--- title: "Connect Invoice Ninja to MaintainX - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New expense\" fires in Invoice Ninja, your agent runs \"Add Existing Categories to a Work Order\" in MaintainX." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-maintainx" --- # Connect Invoice Ninja to MaintainX When **New expense** fires in [Invoice Ninja](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoice-ninja), your agent runs **Add Existing Categories to a Work Order** in [MaintainX](https://apiant.ai/connections/maintainx). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Invoice Ninja **1** trigger Invoice Ninja **10** actions MaintainX **26** 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 MaintainX 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 MaintainX - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Add Existing Categories to a Work Order** in MaintainX - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Add Purchase order** in MaintainX 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 MaintainX ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 36 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 **Add Existing Categories to a Work Order** Adds Existing Categories to a Work Order. - Action **Add Part** Creates a new part (inventory item) in MaintainX. - Action **Add Purchase order** Creates a purchase order in MaintainX for a vendor, with its line items, costs and addresses. - Action **Create Work Order Comment** Creates a New Comment on a Work Order. - Action **Create Work Request** Creates a new Work Request. - Action **Delete Asset** Deletes an asset in MaintainX by its ID. - Action **Delete Location** Delete a location by ID. - Action **Delete Part** Deletes a part from MaintainX by its ID. - Action **Delete Work Order** Delete a work order by ID. - Action **Delete Work Request** Deletes a work request in MaintainX by its ID. - Action **Find an Entity** Finds a MaintainX asset, location, part or work order by the external ID your other system assigned to it. - Action **Get Asset** Retrieve a single asset by ID. - Action **Get Location** Retrieves a single MaintainX location by its ID, including its custom fields. - Action **Get Part** Retrieves a single MaintainX part (inventory item) by its ID, including stock quantities, locations, vendors and custom fields. - Action **Get Purchase order** Retrieves a single MaintainX purchase order by its ID, including items, costs, addresses, attachments and custom fields. - Action **Get Vendor** Retrieve a single vendor by ID. - Action **Get Work Order** Retrieve a single work order by ID. - Action **Get Work Request** Retrieves a MaintainX work request by its ID, including its custom fields and its linked asset, location and work order. - Action **List Assets** Returns all assets in the MaintainX organization, optionally filtered by location, manufacturer, model or created/updated date range. - Action **List Locations** Returns all locations in the MaintainX organization, optionally narrowed to names starting with a given prefix. - Action **List Vendors** Lists the vendors in your MaintainX organization, including their custom field values. - Action **List Work Orders** Lists work orders in MaintainX, optionally filtered by title, status, priority, asset, location, part, vendor, assignee, team, category and created/updated dates. - Action **List Work Requests** List work requests with pagination/filters. - Action **Update Purchase order** Update fields on an existing purchase order. - Action **Update Work Order Status** Changes the status of a MaintainX work order. - Action **Update Work Request** Update fields on an existing work request. ## 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) - [ **MaintainX** MaintainX helps you track your reactive maintenance, preventive maintenance, and control the daily...](https://apiant.ai/connections/maintainx) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-slack) - [ **Invoice Ninja to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-mailchimp) - [ **Invoice Ninja to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-stripe) - [ **Invoice Ninja to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-shopify) - [ **Invoice Ninja to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into MaintainX - [ **HubSpot to MaintainX** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-maintainx) - [ **Salesforce to MaintainX** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-maintainx) - [ **Slack to MaintainX** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-maintainx) - [ **Google Sheets to MaintainX** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-maintainx) - [ **Gmail to MaintainX** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-maintainx) - [ **Google Calendar to MaintainX** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-maintainx) Questions ## Invoice Ninja and MaintainX, 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 MaintainX when something happens in Invoice Ninja? Any of MaintainX's 26 actions, including Create Work Order Comment, Create Work Request, Update Purchase order and Update Work Order Status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from MaintainX to Invoice Ninja? MaintainX has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Invoice Ninja. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads MaintainX's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Invoice Ninja or MaintainX? 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 MaintainX 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.