--- title: "Connect folk and FreeAgent - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Company Added\" fires in folk, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in FreeAgent, or \"New Bank Transaction\" in FreeAgent to \"Create Deal\" in folk." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-freeagent" --- # Connect folk and FreeAgent When **Company Added** fires in [folk](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [FreeAgent](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent), or **New Bank Transaction** in FreeAgent to **Create Deal** in folk. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. folk **11** triggers folk **16** actions FreeAgent **6** triggers FreeAgent **50** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want folk and FreeAgent 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 folk and FreeAgent can do together ### From folk to FreeAgent - When **Company Added** in folk then **Create Contact** in FreeAgent - When **Company Custom Field Updated** in folk then **Create Invoice** in FreeAgent ### From FreeAgent to folk - When **New Bank Transaction** in FreeAgent then **Create Deal** in folk - When **New Contact** in FreeAgent then **Create Note** in folk 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 folk and FreeAgent ## Triggers and actions 17 triggers · 66 actions - Trigger **Company Added** Triggers when a new company is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Company Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a company custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Company Removed** Triggers when a company is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Company Updated** Triggers when a company basic field (like name, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Trigger **Deal Added** Fires when a new deal is created. - Trigger **Deal Removed** Fires when a deal is deleted from a pipeline. - Trigger **Deal Updated** Fires when a deal is updated (stage change, field update). - Trigger **Person Added** Triggers when a new person is created or added to a group. - Trigger **Person Custom Field Updated** Triggers when a person custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated. - Trigger **Person Removed** Triggers when a person is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group. - Trigger **Person Updated** Triggers when a person basic field (like first name, job title, email or URL) in a group is updated. - Action **Create Company** Creates a company in folk, optionally adding it to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in a folk group, optionally linked to companies and people, and sets that deal type's custom fields. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in folk. A default "All people" table view is added to the group automatically. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a folk person, company or deal. Optionally posts it as a reply to an existing note. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in folk, optionally adding them to a group and setting that group's custom fields. - Action **Create Reminder** Creates a reminder on a folk person, company or deal, scheduled with an iCalendar recurrence rule. - Action **Delete Company** Deletes a company from folk by its id. - Action **Delete Person** Deletes a person from folk by their id. This also removes their custom fields, notes and associations. - Action **Find a Company** Searches folk companies by name, email or website and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Find a Person** Searches folk people by email, full name or phone and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping. - Action **Get a Company** Fetches one folk company by id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get a Note** Fetches one folk note by id, with its text, author and the record it is attached to. - Action **Get a Person** Fetches one folk person by id, including their custom field values. - Action **List Groups** Returns the groups in the folk workspace, with each group's id, name and visibility. - Action **Update Company** Updates a folk company. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. - Action **Update Person** Updates a folk person. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list. - Trigger **New Bank Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction appears in a FreeAgent bank account. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is created or changed in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New or Updated Timeslip** Triggers when a timeslip (time entry) is created or edited in FreeAgent. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Action **Convert Estimate to Invoice** Converts an estimate into an invoice, marking the estimate as Invoiced and returning the URL of the new invoice. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill from a supplier contact in FreeAgent, with its line items, and returns the new bill. - Action **Create Contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a draft credit note for a FreeAgent contact, with optional line items. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate, quote or proposal in FreeAgent for a contact or project, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense claim in FreeAgent for a user, with its category, date, amount and sales tax details. - Action **Create Invoice** Create an invoice for a contact. - Action **Create Mileage Claim** Creates a mileage claim (a mileage expense) for a user in FreeAgent and returns the new claim. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a FreeAgent contact or project. - Action **Create Price List Item** Creates a price list item in FreeAgent that can be added to invoices and estimates. - Action **Create Project** Create a project for a contact. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task under a FreeAgent project. - Action **Create Timeslip** Create a timeslip (time tracking entry). - Action **Delete Contact** Delete a contact by id. - Action **Delete Invoice** Deletes an invoice from FreeAgent. - Action **Delete Timeslip** Deletes a timeslip from FreeAgent. - Action **Explain Bank Transaction** Explains a bank transaction in FreeAgent by creating a bank transaction explanation (categorising it, or matching it to an invoice, bill, transfer or user payment). Returns the created explanation. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Finds FreeAgent contacts whose email or billing email matches the given address. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single bill, including its line items, by its ID. - Action **Get Contact** Get a single contact by id. - Action **Get Credit Note** Returns a single FreeAgent credit note, including its line items, status and totals. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single FreeAgent estimate with its line items. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single FreeAgent expense by its ID, including amounts, category, claimant and attachment details. - Action **Get Invoice** Get a single invoice by id. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note attached to a FreeAgent contact or project, including its text, author and timestamps. - Action **Get Price List Item** Returns a single price list item from FreeAgent by its ID. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single FreeAgent project by its ID, including its contact, status, budget and billing details. - Action **Get Timeslip** Returns a single FreeAgent timeslip, including its hours, date, user, project and task. - Action **List Bank Accounts** Returns the bank accounts in your FreeAgent company, optionally filtered to standard, credit card or PayPal accounts. - Action **List Bank Transactions** Returns the bank transactions in a FreeAgent bank account, optionally filtered by date range, last update time, or explanation status. - Action **List Bills** List bills. - Action **List Categories** Returns all accounting categories for the company, grouped into admin expenses, cost of sales, income and general categories, optionally including sub accounts. - Action **List Contacts** List contacts in FreeAgent. - Action **List Corporation Tax Returns** Returns the company's Corporation Tax Returns, including amount due, payment and filing deadlines, and filing/payment status. - Action **List Estimates** List estimates. - Action **List Expenses** List expenses. - Action **List Invoices** List invoices. - Action **List Projects** List projects. - Action **List Self Assessment Returns** Returns the Self Assessment (income tax) returns for a FreeAgent user, including payments due and filing status. - Action **List Tasks** Returns the tasks in your FreeAgent account, optionally filtered by status, project or last-updated date. - Action **List Timeslips** List timeslips (time tracking entries). - Action **List Users** Returns the users on the FreeAgent account, optionally filtered to staff or advisors. - Action **Mark Invoice as Cancelled** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as cancelled, writing it off as unpaid. The invoice must be sent and past its due date. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Marks a FreeAgent invoice as sent without emailing it. Can also re-open a cancelled invoice. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill in FreeAgent — its supplier, reference, dates, rebilling, recurrence and bill items. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Update an existing contact. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense in FreeAgent, changing only the details you supply. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreeAgent invoice's details, such as dates, contact, payment terms, comments and line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing FreeAgent project's name, client, status, budget, billing rate and dates. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Timeslip** Updates an existing timeslip in FreeAgent, changing its task, user, project, date, hours or comment. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **folk** folk is the next generation CRM for teams](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk) - [ **FreeAgent** FreeAgent is cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers — manage contacts, invoices...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freeagent) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from folk - [ **folk to OpenRouter** OpenRouter is a unified interface to AI models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-openrouter) - [ **folk to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-hubspot) - [ **folk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-salesforce) - [ **folk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-slack) - [ **folk to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-google-sheets) - [ **folk to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/folk-to-gmail) ## More into FreeAgent - [ **Google Calendar to FreeAgent** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-freeagent) - [ **Mailchimp to FreeAgent** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-freeagent) - [ **ActiveCampaign to FreeAgent** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-freeagent) - [ **Asana to FreeAgent** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-freeagent) - [ **Aplos to FreeAgent** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-freeagent) - [ **Basecamp 3 to FreeAgent** Basecamp 3 is a project management and team collaboration tool by 37signals.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basecamp-3-to-freeagent) Questions ## folk and FreeAgent, answered ### ### What can start an automation from folk? Any of folk's 11 triggers in the catalog, including Company Added, Company Custom Field Updated, Company Removed and Company Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreeAgent when something happens in folk? Any of FreeAgent's 50 actions, including Create Bill, Create Contact, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreeAgent to folk? Yes. When something happens in FreeAgent, your agent can act in folk too. This page covers both directions: FreeAgent's triggers and folk's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for folk or FreeAgent? 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 folk and FreeAgent 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.