--- title: "Connect Holded to ShipEngine - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Holded, your agent runs \"Add batch\" in ShipEngine." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/holded-to-shipengine" --- # Connect Holded to ShipEngine When **New Contact** fires in [Holded](https://apiant.ai/connections/holded), your agent runs **Add batch** in [ShipEngine](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipengine). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Holded **6** triggers Holded **12** actions ShipEngine **14** 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 ShipEngine 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 can start in ShipEngine - When **New Contact** in Holded then **Add batch** in ShipEngine - When **New Deal** in Holded then **Add label** in ShipEngine 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 ShipEngine ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 26 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. - Action **Add batch** Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together. - Action **Add label** Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links. - Action **Add shipment** Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches. - Action **Add warehouse** Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address. - Action **Calculate rates** Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment. - Action **Get batch** Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms. - Action **Get label** Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label. - Action **Get manifest** Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form. - Action **Get shipment** Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags. - Action **List carriers** Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options. - Action **List shipments** Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range. - Action **List warehouses** Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address. - Action **Update shipment** Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment. - Action **Validate an Address** Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found. ## 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) - [ **ShipEngine** ShipEngine APIs empower ecommerce brands and platforms to shop rates, validate global addresses, print...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipengine) 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 ShipEngine - [ **HubSpot to ShipEngine** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shipengine) - [ **Salesforce to ShipEngine** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shipengine) - [ **Slack to ShipEngine** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shipengine) - [ **Google Sheets to ShipEngine** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shipengine) - [ **Gmail to ShipEngine** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shipengine) - [ **Google Calendar to ShipEngine** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipengine) Questions ## Holded and ShipEngine, 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 ShipEngine when something happens in Holded? Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ShipEngine to Holded? ShipEngine has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Holded. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ShipEngine's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Holded or ShipEngine? 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 ShipEngine 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.