--- title: "Connect Grist and SimplyBook.me - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Accept Invoice Payment\" in SimplyBook.me." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-simplybook-me" --- # Connect Grist and SimplyBook.me When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Accept Invoice Payment** in [SimplyBook.me](https://apiant.ai/connections/simplybook-me), or **Updated Client **in SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me **1** trigger SimplyBook.me **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 Grist and SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me can do together ### From Grist to SimplyBook.me - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Accept Invoice Payment** in SimplyBook.me - When **New Record** in Grist then **Create Calendar Note** in SimplyBook.me ### From SimplyBook.me to Grist - When **Updated Client **in SimplyBook.me then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **Updated Client **in SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 55 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 **Updated Client** Triggers when a client is added or any of a client's details (name, email, phone, address, subscription flags) change. - Action **Accept Invoice Payment** Marks an invoice as paid. - Action **Approve Booking** Approves a booking waiting for approval. - Action **Block Client** Blocks a client from booking. - Action **Cancel Booking** Cancels a booking. - Action **Create Booking** Books an appointment for a client with a service and provider at a given time. - Action **Create Booking Changed Webhook** Subscribes a URL to SimplyBook.me's booking-changed event, so it is called whenever a booking is edited. - Action **Create Calendar Note** Adds a note to the calendar, optionally blocking that time from bookings. - Action **Create Client** Adds a new client. - Action **Decline Booking** Declines a booking waiting for approval. - Action **Delete Calendar Note** Deletes a calendar note. - Action **Delete Client** Deletes a client. - Action **Find Bookings** Finds bookings by status, date, client, service, provider or text. - Action **Find Clients** Finds clients by name, email or phone. - Action **Find Invoices** Finds invoices by client, status, booking or date. - Action **Get Available Slots** Returns the open time slots for a service and provider on a day. - Action **Get Booking** Returns one booking by its ID, with its client, service, provider and status. - Action **Get Booking Links** Returns the links for a booking, such as the pages a client uses to view or cancel it. - Action **Get Calendar Note** Returns one calendar note by ID. - Action **Get Client** Returns one client by ID. - Action **Get First Available Slot** Returns the first open time slot for a service and provider, starting from a day. - Action **Get Invoice** Returns one invoice by ID, with its lines. - Action **Get Provider** Returns one provider by ID. - Action **Get Service** Returns one service by ID. - Action **List Booking Statuses** Returns the custom booking statuses set up for the company. - Action **List Locations** Returns the company's locations. - Action **List Providers** Returns the company's providers (staff members or resources). - Action **List Service Categories** Returns the company's service categories. - Action **List Services** Returns the company's services. - Action **Set Booking Comment** Saves a comment on a booking. - Action **Set Booking Status** Applies one of the company's custom statuses to a booking. - Action **Unblock Client** Lets a blocked client book again. - Action **Update Booking** Changes a booking's time, service, provider or client. - Action **Update Calendar Note** Changes a calendar note. - Action **Update Client** Changes a client's name, contact details or address. ## 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) - [ **SimplyBook.me** SimplyBook.me is online appointment and scheduling software, that allows to accept bookings 24/7 and offers...](https://apiant.ai/connections/simplybook-me) 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 SimplyBook.me - [ **HubSpot to SimplyBook.me** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-simplybook-me) - [ **Salesforce to SimplyBook.me** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-simplybook-me) - [ **Google Sheets to SimplyBook.me** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-simplybook-me) - [ **Gmail to SimplyBook.me** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-simplybook-me) - [ **Google Calendar to SimplyBook.me** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-simplybook-me) - [ **Google Drive to SimplyBook.me** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-simplybook-me) Questions ## Grist and SimplyBook.me, 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 SimplyBook.me when something happens in Grist? Any of SimplyBook.me's 34 actions, including Create Booking, Create Booking Changed Webhook, Create Calendar Note and Create Client. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SimplyBook.me to Grist? Yes. When something happens in SimplyBook.me, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: SimplyBook.me's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or SimplyBook.me? 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 SimplyBook.me 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.