--- title: "Connect Instantly to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Instantly, your agent runs \"Create CII Invoice\" in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml" --- # Connect Instantly to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML When **New Event** fires in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), your agent runs **Create CII Invoice** in [CII & UBL by InvoiceXML](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Instantly **1** trigger Instantly **22** actions CII & UBL by InvoiceXML **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 Instantly and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Instantly can start in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create CII Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create UBL Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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 Instantly and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 36 actions - 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. - Action **Convert CII to UBL** Translates a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML into a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML document, enabling interoperability between systems that use different e-invoice formats. - Action **Convert UBL to CII** Transforms a UBL 2.1 invoice XML into a UN/CEFACT CII XML document, bridging compatibility between PEPPOL-based systems and CII-native accounting platforms. - Action **Create CII Invoice** Produces a UN/CEFACT Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) XML document from structured billing data, ready for submission through any EN16931-compliant e-invoicing channel. - Action **Create UBL Invoice** Generates a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML invoice from structured billing data including seller, buyer, line items, and payment details. - Action **Extract Invoice Attachments** Download an e-invoice's embedded attachments as a ZIP. - Action **Extract Invoice JSON** Parses a PDF invoice into machine-readable JSON, reading embedded CII or UBL XML when available and applying AI-based extraction as a fallback for unstructured PDFs. - Action **Extract Invoice XML** Pull the CII or UBL XML out of an e-invoice PDF. - Action **Parse Invoice JSON** AI-parse any PDF invoice — messy, scanned, or handwritten — into structured JSON. - Action **Render CII to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a CII e-invoice. - Action **Render UBL to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a UBL e-invoice. - Action **Transform PDF to CII** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UN/CEFACT CII XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Ideal for digitising paper-based or scanned invoices into a structured CII format. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Transform PDF to UBL** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UBL 2.1 XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Useful for onboarding legacy invoices into structured e-invoicing workflows. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Validate CII Invoice** Verifies a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML against EN16931 semantic rules and XSD schema, returning a detailed compliance report including any rule failures or data inconsistencies. - Action **Validate UBL Invoice** Checks a UBL 2.1 invoice XML against EN16931 business rules and schema constraints, returning a structured validation report with any rule violations or structural errors. ## Each app on its own - [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly) - [ **CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** CII & UBL by InvoiceXML is an e-invoice compliance service for creating, converting, validating, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Instantly - [ **Instantly to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-salesforce) - [ **Instantly to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-slack) - [ **Instantly to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-mailchimp) - [ **Instantly to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-stripe) - [ **Instantly to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-shopify) - [ **Instantly to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - [ **HubSpot to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Salesforce to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) - [ **Slack to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML when something happens in Instantly? Any of CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's 14 actions, including Create CII Invoice, Create UBL Invoice, Convert CII to UBL and Convert UBL to CII. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to Instantly? CII & UBL by InvoiceXML has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Instantly. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Instantly or CII & UBL by InvoiceXML? 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 Instantly and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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.