--- title: "Connect freee and Method CRM - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New manual journal\" fires in freee, your agent runs \"Add Contact to Existing Entity\" in Method CRM." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-method-crm" --- # Connect freee and Method CRM When **New manual journal** fires in [freee](https://apiant.ai/connections/freee), your agent runs **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in [Method CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm), or **New Activity** in Method CRM to **Add deal** in freee. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. freee **2** triggers freee **22** actions Method CRM **6** triggers Method CRM **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 Method CRM 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 freee and Method CRM can do together ### From freee to Method CRM - When **New manual journal** in freee then **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in Method CRM - When **Unsettled Deal** in freee then **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in Method CRM ### From Method CRM to freee - When **New Activity** in Method CRM then **Add deal** in freee - When **New Contact** in Method CRM then **Update deal** in freee 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 Method CRM ## Triggers and actions 8 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. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Triggers when a new customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead is added in a Xero-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM. - Action **Add Activity** Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields). - Action **Add Contact to Existing Entity** Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead. - Action **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account. - Action **Add Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Creates a customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead in a Method CRM account synced with Xero. - Action **Add Generic Entry** Creates a new record (entry) in any Method CRM table, using the field values you supply, and returns the new record's id. - Action **Add Opportunity** Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account. - Action **Delete record** Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts. - Action **Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records. - Action **Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account. - Action **Find records by criteria** Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Get record** Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID. - Action **Update record** Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice. ## 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) - [ **Method CRM** Method CRM™ is a QuickBooks CRM that streamlines your business from lead to repeat and everything in between.](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-slack) - [ **freee to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-google-sheets) - [ **freee to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-gmail) - [ **freee to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-google-calendar) ## More into Method CRM - [ **HubSpot to Method CRM** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Sheets to Method CRM** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-method-crm) - [ **Gmail to Method CRM** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Calendar to Method CRM** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-method-crm) - [ **Google Drive to Method CRM** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-method-crm) - [ **Mailchimp to Method CRM** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-method-crm) Questions ## freee and Method CRM, answered ### ### What can start an automation from freee? Any of freee's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New manual journal and Unsettled Deal. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Method CRM when something happens in freee? Any of Method CRM's 14 actions, including Update record, Add Activity, Add Contact to Existing Entity and Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Method CRM to freee? Yes. When something happens in Method CRM, your agent can act in freee too. This page covers both directions: Method CRM's triggers and freee's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for freee or Method CRM? 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 Method CRM 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.