--- title: "Connect freee to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New manual journal\" fires in freee, your agent runs \"Create CII Invoice\" in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml" --- # Connect freee to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML When **New manual journal** fires in [freee](https://apiant.ai/connections/freee), your agent runs **Create CII Invoice** in [CII & UBL by InvoiceXML](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. freee **2** triggers freee **22** actions CII & UBL by InvoiceXML **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want freee and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What freee can start in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New manual journal** in freee then **Create CII Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **Unsettled Deal** in freee then **Create UBL Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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 freee and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New manual journal** Triggers when a new manual journal (振替伝票) is created in the selected freee company. - Trigger **Unsettled Deal** Triggers when a new unsettled income or expense deal (取引) appears in the selected freee company. - Action **Add account item** Creates a new account item (勘定科目) in a freee Accounting company and returns the created account item. - Action **Add deal** Creates an income or expense deal (取引) in a freee company, with its line items and, optionally, the payments that settle it. - Action **Add manual journal** Creates a manual journal (振替伝票) in a freee company, with balanced debit and credit lines. - Action **Add transfer** Creates a transfer (口座振替) in a freee company, moving money from one bank account, credit card or wallet to one or more other accounts. - Action **Create Item** Creates a new item (品目) in a freee company, which can then be selected on deals and other transactions. - Action **Create Partner** Creates a new partner (取引先) — a customer or supplier — in a freee company, for use on deals and invoices. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new memo tag (メモタグ) in a freee company, which can then be attached to deal and transfer line items. - Action **Delete deal** Deletes an income or expense deal (取引) from a freee company. - Action **Get deal** Returns one income or expense deal (取引) in a freee company, including its detail lines, payments, renewals and attached receipts. - Action **Get partner** Returns one partner (取引先) of a freee company by its id, including contact, address, bank account and payment-term settings. - Action **Get Section** Returns a single section (department) of a freee company by its id, including its name, official name, shortcuts and availability. - Action **Get Tag** Returns one memo tag (メモタグ) in a freee company by its id, including its name, shortcuts and last update date. - Action **Get Transfer** Returns one transfer (振替) between accounts in a freee company, including its destination account lines. - Action **List account items** Returns the account items (勘定科目) defined for a freee company, optionally filtered by keyword or update date. - Action **List companies** Returns every freee company (事業所) the connected user belongs to, with each company's id, name, display name, company number and the user's role there. - Action **List deals** Returns the income and expense deals (取引) recorded in a freee company, optionally filtered by partner, account item, settlement status, type, dates or remaining amount. - Action **List items** Returns the items (品目) registered in a freee company, including items marked as not in use. Optionally limited to items updated within a date range. - Action **List manual journals** Returns the manual journals (振替伝票) of a freee company, optionally filtered by date, account item, amount, partner, item, section, segment tags, comments, adjustment type or journal number. - Action **List partners** Returns the partners (取引先) registered in a freee company, optionally filtered by keyword or last-updated date. Archived partners are not included. - Action **List walletables** Returns the company's walletables — bank accounts, credit cards and other payment accounts such as cash — optionally with balances and sync status. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing income or expense deal (取引) in freee Accounting, replacing its dates, partner, reference number, line items and attached receipts. - Action **Update partner** Updates an existing partner (取引先) in freee Accounting. Only the details you fill in are changed; everything else keeps its current value. - Action **Convert CII to UBL** Translates a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML into a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML document, enabling interoperability between systems that use different e-invoice formats. - Action **Convert UBL to CII** Transforms a UBL 2.1 invoice XML into a UN/CEFACT CII XML document, bridging compatibility between PEPPOL-based systems and CII-native accounting platforms. - Action **Create CII Invoice** Produces a UN/CEFACT Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) XML document from structured billing data, ready for submission through any EN16931-compliant e-invoicing channel. - Action **Create UBL Invoice** Generates a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML invoice from structured billing data including seller, buyer, line items, and payment details. - Action **Extract Invoice Attachments** Download an e-invoice's embedded attachments as a ZIP. - Action **Extract Invoice JSON** Parses a PDF invoice into machine-readable JSON, reading embedded CII or UBL XML when available and applying AI-based extraction as a fallback for unstructured PDFs. - Action **Extract Invoice XML** Pull the CII or UBL XML out of an e-invoice PDF. - Action **Parse Invoice JSON** AI-parse any PDF invoice — messy, scanned, or handwritten — into structured JSON. - Action **Render CII to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a CII e-invoice. - Action **Render UBL to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a UBL e-invoice. - Action **Transform PDF to CII** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UN/CEFACT CII XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Ideal for digitising paper-based or scanned invoices into a structured CII format. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Transform PDF to UBL** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UBL 2.1 XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Useful for onboarding legacy invoices into structured e-invoicing workflows. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Validate CII Invoice** Verifies a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML against EN16931 semantic rules and XSD schema, returning a detailed compliance report including any rule failures or data inconsistencies. - Action **Validate UBL Invoice** Checks a UBL 2.1 invoice XML against EN16931 business rules and schema constraints, returning a structured validation report with any rule violations or structural errors. ## Each app on its own - [ **freee** freee provides cloud-based accounting & HR software for SMBs in Japan to automate and simplify back-office...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freee) - [ **CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** CII & UBL by InvoiceXML is an e-invoice compliance service for creating, converting, validating, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from freee - [ **freee to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-hubspot) - [ **freee to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-salesforce) - [ **freee to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML when something happens in freee? Any of CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's 14 actions, including Create CII Invoice, Create UBL Invoice, Convert CII to UBL and Convert UBL to CII. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to freee? CII & UBL by InvoiceXML has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in freee. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for freee or CII & UBL by InvoiceXML? 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 freee and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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.