number or search term.
- Find Project Type
Finds a Filevine project type by name and returns its ID.
- Find User
Finds the first Filevine user in your org matching a name, email or username.
- Get Project
Returns a Filevine project's details, including its name, type, phase, client, team and project URL.
- Toggle Section
Shows or hides a section on a Filevine project.
- Update Collection Item
Updates fields on an existing collection item in a Filevine project.
- Update Contact
Updates an existing contact's details, such as name, email, phone numbers, addresses and person types. Fields left blank are not changed.
- Update Project
Updates an existing Filevine project's name, description, number or incident date.
- Add a Contribution
Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
- Add Activist Codes
Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
- Add Canvass Responses
Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.
- Add Contact History
Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.
- Add Note to Contact
Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.
- Add Survey Responses
Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.
- Create Financial Batch
Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
- Create or Update Contact
Finds the matching person in NGP VAN and updates them with the values provided, or creates a new person when no match is found. Returns the person's VAN ID.
- Create or Update Contact With a Contribution
Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.
- Delete code from contact
Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
- Delete contact
Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
- Find Contact
Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.
- Find Financial Batch
Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
- Get contact
Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
- List activist codes
Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
- List campaigns
Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
- List notes
Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
- Merge contacts
Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
- Subscribe Email
Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
- Tag a Contact
Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
- Update note
Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Filevine and NGP VAN, answered
What can start an automation from Filevine?
Any of Filevine's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact and New Project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Filevine?
Any of NGP VAN's 21 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution and Update note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NGP VAN to Filevine?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Filevine. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Filevine or NGP VAN?
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 Filevine and NGP VAN 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.