--- title: "Connect Grist and karmaCRM - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in karmaCRM." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-karmacrm" --- # Connect Grist and karmaCRM When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [karmaCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/karmacrm), or **New Company** in karmaCRM to **Create or Update Record** in Grist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions karmaCRM **4** triggers karmaCRM **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 Grist and karmaCRM 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 Grist and karmaCRM can do together ### From Grist to karmaCRM - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Create Contact** in karmaCRM - When **New Record** in Grist then **Create Deal** in karmaCRM ### From karmaCRM to Grist - When **New Company** in karmaCRM then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **New Contact** in karmaCRM then **Create Record** in Grist 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 Grist and karmaCRM ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 39 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Record (Instant)** Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added. - Trigger **New Record** Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table. - Trigger **New Record (Instant)** Triggers when a new Record is created - Action **Add Column** Adds a column to a table in a Grist document. - Action **Add Table** Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID. - Action **Create or Update Record** Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID. - Action **Create Record** Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID. - Action **Create Workspace** Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a Grist document permanently. - Action **Delete Records** Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID. - Action **Delete Workspace** Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it. - Action **Find Record** Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values. - Action **Get Document** Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization. - Action **Get Org** Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level. - Action **Get Workspace** Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains. - Action **List Columns** Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type. - Action **List Orgs** Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach. - Action **List Tables** Returns the tables in a Grist document. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains. - Action **Run SQL Query** Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows. - Action **Update Document** Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Record** Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Workspace** Renames a Grist workspace. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in karmaCRM. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in karmaCRM, optionally limited to an assigned user, status, stage or tags. - Trigger **New deal** Triggers when a new deal is created in karmaCRM. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is updated in karmaCRM. - Action **Add note** Adds a note (or logged call) to a karmaCRM contact, company or other record. - Action **Create Company** Creates a company in karmaCRM with its contact details, tags and custom field values. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in karmaCRM with names, company, emails, phones, addresses, tags and custom field values. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in karmaCRM, optionally linked to a contact and company. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task (activity) in karmaCRM, optionally with a due date, reminders and linked contacts. - Action **Delete company** Deletes a company from karmaCRM. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from karmaCRM by its ID. - Action **Delete deal** Deletes a deal from karmaCRM. - Action **Find Company** Finds companies in karmaCRM whose name matches the name you supply, and returns the first match plus all matches. - Action **Find Contact** Finds karmaCRM contacts by email address or name, optionally narrowed by assigned user, status, stage or tags. - Action **Get company** Returns a single karmaCRM company by its ID, including contact details, tags and custom field values. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single karmaCRM contact by its ID, including emails, phone numbers, addresses, tags and custom field values. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single karmaCRM deal by its ID, including stage, price, contact and custom field values. - Action **Get note** Returns a single karmaCRM note (history entry), including its content, related record and participants. - Action **List deals** Returns the deals in your karmaCRM account, optionally only those after a given date. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing company in karmaCRM, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in karmaCRM, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in karmaCRM, such as its name, stage, price, contact, company or custom field values. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist) - [ **karmaCRM** KarmaCRM is a simple CRM that helps you nurture personalized relationships at scale by connecting your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/karmacrm) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grist - [ **Grist to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-gmail) - [ **Grist to Clickhouse** Column-oriented database for real-time analytical SQL queries at petabyte scale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-clickhouse) - [ **Grist to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-mistral-ai) - [ **Grist to OpusClip** OpusClip is a AI video tool that turns long videos into viral shorts with captions and transcripts.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-opusclip) - [ **Grist to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-postman) - [ **Grist to RuneScape** The RuneScape Wiki API exposes data for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-runescape) ## More into karmaCRM - [ **Google Calendar to karmaCRM** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-karmacrm) - [ **HubSpot to karmaCRM** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-karmacrm) - [ **Google Sheets to karmaCRM** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-karmacrm) - [ **Gmail to karmaCRM** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-karmacrm) - [ **Google Drive to karmaCRM** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-karmacrm) - [ **ActiveCampaign to karmaCRM** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-karmacrm) Questions ## Grist and karmaCRM, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Grist? Any of Grist's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record, New or Updated Record (Instant), New Record and New Record (Instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in karmaCRM when something happens in Grist? Any of karmaCRM's 18 actions, including Create Company, Create Contact, Create Deal and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from karmaCRM to Grist? Yes. When something happens in karmaCRM, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: karmaCRM's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or karmaCRM? 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 Grist and karmaCRM 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.