--- title: "Connect freee to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New manual journal\" fires in freee, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freee-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect freee to NGP VAN When **New manual journal** fires in [freee](https://apiant.ai/connections/freee), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. freee **2** triggers freee **22** actions NGP VAN **20** 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 NGP VAN 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 can start in NGP VAN - When **New manual journal** in freee then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **Unsettled Deal** in freee then **Add Note to 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 freee and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 42 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 **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **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. - Action **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. - Action **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. - Action **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. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **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. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **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. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## 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) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## freee and NGP VAN, 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 NGP VAN when something happens in freee? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to freee? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in freee. 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 freee 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 freee 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.