---
title: "Connect GitHub to Insightly - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Branch\" fires in GitHub, your agent runs \"Add contact to organisation\" in Insightly."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-insightly"
---

# Connect GitHub to Insightly

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

GitHub **15** triggers GitHub **19** 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 GitHub 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)

Example flows

## What GitHub can start in Insightly

- When **New Branch** in GitHub then **Add contact to organisation** in Insightly
- When **New Collaborator** in GitHub then **Create contact** 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 GitHub and Insightly

## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 53 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 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

- [ **GitHub** GitHub is the perfect place to share code and work collaboratively on private and open source software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/github)
- [ **Insightly** Insightly CRM — manage contacts, leads, organisations, opportunities, projects, tasks, events and notes.](https://apiant.ai/connections/insightly)

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)
- [ **GitHub to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-salesforce)
- [ **GitHub to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-slack)
- [ **GitHub to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-sheets)
- [ **GitHub to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-gmail)
- [ **GitHub to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-calendar)

## 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 — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-insightly)
- [ **Freshdesk to Insightly** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-insightly)
- [ **Typeform to Insightly** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/typeform-to-insightly)

Questions

## GitHub and Insightly, answered

###

### 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.

###

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

Any of Insightly's 34 actions, including Create contact, Create event, Create lead and Create note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

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

Insightly has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in GitHub. 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 GitHub 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 GitHub 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.

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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.
