--- title: "Connect Karbon to Plentyone - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New work item\" fires in Karbon, your agent runs \"Add item\" in Plentyone." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-plentyone" --- # Connect Karbon to Plentyone When **New work item** fires in [Karbon](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon), your agent runs **Add item** in [Plentyone](https://apiant.ai/connections/plentyone). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Karbon **1** trigger Karbon **16** actions Plentyone **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Karbon and Plentyone 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Karbon can start in Plentyone - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Add item** in Plentyone - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Update item** in Plentyone 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 Karbon and Plentyone ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 36 actions - Trigger **New work item** Triggers when a new work item is created in Karbon. - Action **Add client group** Creates a new client group in Karbon, optionally with members, owner, manager and client team. - Action **Add note** Creates a note in Karbon, optionally assigned to a user and linked to work items, contacts, organizations or client groups. - Action **Add work item** Creates a new work item for a client in Karbon. - Action **Create Organization Contact** Creates a new Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Create Person Contact** Creates a new person Contact in Karbon and returns the created Contact record. - Action **Find an Organization Contact** Finds Organization contacts in Karbon matching a full name, email address, external key or contact type, and returns the matching organizations. - Action **Find a Person Contact** Finds person contacts in Karbon by email address, full name, phone number, contact type or external key, and returns the matches. - Action **Get work item** Returns the details of a single Karbon work item, including its client, dates, status, fee settings and role assignments. - Action **List invoices** Returns the invoices in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by invoice status and sorted. - Action **List timesheets** Returns a list of timesheets from your Karbon account, optionally filtered by date, user, work item or status, with their time entries if requested. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by name or email address. - Action **List work items** Returns the work items in your Karbon account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **Update client group** Renames an existing Karbon client group by changing its full name. - Action **Update Organization Contact** Updates the name or privacy level of an existing Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Update Person Contact** Updates the name details or privacy level of an existing Person Contact in Karbon. - Action **Update work item** Updates a Karbon work item's title, description, dates, assignee, work type, role assignments or status. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact (a person) in the plentyONE CRM. - Action **Add item** Creates an item in plentyONE together with its main variation, linked to a category and a unit. - Action **Add order** Creates an order (sales order, return, offer and other order types) in plentyONE with its items, addresses and contact relations. - Action **Add payment** Creates a payment in plentyONE, for example an incoming payment received through a payment method. - Action **Add variation** Creates a new variation of an existing item, optionally defined by attribute values and made visible in a store client. - Action **Find items by criteria** Finds items updated on or after a given time, optionally including their variations. - Action **Find orders by criteria** Finds orders matching criteria such as order type, status, creation or update date, referrer, item or variation. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single contact (person) from the plentyONE CRM by its id. - Action **Get item** Returns a single plentyONE item, including its global settings, free fields and main variation id. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its id, including its amounts, properties, addresses and order items. - Action **Get payment** Returns a single payment by its id, including amount, currency, payment method, status and properties. - Action **List categories** Returns the categories set up in PlentyONE, optionally only those of one type such as item categories. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts (people) saved in your PlentyONE system, with their contact options and linked accounts. - Action **List stock** Returns the stock levels of variations across all warehouses. - Action **List variations** Returns the variations of an item, including its main variation. - Action **List warehouses** Returns all warehouses set up in your PlentyONE system. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in PlentyONE CRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update item** Updates the item-level settings of an existing plentyONE item, such as manufacturer, condition, flags and customs data. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing plentyONE order, such as its status, owner, properties, dates, addresses or order items. - Action **Update variation** Updates an existing variation of an item in plentyONE, such as its number, availability, dimensions, weight or order quantities. ## Each app on its own - [ **Karbon** Karbon is the collaborative practice management platform for accounting firms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon) - [ **Plentyone** Multichannel e-commerce ERP platform for managing products, orders, inventory, and marketplaces.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plentyone) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Karbon - [ **Karbon to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-salesforce) - [ **Karbon to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-slack) - [ **Karbon to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-mailchimp) - [ **Karbon to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-stripe) - [ **Karbon to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-shopify) - [ **Karbon to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Plentyone - [ **HubSpot to Plentyone** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-plentyone) - [ **Salesforce to Plentyone** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-plentyone) - [ **Slack to Plentyone** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-plentyone) - [ **Google Sheets to Plentyone** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-plentyone) - [ **Gmail to Plentyone** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-plentyone) - [ **Google Calendar to Plentyone** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-plentyone) Questions ## Karbon and Plentyone, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Karbon? Any of Karbon's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New work item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Plentyone when something happens in Karbon? Any of Plentyone's 20 actions, including Update contact, Update item, Update order and Update variation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Plentyone to Karbon? Plentyone has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Karbon. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Plentyone's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Karbon or Plentyone? 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 Karbon and Plentyone 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.