--- title: "Connect Holded and Instantly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Holded, your agent runs \"Add lead list\" in Instantly, or \"New Event\" in Instantly to \"Create Purchase Invoice\" in Holded." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-instantly" --- # Connect Holded and Instantly When **New Contact** fires in [Holded](https://apiant.ai/connections/holded), your agent runs **Add lead list** in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), or **New Event** in Instantly to **Create Purchase Invoice** in Holded. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Holded **6** triggers Holded **12** actions Instantly **1** trigger Instantly **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Holded and Instantly 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 Holded and Instantly can do together ### From Holded to Instantly - When **New Contact** in Holded then **Add lead list** in Instantly - When **New Deal** in Holded then **Add Lead to Campaign** in Instantly ### From Instantly to Holded - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create Purchase Invoice** in Holded - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create Purchase Order** in Holded 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 Holded and Instantly ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 34 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Holded. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal (lead) is created in a Holded CRM funnel. - Trigger **New Purchase Invoice** Triggers when a new purchase invoice is created in Holded. - Trigger **New Sales Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created in Holded. - Trigger **New Sales Order** Triggers when a new sales order is created in Holded. - Trigger **New Sales Receipt** Triggers when a new sales receipt is created in Holded. - Action **Create Payment** Records a standalone payment in Holded. - Action **Create Product** Creates a product in Holded. - Action **Create Purchase Invoice** Creates a purchase invoice in Holded with its line items. - Action **Create Purchase Order** Creates a purchase order in Holded with its line items. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a quote (estimate) in Holded with its line items. - Action **Create Sales Invoice** Creates a sales invoice in Holded with its line items. - Action **Create Sales Order** Creates a sales order in Holded with its line items. - Action **Create Sales Receipt** Creates a sales receipt in Holded with its line items. - Action **Find Contact** Finds Holded contacts by phone, mobile or custom reference ID. - Action **Mark Credit Note as Paid** Records a payment on a credit note, marking it paid. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails a sales invoice to the given addresses. - Action **Send Sales Receipt** Emails a sales receipt to the given addresses. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when an Instantly event occurs, such as an email sent, a reply received, or a lead status change. - Action **Activate campaign** Starts a campaign, or resumes a paused one, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Add campaign** Creates a new Instantly campaign with its sending schedule, email sequence and sending options. Returns the created campaign. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a new lead list in Instantly for storing leads. - Action **Add Lead to Campaign** Adds a lead to an Instantly campaign, with their contact details, personalization and custom variables. Returns the created lead. - Action **Add Tags to Campaigns** Assigns one or more custom tags to one or more campaigns. - Action **Add to Blocklist** Adds an email address or domain to the workspace's blocklist so it no longer receives emails. - Action **Create a New Tag** Creates a new custom tag in your Instantly workspace for organizing accounts and campaigns. - Action **Delete blocklist entry** Deletes a blocked email or domain entry from your Instantly block list, returning the removed entry. - Action **Delete lead** Permanently deletes a lead from your Instantly workspace and returns the deleted lead. - Action **Find Lead** Finds leads in your Instantly workspace by email address or search term, optionally narrowed to a campaign, list or lead status. Returns the matching leads and the first match. - Action **Get Blocklist Entry** Returns a single block list entry (a blocked email address or domain) by its ID. - Action **Get campaign** Returns a campaign's full details, including its schedule, sequences, sending accounts and settings. - Action **Get lead** Returns a single Instantly lead by its ID, including contact details, campaign, status, engagement counts and custom variables. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name, tags, status or AI Sales Agent. - Action **List lead lists** Returns the lead lists in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name or by whether they run enrichment. - Action **List leads** Returns leads from your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by campaign, list, status, search term or email address. - Action **List Tag Mappings** Returns the tag assignments in the workspace, showing which custom tags are attached to which email accounts and campaigns. - Action **Pause campaign** Stops (pauses) a running campaign so it no longer sends emails, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Remove Lead From Campaign** Removes one or more leads from an Instantly campaign, deleting them from that campaign. - Action **Remove Tags From Campaigns** Removes one or more custom tags from Instantly campaigns. - Action **Update lead** Updates an existing lead's details in Instantly, such as name, company, phone, interest status and custom variables, and returns the updated lead. - Action **Update Lead Status** Updates the interest status of a lead in Instantly (for example Interested, Meeting booked, or Not interested), optionally scoped to one campaign or list. ## Each app on its own - [ **Holded** The cloud-based tool that has everything you need to manage your company — wherever you are, whenever you...](https://apiant.ai/connections/holded) - [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Holded - [ **Holded to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-hubspot) - [ **Holded to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-salesforce) - [ **Holded to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-slack) - [ **Holded to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-mailchimp) - [ **Holded to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-stripe) - [ **Holded to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-shopify) ## More into Instantly - [ **HubSpot to Instantly** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-instantly) - [ **Google Sheets to Instantly** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-instantly) - [ **Gmail to Instantly** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-instantly) - [ **Google Calendar to Instantly** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-instantly) - [ **Google Drive to Instantly** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-instantly) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Instantly** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-instantly) Questions ## Holded and Instantly, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Holded? Any of Holded's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Deal, New Purchase Invoice and New Sales Invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Instantly when something happens in Holded? Any of Instantly's 22 actions, including Create a New Tag, Update lead, Update Lead Status and Activate campaign. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Instantly to Holded? Yes. When something happens in Instantly, your agent can act in Holded too. This page covers both directions: Instantly's triggers and Holded's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Holded or Instantly? 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 Holded and Instantly 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.