--- title: "Connect Invoice Ninja to Chinese Text Project - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New expense\" fires in Invoice Ninja, your agent runs \"Find texts by title\" in Chinese Text Project." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-chinese-text-project" --- # Connect Invoice Ninja to Chinese Text Project When **New expense** fires in [Invoice Ninja](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoice-ninja), your agent runs **Find texts by title** in [Chinese Text Project](https://apiant.ai/connections/chinese-text-project). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Invoice Ninja **1** trigger Invoice Ninja **10** actions Chinese Text Project **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Invoice Ninja and Chinese Text Project 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Invoice Ninja can start in Chinese Text Project - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Find texts by title** in Chinese Text Project - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Get text info** in Chinese Text Project 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 Invoice Ninja and Chinese Text Project ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 15 actions - Trigger **New expense** Triggers when a new expense is created in Invoice Ninja. - Action **Delete invoice** Deletes an invoice from your Invoice Ninja company by its id. - Action **Email Invoice** Emails an invoice to its client using the chosen email template, optionally with a custom subject, body and CC address. - Action **Email Quote** Emails an existing quote to its client, using a quote template or a custom subject and body. Returns the confirmation message and the quote that was emailed. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients by name, email, number or search text and returns the matching client records. - Action **Find Credit** Returns the credits that match a credit number, search text, client, status or date. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices by number, search text, client, status or date, and returns the matches with the first one broken out. - Action **Find payments** Returns the payments that match a payment number, search text, client or other criteria. - Action **Find Product** Finds products in Invoice Ninja by name, product key or other filters, returning the matches and the first match. - Action **Find Project** Finds projects whose name, number or notes match the search text and returns the matches. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a quote number, search text, client, status or date criteria. - Action **Find texts by title** Searches the textual database and wiki for items matching part or all of a given title. - Action **Get text info** Returns metadata (title, author, dynasty, etc.) about a textual object identified by its CTP URN. - Action **List dictionary headwords** Returns the complete list of headwords for distinct word senses, names, and places in the CTP dictionary. - Action **List dynasties** Returns a list of identifiers, labels, and dates for Chinese dynasties used in the Chinese Text Project. - Action **List texts** Returns the complete list of top-level textual items (books) in the textual database and wiki. ## Each app on its own - [ **Invoice Ninja** Create. Send. Get Paid. Invoice Ninja is a free, code-available suite of apps to invoice clients, accept...](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoice-ninja) - [ **Chinese Text Project** Chinese Text Project is an open-access digital library of pre-modern Chinese texts, covering the classical...](https://apiant.ai/connections/chinese-text-project) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Invoice Ninja - [ **Invoice Ninja to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-salesforce) - [ **Invoice Ninja to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-chinese-text-project) - [ **Google Sheets to Chinese Text Project** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-chinese-text-project) - [ **Gmail to Chinese Text Project** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-chinese-text-project) Questions ## Invoice Ninja and Chinese Text Project, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Invoice Ninja? Any of Invoice Ninja's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New expense. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Chinese Text Project when something happens in Invoice Ninja? Any of Chinese Text Project's 5 actions, including Find texts by title, Get text info, List dictionary headwords and List dynasties. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Chinese Text Project to Invoice Ninja? Chinese Text Project has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Invoice Ninja. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Chinese Text Project's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Invoice Ninja or Chinese Text Project? 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 Invoice Ninja and Chinese Text Project 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.