--- title: "Connect FreshBooks and SureCart - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bill\" fires in FreshBooks, your agent runs \"Add Customer\" in SureCart." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-surecart" --- # Connect FreshBooks and SureCart When **New Bill** fires in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), your agent runs **Add Customer** in [SureCart](https://apiant.ai/connections/surecart), or **Affiliation Request Created** in SureCart 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 SureCart **44** triggers SureCart **47** 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 SureCart 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 FreshBooks and SureCart can do together ### From FreshBooks to SureCart - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add Customer** in SureCart - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Update Customer** in SureCart ### From SureCart to FreshBooks - When **Affiliation Request Created** in SureCart then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **Customer Created** in SureCart 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 SureCart ## Triggers and actions 60 triggers · 76 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 **Affiliation Request Approved** Triggers when a affiliation request is approved. - Trigger **Affiliation Request Created** Triggers when a affiliation request is created. - Trigger **Affiliation Request Denied** Triggers when a new affiliation request is denied. - Trigger **Cancellation Act Created** Triggers when a cancellation act is created. - Trigger **Cancellation Act Updated** Triggers when a cancellation act is updated. - Trigger **Customer Created** Triggers when a customer is created. - Trigger **Customer Updated** Triggers when a customer is updated. - Trigger **Fulfillment Created** Triggers when a fulfillment is created. - Trigger **Fulfillment Deleted** Triggers when a fulfillment is deleted. - Trigger **Fulfillment Updated** Triggers when a fulfillment is updated. - Trigger **Order Created** Triggers when a order is created. - Trigger **Order Delivered** Triggers when a order is delivered. - Trigger **Order Fulfilled** Triggers when a order is fulfilled. - Trigger **Order Paid** Triggers when a order is paid. - Trigger **Order Partially Fulfilled** Triggers when a order is partially fulfilled. - Trigger **Order Partially Shipped** Triggers when a order is partially shipped. - Trigger **Order Payment Failed** Triggers when a order payment fails. - Trigger **Order Processing** Triggers when a order becomes processing. - Trigger **Order Shipped** Triggers when a order is shipped. - Trigger **Order Unfulfilled** Triggers when a order is unfulfilled. - Trigger **Order Voided** Triggers when a order is voided. - Trigger **Payout Completed** Triggers when a payout is completed. - Trigger **Purchase Created** Triggers when a purchase is created. - Trigger **Purchase Invoked** Triggers when a purchase is invoked. - Trigger **Purchase Revoked** Triggers when a purchase is revoked. - Trigger **Purchase Updated** Triggers when a purchase is updated. - Trigger **Referral Approved** Triggers when a referral is approved. - Trigger **Referral Created** Triggers when a referral is created. - Trigger **Refund Created** Triggers when a refund is created. - Trigger **Refund Succeeded** Triggers when a refund succeeds. - Trigger **Return Request Completed** Triggers when a return request is completed. - Trigger **Return Request Created** Triggers when a return request is created. - Trigger **Return Request Deleted** Triggers when a return request is deleted. - Trigger **Return Request Opened** Triggers when a return request is opened. - Trigger **Return Request Updated** Triggers when a return request is updated. - Trigger **Subscription Active** Triggers when a subscription becomes active. - Trigger **Subscription Canceled** Triggers when a subscription is canceled. - Trigger **Subscription Completed** Triggers when a subscription is completed. - Trigger **Subscription Created** Triggers when a subscription is created. - Trigger **Subscription Past Due** Triggers when a subscription becomes past due. - Trigger **Subscription Renewed** Triggers when a subscription is renewed. - Trigger **Subscription Set to Cancel** Triggers when a subscription is set to cancel. - Trigger **Subscription Trialing** Triggers when a subscription becomes trialing. - Trigger **Subscription Updated** Triggers when a subscription is updated. - Action **Add Affiliation Request** Creates a pending affiliate application in your SureCart store. - Action **Add Customer** Creates a customer in your SureCart store. - Action **Add Payout** Creates a payout for an affiliate covering their approved, unpaid referral commissions up to an end date. - Action **Approve Affiliation Request** Approves a pending affiliate application, turning the applicant into an affiliate. - Action **Approve Referral** Approves a referral that is under review. - Action **Cancel Checkout** Cancels a checkout; its associated order and invoice are voided. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a subscription, either immediately or at the end of the current billing period. - Action **Complete Payout** Marks a processing affiliate payout as completed (paid). - Action **Complete Return Request** Marks an open return request as completed. - Action **Complete Subscription** Completes a fixed-length (finite) subscription immediately. - Action **Delete Fulfillment** Deletes a fulfillment, returning its order items to unfulfilled. - Action **Delete Return Request** Deletes a return request. - Action **Deny Affiliation Request** Denies a pending affiliate application. - Action **Finalize Checkout** Finalizes a draft checkout so it can be paid. - Action **Find Affiliation** Find an existing affiliation by ID. - Action **Find Affiliation Request** Find an existing affiliation request by ID. - Action **Find Cancellation Act** Find an existing cancellation act by ID. - Action **Find Checkout** Find an existing checkout by ID. - Action **Find Click** Find an existing click by ID. - Action **Find Coupon** Find an existing coupon by ID. - Action **Find Customer** Find an existing customer by ID. - Action **Find Fulfillment** Find an existing fulfillment by ID. - Action **Find Fulfillment Item** Find an existing fulfillment item by ID. - Action **Find Line Item** Find an existing line item by ID. - Action **Find Order** Find an existing order by ID. - Action **Find Payment Intent** Find an existing payment intent by ID. - Action **Find Payment Method** Find an existing payment method by ID. - Action **Find Payout** Find an existing payout by ID. - Action **Find Payout Group** Find an existing payout group by ID. - Action **Find Price** Find an existing price by ID. - Action **Find Product** Find an existing product by ID. - Action **Find Promotion** Find an existing promotion by ID. - Action **Find Purchase** Find an existing purchase by ID. - Action **Find Referral** Find an existing referral by ID. - Action **Find Referral Item** Find an existing referral item by ID. - Action **Find Refund** Find an existing refund by ID. - Action **Find Return Item** Find an existing return item by ID. - Action **Find Return Request** Find an existing return request by ID. - Action **Find Subscription** Find an existing subscription by ID. - Action **Find Tracking** Find an existing tracking by ID. - Action **Invoke Purchase** Re-activates a revoked purchase, restoring the customer's access to the product. - Action **Manually Pay Checkout** Marks a finalized checkout as paid outside SureCart, creating its paid order. - Action **Open Return Request** Re-opens a completed return request. - Action **Preserve Subscription** Records that a customer who started to cancel a subscription chose to keep it. - Action **Revoke Purchase** Revokes a customer's purchase, removing their access to the product. - Action **Update Customer** Updates an existing customer's name, email or phone in your SureCart store. - Action **Update Purchase** Schedules when a customer's purchase will be automatically revoked. ## 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) - [ **SureCart** The new way to sell on WordPress. 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Any of FreshBooks's 16 triggers in the catalog, including New Bill, New Client, New Credit Note and New Estimate. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SureCart when something happens in FreshBooks? Any of SureCart's 47 actions, including Update Customer, Update Purchase, Add Affiliation Request and Add Customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SureCart to FreshBooks? Yes. When something happens in SureCart, your agent can act in FreshBooks too. This page covers both directions: SureCart's triggers and FreshBooks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for FreshBooks or SureCart? 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 SureCart 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.