--- title: "Connect Invoice Ninja and Smily - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New expense\" fires in Invoice Ninja, your agent runs \"Add payment\" in Smily." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/invoice-ninja-to-smily" --- # Connect Invoice Ninja and Smily When **New expense** fires in [Invoice Ninja](https://apiant.ai/connections/invoice-ninja), your agent runs **Add payment** in [Smily](https://apiant.ai/connections/smily), or **New And/Or Updated Client** in Smily to **Find Client** 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 Smily **4** triggers Smily **19** 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 Smily 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 Smily can do together ### From Invoice Ninja to Smily - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Add payment** in Smily - When **New expense** in Invoice Ninja then **Create or Update Client** in Smily ### From Smily to Invoice Ninja - When **New And/Or Updated Client** in Smily then **Find Client** in Invoice Ninja - When **New And/Or Updated Payment** in Smily then **Find payments** 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 Smily ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 29 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 And/Or Updated And/Or Canceled Booking** Trigger when a booking is created and/or updated and/or canceled (with line item support). - Trigger **New And/Or Updated Client** Trigger when a client is created and/or updated (with line item support). - Trigger **New And/Or Updated Payment** Trigger when a payment is created and/or updated. - Trigger **New Inquiry** Trigger when a new inquiry is created. - Action **Add booking** Creates a booking (reservation, tentative hold or unavailable block) on a rental's calendar in Smily. - Action **Add payment** Records a new payment against a booking in Smily. - Action **Add rental** Creates a new rental property in your Smily account. Note that each rental added increases the account's monthly fee. - Action **Create Inquiry** Creates an inquiry for a rental, recording a guest's contact details, requested dates and message. - Action **Create or Update Client** Creates a new Smily client (guest), or updates an existing one when a client ID is given. - Action **Delete booking** Cancels a booking in Smily so it no longer occupies the rental's calendar. - Action **Find Bookings in Date Range** Returns the bookings that overlap a date range, optionally filtered by status, rental or client. - Action **Find Client by Email** Finds Smily clients (guests) whose email address matches the one given, returning the matching client records. - Action **Find Payment** Finds payments by their order ID (one or more, comma-separated). - Action **Get booking** Returns a single booking (reservation) by its ID, including dates, status, guest counts, pricing and linked rental and client. - Action **Get client** Returns a single client (guest) by ID, including their addresses, emails and phone numbers. - Action **Get rental** Returns a single rental (property) by its ID, including its details, pricing, location and related record IDs. - Action **List bookings** Returns the bookings in your Smily account, optionally filtered by dates, status, rental, client or last update time. By default only future, non-canceled bookings are returned. - Action **List clients** Returns the clients (guests) in your Smily account, including their addresses, emails and phone numbers. - Action **List inquiries** Returns the inquiries on your Smily account, including guest contact details, requested dates and party size. - Action **List payments** Returns the payments recorded on your Smily account, optionally filtered by order ID. - Action **List rentals** Returns the rentals (properties) in your Smily account, with their names, locations, capacity and pricing details. - Action **Update Booking** Updates an existing booking (reservation) in Smily — dates, guest counts, prices, deposit, notes, tags and status flags — and returns the updated booking. - Action **Update rental** Updates an existing rental property in Smily. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## 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) - [ **Smily** Smily, top property management software for Short-Term Rental Managers and Concierges.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smily) 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 Smily - [ **HubSpot to Smily** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smily) - [ **Salesforce to Smily** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smily) - [ **Slack to Smily** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smily) - [ **Google Sheets to Smily** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smily) - [ **Gmail to Smily** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smily) - [ **Google Calendar to Smily** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-smily) Questions ## Invoice Ninja and Smily, 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 Smily when something happens in Invoice Ninja? Any of Smily's 19 actions, including Create Inquiry, Create or Update Client, Update Booking and Update rental. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Smily to Invoice Ninja? Yes. When something happens in Smily, your agent can act in Invoice Ninja too. This page covers both directions: Smily's triggers and Invoice Ninja's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Invoice Ninja or Smily? 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 Smily 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.