--- title: "Connect Freshworks CRM to GoCardless - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Account\" fires in Freshworks CRM, your agent runs \"Add customer bank account\" in GoCardless." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-gocardless" --- # Connect Freshworks CRM to GoCardless When **New Account** fires in [Freshworks CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshworks-crm), your agent runs **Add customer bank account** in [GoCardless](https://apiant.ai/connections/gocardless). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Freshworks CRM **6** triggers Freshworks CRM **17** actions GoCardless **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Freshworks CRM and GoCardless 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 Freshworks CRM can start in GoCardless - When **New Account** in Freshworks CRM then **Add customer bank account** in GoCardless - When **New Contact** in Freshworks CRM then **Add customer** in GoCardless 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 Freshworks CRM and GoCardless ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New Account** Polling trigger: fires when a new sales account is created. Sorted by created_at descending. - Trigger **New Contact** Polling trigger: fires when a new contact is created. Sorted by created_at descending. - Trigger **New Deal** Polling trigger: fires when a new deal is created. Sorted by created_at descending. - Trigger **New or Updated Account** Polling trigger: fires when a sales account is created or updated. Sorted by updated_at descending. - Trigger **New or Updated Contact** Polling trigger: fires when a contact is created or updated. Sorted by updated_at descending. - Trigger **New or Updated Deal** Polling trigger: fires when a deal is created or updated. Sorted by updated_at descending. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a note to a contact (targetable_type=Contact) in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Create Account** Creates a new sales account in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Create Appointment** Creates an appointment in Freshworks CRM. from_date/end_date are ISO8601. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a new deal in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in Freshworks CRM. due_date is epoch milliseconds; targetable_type e.g. Contact/Deal/SalesAccount. - Action **Find Account by Name** Looks up a sales account by name using the lookup endpoint. - Action **Find Contact by Email** Looks up a contact by email address using the lookup endpoint. - Action **Find deal by custom field** Searches for a deal by the selected custom field. If a single match is found, emits the deal's details. If none or multiple match, an error occurs. - Action **Find deal by name** Searches for a deal by name. If a single match is found, emits the deal's details. If none or multiple match, an error occurs. - Action **Find deal stage by name** Searches for a deal stage by name. If a single match is found, emits the stage's details. If none or multiple match, an error occurs. - Action **Find pipeline by name** Searches for a pipeline by name. If a single match is found, emits the pipeline's details. If none or multiple match, an error occurs. - Action **Get Account** Retrieves a sales account by ID in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Get Contact** Retrieves a contact by ID in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Get Deal** Retrieves a deal by ID in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact by ID in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Update Deal** Updates an existing deal by ID in Freshworks CRM. - Action **Add billing request** Creates a GoCardless billing request to collect a Direct Debit mandate, a one-off payment, or both from a customer. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer record in GoCardless with their name, contact details and address. - Action **Add customer bank account** Creates a bank account for an existing GoCardless customer, using local bank details or an IBAN. - Action **Cancel mandate** Cancels a Direct Debit mandate so no further payments can be collected against it, and returns the cancelled mandate. - Action **Cancel payment** Cancels a pending GoCardless payment so it is not collected, and returns the updated payment. - Action **Cancel subscription** Cancels a GoCardless subscription so no further payments are collected under it, and returns the cancelled subscription. - Action **Create Direct Debit Payment** Collects a one-off Direct Debit payment from a customer against their existing mandate. - Action **Create Instant Bank Payment** Creates a billing request for a one-off instant bank payment (Pay By Bank) for the given amount and currency. - Action **Create Mandate Authorisation Request** Creates a Direct Debit mandate request for a payer and returns a hosted authorisation link you can send them to set up the mandate. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a recurring subscription that collects a fixed amount on a schedule against an existing GoCardless mandate. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single GoCardless customer by its ID, including contact details, address and metadata. - Action **Get mandate** Returns a single Direct Debit mandate, including its status, scheme, reference and linked customer bank account and creditor. - Action **Get payment** Returns a single GoCardless payment by its ID, including amount, status, charge date and linked mandate. - Action **Get subscription** Returns the details of a single GoCardless subscription, including its amount, schedule, status and upcoming payments. - Action **Retry payment** Retries a failed payment, resubmitting it for collection on the next available date or a date you choose. - Action **Search for a Billing Request** Searches billing requests, optionally filtered by customer, status and creation date, and returns the matches. - Action **Search for a Customer** Searches your GoCardless customers by email, company name, surname, currency or creation date and returns the matches. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing GoCardless customer's name, contact details, address or metadata. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Freshworks CRM** Freshworks CRM (Freshsales Suite) — manage contacts, sales accounts, deals, notes, tasks, and appointments.](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshworks-crm) - [ **GoCardless** GoCardless is a payments platform helping businesses collect payments directly from customer bank accounts.](https://apiant.ai/connections/gocardless) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Freshworks CRM - [ **Freshworks CRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-hubspot) - [ **Freshworks CRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-salesforce) - [ **Freshworks CRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-gocardless) - [ **Google Sheets to GoCardless** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-gocardless) - [ **Gmail to GoCardless** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-gocardless) - [ **Google Calendar to GoCardless** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-gocardless) Questions ## Freshworks CRM and GoCardless, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Freshworks CRM? Any of Freshworks CRM's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Account, New Contact, New Deal and New or Updated Account. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in GoCardless when something happens in Freshworks CRM? Any of GoCardless's 18 actions, including Create Direct Debit Payment, Create Instant Bank Payment, Create Mandate Authorisation Request and Create Subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from GoCardless to Freshworks CRM? GoCardless has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Freshworks CRM. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GoCardless's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Freshworks CRM or GoCardless? 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 Freshworks CRM and GoCardless 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.