--- title: "Connect Invoice Ninja and Runn - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New expense\" fires in Invoice Ninja, your agent runs \"Create Client\" in Runn, or \"New Assignment\" in Runn to \"Email Invoice\" in Invoice Ninja." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-runn" --- # Connect Invoice Ninja and Runn When **New expense** fires in [Invoice Ninja](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoice-ninja), your agent runs **Create Client** in [Runn](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn), or **New Assignment** in Runn to **Email Invoice** in Invoice Ninja. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Invoice Ninja **1** trigger Invoice Ninja **10** actions Runn **11** triggers Runn **13** 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 Runn 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 and Runn can do together ### From Invoice Ninja to Runn - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Create Client** in Runn - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Create Project** in Runn ### From Runn to Invoice Ninja - When **New Assignment** in Runn then **Email Invoice** in Invoice Ninja - When **New Client** in Runn then **Find Client** in Invoice Ninja 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 Runn ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 23 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. - Trigger **New Assignment** Triggers when a new assignment is created in Runn, optionally limited to one person, role or project. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Contract** Triggers when a new contract is added to a person in Runn. - Trigger **New Holiday Group** Triggers when a new holiday group is added to your Runn account. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Runn. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Rate Card** Triggers when a new rate card is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Role** Triggers when a new role is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Skill** Triggers when a new skill is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Team** Triggers when a new team is created in Runn. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is added to your Runn account. - Action **Assign a Manager** Adds a Runn user as a manager of a person or placeholder, keeping any managers they already have. Returns the updated person. - Action **Create Assignment** Creates an assignment that schedules a person or placeholder on a project in a role for a date range, with the same number of minutes on each working day. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in Runn with a name and, optionally, a website and links to external systems. - Action **Create Contract** Adds a new contract to a person in Runn, setting their role, dates, employment type, cost and working hours. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in Runn, along with their first contract (role, employment type, cost and working hours). - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Runn for a client, optionally setting its budget, pricing model, rate card, team and managers, or duplicating it from an existing template project. - Action **Create Role** Creates a role in Runn, with optional default hourly cost, standard charge-out rate and external references. - Action **Create Skill** Creates a new skill in Runn that can be assigned to people and placeholders. - Action **Create Timesheet (Actual)** Records the time a person actually spent on a project for one day, creating the actual or overwriting an existing one for the same date, person, project, role and workstream. - Action **Find Client** Returns Runn clients whose name contains the text you enter (case-insensitive), with each client's id, website, archived status and external references. - Action **Find Person** Finds people in Runn by email, first name, last name or external id, returning every match and the first matching person. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose name contains the text you give (ignoring case), optionally narrowed by external ID or last-modified date. - Action **Find Role** Finds roles in Runn whose name contains the text you give, ignoring case. Returns the matching roles, how many matched, and the first match. ## 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) - [ **Runn** Runn is a resource management platform that helps teams align people, projects, and strategy with real-time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn) 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 Runn - [ **HubSpot to Runn** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-runn) - [ **Google Sheets to Runn** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-runn) - [ **Gmail to Runn** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-runn) - [ **Google Calendar to Runn** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-runn) - [ **Google Drive to Runn** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-runn) - [ **Mailchimp to Runn** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-runn) Questions ## Invoice Ninja and Runn, 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 Runn when something happens in Invoice Ninja? Any of Runn's 13 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Client, Create Contract and Create Person. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Runn to Invoice Ninja? Yes. When something happens in Runn, your agent can act in Invoice Ninja too. This page covers both directions: Runn's triggers and Invoice Ninja's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Invoice Ninja or Runn? 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 Runn 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.