# Connect GitHub to GoCardless

When **New Branch** fires in [GitHub](https://apiant.ai/connections/github), your agent runs **Add customer** in [GoCardless](https://apiant.ai/connections/gocardless). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

GitHub **15** triggers GitHub **19** 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 GitHub and GoCardless to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 GitHub can start in GoCardless

- When **New Branch** in GitHub then **Add customer** in GoCardless
- When **New Collaborator** in GitHub then **Add customer bank account** 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 GitHub and GoCardless

## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 37 actions

- Trigger

**Issue Closed**

Triggers when an issue in a repository is closed.

- Trigger

**New Branch**

Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository.

- Trigger

**New Collaborator**

Triggers when a new collaborator is added to a GitHub repository.

- Trigger

**New Commit**

Triggers when a new commit is pushed to a GitHub repository's default branch.

- Trigger

**New Commit Comment**

Triggers when someone comments on a commit in a repository.

- Trigger

**New Gist**

Triggers when you create a new gist on GitHub.

- Trigger

**New Global Event**

Triggers when a new public event happens anywhere on GitHub, such as a push, fork, or new issue.

- Trigger

**New Issue**

Triggers when a new issue is created in a repository.

- Trigger

**New Label**

Triggers when a new label is added to a GitHub repository.

- Trigger

**New Milestone**

Triggers when a new milestone is created in a repository.

- Trigger

**New Pull Request**

Triggers when a new pull request is opened in a repository.

- Trigger

**New Release**

Triggers when a new release is published in a GitHub repository.

- Trigger

**New Repo Event**

Triggers when new activity (pushes, issues, pull requests, releases and more) happens in a GitHub repository.

- Trigger

**New Repository**

Triggers when a new public repository appears under a GitHub user or organization.

- Trigger

**New Watcher**

Triggers when someone starts watching a repository.

- Action

**Add Labels to Issue**

Adds labels to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository, keeping its existing labels.

- Action

**Check Organization Membership**

Checks whether a GitHub user is a member of an organization and returns true or false.

- Action

**Create Branch**

Creates a new branch in a repository, starting from the commit you choose.

- Action

**Create Comment**

Adds a comment to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository.

- Action

**Create Gist**

Creates a new gist with one file on the connected GitHub account.

- Action

**Create Issue**

Creates a new issue in a GitHub repository.

- Action

**Create or Update File**

Creates a new file in a repository, or replaces an existing file's contents, as a commit.

- Action

**Create Pull Request**

Opens a pull request asking to merge one branch into another.

- Action

**Delete Branch**

Deletes a branch from a repository. Any open pull request from that branch is closed.

- Action

**Find Branch**

Finds a branch in a GitHub repository by name and returns its latest commit and protection status.

- Action

**Find Issue**

Finds an issue in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, body, state, author and labels.

- Action

**Find Organization**

Finds a GitHub organization by its login and returns its profile details.

- Action

**Find Pull Request**

Finds a pull request in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, state, branches and merge status.

- Action

**Find Repository**

Returns a GitHub repository by its owner and name, including its description, visibility, default branch and counts.

- Action

**Find User**

Finds a GitHub user by username and returns their public profile.

- Action

**Get File Contents**

Returns a file from a GitHub repository, with its base64-encoded content, at the default branch or a chosen branch, tag or commit.

- Action

**Submit Review**

Submits a review on a pull request: approve it, request changes, or leave a review comment.

- Action

**Update Issue**

Updates an existing issue in a GitHub repository, such as its title, text, state, labels or assignees.

- Action

**Update Pull Request**

Changes a pull request's title, description, target branch, or open/closed state.

- 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

- [ **GitHub** GitHub is the perfect place to share code and work collaboratively on private and open source software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/github)
- [ **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 GitHub

- [ **GitHub to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-hubspot)
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## More into GoCardless

- [ **HubSpot to GoCardless** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-gocardless)
- [ **Salesforce to GoCardless** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-gocardless)
- [ **Slack to GoCardless** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-gocardless)
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Questions

## GitHub and GoCardless, answered

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### What can start an automation from GitHub?

Any of GitHub's 15 triggers in the catalog, including New Branch, New Collaborator, New Commit and New Commit Comment. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in GoCardless when something happens in GitHub?

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.

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### Can it also run from GoCardless to GitHub?

GoCardless has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in GitHub. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GoCardless's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for GitHub 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
