--- title: "Connect Freshdesk to Insightly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Company\" fires in Freshdesk, your agent runs \"Create contact\" in Insightly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-insightly" --- # Connect Freshdesk to Insightly When **New Company** fires in [Freshdesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshdesk), your agent runs **Create contact** in [Insightly](https://apiant.ai/connections/insightly). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Freshdesk **3** triggers Freshdesk **21** actions Insightly **34** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Freshdesk and Insightly 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) Freshdesk holds the tickets, contacts and companies your support team works from, while Insightly holds the contacts, organisations, tasks and leads your sales side works from. Connecting them means a new Freshdesk ticket, contact or company can land in Insightly as a note, task, contact or organisation, without anyone retyping it. Example flows ## What Freshdesk can start in Insightly - When **New Company** in Freshdesk then **Create contact** in Insightly - When **New Contact** in Freshdesk then **Search contacts** in Insightly 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 Freshdesk and Insightly ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers ยท 55 actions - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new ticket is created. - Action **Add Note to Ticket** Adds a private or public note to a ticket. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a new ticket in Freshdesk. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact by ID. - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket by ID. - Action **Get Agent** Retrieves an agent by ID. - Action **Get Company** Retrieves a company by ID. - Action **Get Contact** Retrieves a contact by ID. - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieves a single ticket by ID. - Action **List Agents** Lists all agents. - Action **List Companies** Lists companies. - Action **List Contacts** Lists contacts. - Action **List Ticket Conversations** Lists all conversations (replies and notes) on a ticket. - Action **List Tickets** Lists tickets, most recently updated first. - Action **Reply to Ticket** Adds a public reply to a ticket conversation. - Action **Search Contacts** Searches contacts using a Freshdesk query string. - Action **Search Tickets** Searches tickets using a Freshdesk query string. - Action **Update Company** Updates a company by ID. - Action **Update Contact** Updates a contact by ID. - Action **Update Ticket** Updates an existing ticket by ID. - Action **Add contact to organisation** Link a contact to an organisation by updating the contact's ORGANISATION_ID. - Action **Create contact** Create a new contact in Insightly. - Action **Create event** Create a new calendar event in Insightly. - Action **Create lead** Create a new lead in Insightly. - Action **Create note** Create a new note in Insightly. - Action **Create opportunity** Create a new opportunity in Insightly. - Action **Create organisation** Create a new organisation in Insightly. - Action **Create project** Create a new project in Insightly. - Action **Create task** Create a new task in Insightly. - Action **Delete contact** Delete a contact by its CONTACT_ID. - Action **Delete lead** Delete a lead by its LEAD_ID. - Action **Delete opportunity** Delete an opportunity by its OPPORTUNITY_ID. - Action **Delete organisation** Delete an organisation by its ORGANISATION_ID. - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a single contact by its CONTACT_ID. - Action **Get event** Retrieves a single Insightly calendar event by its id, including its custom field values and links. - Action **Get lead** Retrieve a single lead by its LEAD_ID. - Action **Get note** Retrieves a single Insightly note by its id, including its title, body, owner, dates and linked records. - Action **Get opportunity** Retrieve a single opportunity by its OPPORTUNITY_ID. - Action **Get organisation** Retrieve a single organisation by its ORGANISATION_ID. - Action **Get project** Retrieve a single project by its PROJECT_ID. - Action **Get task** Retrieve a single task by its TASK_ID. - Action **List contacts** List contacts (paged) ordered by date. - Action **List leads** List leads (paged). - Action **List opportunities** List opportunities (paged). - Action **List organisations** List organisations (paged). - Action **List projects** List projects (paged). - Action **List tasks** List tasks (paged). - Action **List users** List Insightly users (useful for resolving owner/responsible user IDs). - Action **Search contacts** Search contacts by a single field value (e.g. email_address). - Action **Update contact** Update an existing contact in Insightly. - Action **Update lead** Update an existing lead in Insightly. - Action **Update opportunity** Update an existing opportunity in Insightly. - Action **Update organisation** Update an existing organisation in Insightly. - Action **Update task** Update an existing task in Insightly. ## Each app on its own - [ **Freshdesk** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshdesk) - [ **Insightly** Insightly CRM โ€” manage contacts, leads, organisations, opportunities, projects, tasks, events and notes.](https://apiant.ai/connections/insightly) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Freshdesk - [ **Freshdesk to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-hubspot) - [ **Freshdesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-salesforce) - [ **Freshdesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-slack) - [ **Freshdesk to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-mailchimp) - [ **Freshdesk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-stripe) - [ **Freshdesk to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-shopify) ## More into Insightly - [ **Mailchimp to Insightly** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-insightly) - [ **Stripe to Insightly** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-insightly) - [ **Zoom to Insightly** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoom-to-insightly) - [ **SendGrid to Insightly** SendGrid by Twilio โ€” email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-insightly) - [ **Typeform to Insightly** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/typeform-to-insightly) - [ **Freshworks CRM to Insightly** Freshworks CRM (Freshsales Suite) โ€” manage contacts, sales accounts, deals, notes, tasks, and appointments.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-insightly) Questions ## Freshdesk and Insightly, answered ### ### Can the agent check whether the person already exists in Insightly before creating anything? Yes. It can search Insightly contacts by email address first, then create a contact or a task only when the result says the record exists. Both scenarios, match and no match, are tested before it goes live. ### ### Can something in Insightly start a workflow that updates Freshdesk? No, Insightly has no triggers listed here, so every workflow starts from a Freshdesk event such as a new ticket, contact or company. The agent can still read from and write to Insightly, and write back to Freshdesk with a note, reply or ticket update. ### ### What can start an automation from Freshdesk? Any of Freshdesk's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Company, New Contact and New Ticket. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Insightly when something happens in Freshdesk? Any of Insightly's 34 actions, including Create contact, Create organisation, Search contacts and Create event. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Insightly to Freshdesk? Insightly has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Freshdesk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Insightly's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Freshdesk or Insightly? 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 Freshdesk and Insightly 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.