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title: "Connect Grist and ProAbono - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Create a Line in the Customer Balance \" in ProAbono."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-proabono"
---

# Connect Grist and ProAbono

When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Create a Line in the Customer Balance **in [ProAbono](https://apiant.ai/connections/proabono), or **Event(s) Related to a Customer** in ProAbono 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 ProAbono **1** trigger ProAbono **13** 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 ProAbono 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 ProAbono can do together

### From Grist to ProAbono

- When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Create a Line in the Customer Balance **in ProAbono
- When **New Record** in Grist then **Create or Update a Customer** in ProAbono

### From ProAbono to Grist

- When **Event(s) Related to a Customer** in ProAbono then **Create or Update Record** in Grist
- When **Event(s) Related to a Customer** in ProAbono 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 ProAbono

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 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

**Event(s) Related to a Customer**

Triggers when a customer is created or updated in ProAbono (name, email, status, language or other customer details change).

- Action

**Anonymize a Customer**

Anonymizes a customer in ProAbono, clearing their personal details such as name and email. Returns the anonymized customer.

- Action

**Bill a Customer**

Invoices a customer's current balance right away instead of waiting for the next billing cycle, optionally adding a note to the invoice.

- Action

**Create a Line in the Customer Balance**

Adds a one-time debit or credit line to a customer's balance in ProAbono. The line is invoiced with the customer's next billing.

- Action

**Create or Update a Customer**

Creates a customer in ProAbono, or updates the existing customer that has the same customer reference. Returns the customer record with its customer-portal links.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Returns a single ProAbono invoice by its ID, including its number, state, amounts, customer and links to view or pay it.

- Action

**List customers**

Returns the customers in your ProAbono account, optionally only those in one segment or those with an active subscription that includes a given feature.

- Action

**Retrieve a Customer**

Returns a customer by your own customer reference, including their status, segment, metadata and customer portal links.

- Action

**Retrieve Billing Address of a Customer**

Returns the billing address of a customer, looked up by your own customer reference.

- Action

**Retrieve Full Invoice (PDF)**

Returns a full invoice by its ID, including its amounts, status and a link to download the invoice PDF.

- Action

**Retrieve Payment Settings of a Customer**

Returns a customer's payment settings: payment type, billing mode, grey-list status, invoice note and next billing date.

- Action

**Suspend a Customer**

Suspends a customer so they can no longer access the customer portal, download invoices, use their payment method or receive emails. Returns the updated customer.

- Action

**Update Billing Address of a Customer**

Sets or updates the billing address of a ProAbono customer, and returns the saved address.

- Action

**Update Payment Settings of a Customer**

Updates a customer's payment settings in ProAbono, such as a manual payment method, billing mode, next billing date or the note shown on their invoices, and returns the saved settings.

## 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)
- [ **ProAbono** Subscription Billing Made Easy. Subscription Billing As-a-Service, for the New Generation of Services.](https://apiant.ai/connections/proabono)

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 ProAbono

- [ **HubSpot to ProAbono** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-proabono)
- [ **Google Sheets to ProAbono** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-proabono)
- [ **Gmail to ProAbono** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-proabono)
- [ **Google Calendar to ProAbono** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-proabono)
- [ **Google Drive to ProAbono** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-proabono)
- [ **Mailchimp to ProAbono** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-proabono)

Questions

## Grist and ProAbono, 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 ProAbono when something happens in Grist?

Any of ProAbono's 13 actions, including Create a Line in the Customer Balance, Create or Update a Customer, Update Billing Address of a Customer and Update Payment Settings of a Customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ProAbono to Grist?

Yes. When something happens in ProAbono, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: ProAbono's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or ProAbono?

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 ProAbono 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.
