--- title: "Connect FreshBooks and Pipeliner Crm - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bill\" fires in FreshBooks, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Pipeliner Crm." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-pipeliner-crm" --- # Connect FreshBooks and Pipeliner Crm When **New Bill** fires in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Pipeliner Crm](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipeliner-crm), or **New account** in Pipeliner Crm to **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions Pipeliner Crm **4** triggers Pipeliner Crm **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want FreshBooks and Pipeliner 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 FreshBooks and Pipeliner Crm can do together ### From FreshBooks to Pipeliner Crm - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add contact** in Pipeliner Crm - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Add lead** in Pipeliner Crm ### From Pipeliner Crm to FreshBooks - When **New account** in Pipeliner Crm then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **New contact** in Pipeliner Crm then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks 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 FreshBooks and Pipeliner Crm ## Triggers and actions 20 triggers · 58 actions - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. - Trigger **New account** Fires when a new Account is created, via Coevera/Pipeliner webhooks (real-time updates) on the Accounts entity. - Trigger **New contact** Fires when a new Contact is created, via Coevera/Pipeliner webhooks (real-time updates) on the Contacts entity. - Trigger **New lead** Fires when a new Lead is created, via Coevera/Pipeliner webhooks (real-time updates) on the Leads entity. - Trigger **New opportunity** Fires when a new Opportunity is created, via Coevera/Pipeliner webhooks (real-time updates) on the Opportunities entity. - Action **Add account** Adds a new account - Action **Add appointment** Create an Appointment record. - Action **Add contact** Create a Contact record. - Action **Add lead** Adds a new lead - Action **Add opportunity** Adds a new opportunity in Pipeliner CRM, including any custom opportunity fields defined in your space. - Action **Add product** Adds a new product - Action **Add task** Create a Task (Activity) record. - Action **Delete account** Deletes an account in Pipeliner CRM by its ID. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact in Pipeliner CRM by its ID. - Action **Delete lead** Deletes a lead from Pipeliner CRM by its ID. - Action **Delete opportunity** Deletes an opportunity in Pipeliner CRM by its ID. - Action **Find contacts** Returns up to 100 contacts whose chosen field matches the specified value. - Action **Find opportunities** Returns up to 100 opportunities that match the specified criteria (name, owner, pipeline step, type, sales unit, lead source, closing date, archived flag). - Action **Get account** Returns a single Pipeliner CRM account by its id, including custom field values. - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a single Contact by id. - Action **Get lead** Retrieves a single lead from Pipeliner CRM by its id, including the lead's custom fields. - Action **Get opportunity** Retrieves a single opportunity by its id, including any custom field values defined on opportunities in the account. - Action **List accounts** List/search Account records. - Action **List appointments** List Appointment records. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in the Pipeliner CRM space, optionally filtered by one field and sorted. - Action **List leads** Lists leads in the Pipeliner CRM space, optionally filtered, sorted and expanded. Returns up to 100 leads. - Action **List opportunities** Returns all opportunities in the Pipeliner CRM space, optionally filtered, sorted and expanded. - Action **List products** Returns up to 100 products from the Pipeliner CRM space, optionally filtered by name or SKU. - Action **List tasks** List Task (Activity) records. - Action **Update account** Updates an existing account by ID, including any custom account fields. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in Pipeliner CRM by ID. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update lead** Updates an existing lead by ID - Action **Update opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity by ID - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task by ID ## Each app on its own - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) - [ **Pipeliner Crm** Visual sales pipeline CRM for managing deals, contacts, and sales workflow automation.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipeliner-crm) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from FreshBooks - [ **FreshBooks to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-vercel) - [ **FreshBooks to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-hubspot) - [ **FreshBooks to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-salesforce) - [ **FreshBooks 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 Pipeliner Crm when something happens in FreshBooks? Any of Pipeliner Crm's 29 actions, including Update account, Update contact, Update lead and Update opportunity. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pipeliner Crm to FreshBooks? Yes. When something happens in Pipeliner Crm, your agent can act in FreshBooks too. This page covers both directions: Pipeliner Crm's triggers and FreshBooks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for FreshBooks or Pipeliner 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 FreshBooks and Pipeliner 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.