--- title: "Connect Karbon and QuickBase - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New work item\" fires in Karbon, your agent runs \"Insert or update records\" in QuickBase." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/karbon-to-quickbase" --- # Connect Karbon and QuickBase When **New work item** fires in [Karbon](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon), your agent runs **Insert or update records** in [QuickBase](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbase), or **New or updated record** in QuickBase to **Create Organization Contact** in Karbon. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Karbon **1** trigger Karbon **16** actions QuickBase **2** triggers QuickBase **21** 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 QuickBase 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 and QuickBase can do together ### From Karbon to QuickBase - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Insert or update records** in QuickBase - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Query records** in QuickBase ### From QuickBase to Karbon - When **New or updated record** in QuickBase then **Create Organization Contact** in Karbon - When **New record** in QuickBase then **Create Person Contact** in Karbon 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 QuickBase ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 37 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. - Trigger **New or updated record** Polling trigger. Fires for each record added or modified in the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Date Modified. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3). - Trigger **New record** Polling trigger. Fires for each new record added to the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Record ID#. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3). - Action **Add app** Creates a new Quickbase application in the connected realm, optionally with a description, app variables and security properties. - Action **Add field** Creates a new field in a Quickbase table, optionally with display settings, type-specific properties and per-role permissions. - Action **Add table** Create a new table in a QuickBase app. - Action **Delete app** Delete a QuickBase app by id. - Action **Delete field** Delete one or more QuickBase fields from a table. - Action **Delete records** Delete records from a Quickbase table that match a query (Quickbase query language in the where clause). - Action **Delete table** Deletes a table from a Quickbase app, including all of the data within it. - Action **Get app** Get the properties of a Quickbase application by its app ID. - Action **Get field** Get a single QuickBase field by id. - Action **Get report** Get metadata for a single QuickBase report. - Action **Get table** Get the properties of a single Quickbase table by table ID and app ID. - Action **Get table fields** List all fields (columns) for a Quickbase table, including field IDs, labels, and types. - Action **Get tables for app** List all tables belonging to a Quickbase application. - Action **Insert or update records** Insert new records or update existing ones in a Quickbase table. Pass data as an array of record objects keyed by field ID. Include the table's key field (or record ID field 3) to update; omit to insert. - Action **List reports** Lists all reports defined on a Quickbase table. - Action **Query records** Query records from a Quickbase table. Optionally pass select (array of field IDs), where (Quickbase query language), sortBy, groupBy, and options (skip/top). - Action **Run formula** Runs a Quickbase formula against a table (and optionally a record) and returns the result as text. - Action **Run report** Run a Quickbase report by report ID and table ID and return its result rows. - Action **Update app** Updates an app's name, description, app variables and/or security properties. Properties left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update field** Updates the properties and per-role permissions of an existing field in a Quickbase table. Properties left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update table** Update an existing QuickBase table's properties. ## Each app on its own - [ **Karbon** Karbon is the collaborative practice management platform for accounting firms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon) - [ **QuickBase** Quickbase is a low-code database platform. Build and automate against Quickbase apps, tables, and records.](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbase) 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 QuickBase - [ **HubSpot to QuickBase** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-quickbase) - [ **Mailchimp to QuickBase** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-quickbase) - [ **Pipedrive to QuickBase** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-quickbase) - [ **JIRA to QuickBase** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-quickbase) - [ **Klaviyo to QuickBase** Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform for email and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/klaviyo-to-quickbase) - [ **JotForm to QuickBase** JotForm is a web-based WYSIWYG form builder. Create forms, integrate them into your site, and collect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-quickbase) Questions ## Karbon and QuickBase, 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 QuickBase when something happens in Karbon? Any of QuickBase's 21 actions, including Update app, Update field, Update table and Add app. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from QuickBase to Karbon? Yes. When something happens in QuickBase, your agent can act in Karbon too. This page covers both directions: QuickBase's triggers and Karbon's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Karbon or QuickBase? 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 QuickBase 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.