--- title: "Connect Lexware Office to Lob - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact updated (instant)\" fires in Lexware Office, your agent runs \"Create Address\" in Lob." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/lexware-office-to-lob" --- # Connect Lexware Office to Lob When **Contact updated (instant)** fires in [Lexware Office](https://apiant.ai/connections/lexware-office), your agent runs **Create Address** in [Lob](https://apiant.ai/connections/lob). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Lexware Office **10** triggers Lexware Office **40** actions Lob **40** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Lexware Office and Lob 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 Lexware Office can start in Lob - When **Contact updated (instant)** in Lexware Office then **Create Address** in Lob - When **Invoice status changed (instant)** in Lexware Office then **Create Bank Account** in Lob 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 Lexware Office and Lob ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 80 actions - Trigger **Contact updated (instant)** Fires when a contact changes in Lexware Office. Event type: contact.changed. - Trigger **Invoice status changed (instant)** Fires when an invoice's status changes in Lexware Office. Event type: invoice.status.changed. - Trigger **New article (instant)** Fires when a new article is created in Lexware Office. Event type: article.created. - Trigger **New contact (instant)** Fires when a new contact is created in Lexware Office. Event type: contact.created. - Trigger **New credit note (instant)** Fires when a new credit note is created in Lexware Office. Event type: credit-note.created. - Trigger **New invoice (instant)** Fires when a new invoice is created in Lexware Office. Event type: invoice.created. - Trigger **New order confirmation (instant)** Fires when a new order confirmation is created in Lexware Office. Event type: order-confirmation.created. - Trigger **New quotation (instant)** Fires when a new quotation is created in Lexware Office. Event type: quotation.created. - Trigger **New voucher (instant)** Fires when a new bookkeeping voucher is created in Lexware Office. Event type: voucher.created. - Trigger **Payment changed (instant)** Fires when the payment status of a sales voucher changes in Lexware Office. Event type: payment.changed. - Action **Create a contact** Creates a contact in Lexware Office as a person or a company, with optional billing address, email, phone and note, and returns the new contact's ID. - Action **Create a credit note** Creates a credit note in Lexware Office for an existing contact or a typed-in address, with your line items. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create a delivery note** Creates a delivery note in Lexware Office for an existing contact or a typed-in address, with your delivered line items. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create a dunning** Creates a dunning (payment reminder) in Lexware Office, normally chasing an unpaid invoice. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create an article** Creates a product or service article in Lexware Office with its unit, price and tax rate, and returns the new article's ID. - Action **Create an invoice** Creates an invoice in Lexware Office for an existing contact or a typed-in address, with your line items and payment terms. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create an order confirmation** Creates an order confirmation in Lexware Office for an existing contact or a typed-in address, with your confirmed line items. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create a quotation** Creates a quotation in Lexware Office for an existing contact or a typed-in address, with your quoted line items and an expiry date. Saves it as a draft unless you choose to finalize it. - Action **Create a voucher** Books a voucher (an incoming or outgoing document) into Lexware Office with its booking lines, and returns the new voucher's ID. - Action **Delete an article** Deletes an article from Lexware Office by its ID. - Action **Download a credit note file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized credit note in Lexware Office. - Action **Download a delivery note file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized delivery note in Lexware Office. - Action **Download a dunning file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized dunning in Lexware Office. - Action **Download a file** Downloads the actual bytes of a file stored in Lexware Office by its file ID — for example the PDF that "Download an invoice file" reports. Returns the file so a later step can email, upload or attach it. - Action **Download an invoice file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized invoice in Lexware Office. - Action **Download an order confirmation file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized order confirmation in Lexware Office. - Action **Download a quotation file** Returns the PDF file ID and download URL for a finalized quotation in Lexware Office. - Action **Find articles** Searches the Lexware Office article list by article number, barcode or type, and returns the matching articles a page at a time. - Action **Find contacts** Searches Lexware Office contacts by email, name, number or role, and returns the matching contacts a page at a time. - Action **Find voucher list** Lists Lexware Office documents (invoices, credit notes, quotations and the rest) filtered by type, status, contact and date, a page at a time. - Action **Find vouchers** Finds booked vouchers in Lexware Office by their document number and returns the full voucher records. - Action **Get a contact** Returns one Lexware Office contact by its ID, with its roles, person or company details, addresses, emails and phone numbers. - Action **Get a credit note** Returns one Lexware Office credit note by its ID, with its recipient, line items, totals and status. - Action **Get a delivery note** Returns one Lexware Office delivery note by its ID, with its recipient, delivered lines and delivery date. - Action **Get a dunning** Returns a single dunning (payment reminder) by its ID, including its addressee, line items, totals and PDF file reference. - Action **Get an article** Returns a single article (product or service) by its ID, including its name, article number, unit and pricing. - Action **Get an invoice** Returns a single invoice by its ID, including its addressee, line items, totals, payment terms and PDF file reference. - Action **Get an order confirmation** Returns a single order confirmation by its ID, including its addressee, line items, totals and PDF file reference. - Action **Get a quotation** Returns a single quotation by its ID, including its addressee, line items, totals, expiry date and PDF file reference. - Action **Get a voucher** Returns a single bookkeeping voucher by its ID, including its type, contact, amounts, line items and attached files. - Action **Get payment information** Returns the payment status of a voucher, such as an invoice: how much is still open, when it was paid, and the individual payments booked against it. - Action **Pursue to a credit note** Creates a credit note that follows on from an existing invoice, linking the two in Lexware Office. Copies the invoice's recipient, lines and tax settings unless you supply your own lines. - Action **Pursue to a delivery note** Creates a delivery note that follows on from an existing order confirmation, linking the two in Lexware Office. Copies the recipient, lines and tax settings unless you supply your own lines. - Action **Pursue to a dunning** Creates a dunning (payment reminder) that follows on from an unpaid invoice, linking the two in Lexware Office. Copies the recipient, lines and tax settings unless you supply your own lines. - Action **Pursue to an invoice** Creates an invoice that follows on from an existing order confirmation, linking the two in Lexware Office. Copies the recipient, lines and tax settings unless you supply your own lines. - Action **Pursue to an order confirmation** Creates an order confirmation that follows on from an existing quotation, linking the two in Lexware Office. Copies the recipient, lines and tax settings unless you supply your own lines. - Action **Update a contact** Updates an existing contact in Lexware Office. Reads the contact first and changes only the details you fill in, leaving everything else as it was. - Action **Update an article** Updates an existing article in Lexware Office. Reads the article first and changes only the details you fill in, leaving everything else as it was. - Action **Update a voucher** Updates an existing bookkeeping voucher in Lexware Office. Reads the voucher first and changes only the details you fill in, leaving everything else as it was. - Action **Upload Document for Bookkeeping Purposes** Uploads a receipt or other document to Lexware Office for bookkeeping and returns its file ID, which you can attach to a voucher. - Action **Autocomplete US Address** Suggests complete US street addresses from the first part of one a person has typed, so an address field can autocomplete as they type. - Action **Bulk Verify International Addresses** Checks a batch of non-US addresses at once and returns each one standardized, with whether it is deliverable. - Action **Cancel Check** Cancels a check in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the check is still in the pre-print window. - Action **Cancel Letter** Cancels a letter in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the letter is still in the pre-print window. - Action **Cancel Postcard** Cancels a postcard in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the postcard is still in the pre-print window. - Action **Create Address** Saves an address in your Lob address book so you can reuse it as a sender or recipient on later mailings. - Action **Create Bank Account** Saves a bank account in Lob so you can send checks from it. Returns the new bank account's ID and whether it has been verified yet. - Action **Create Template** Saves a reusable HTML template in Lob that letters, postcards and checks can be built from. Returns the new template's ID and its published version. - Action **Delete Address** Deletes a saved address from Lob. Returns the deleted address's ID. - Action **Delete Bank Account** Deletes a saved bank account from Lob. Returns the deleted bank account's ID. - Action **Delete Template** Deletes an HTML template from Lob. Returns the deleted template's ID. - Action **Get Address** Returns one saved address from Lob by its ID, including the recipient details and any name/value pairs stored on it. - Action **Get Bank Account** Returns one saved bank account from Lob by its ID, including whether it has been verified. - Action **Get Check** Returns one check from Lob by its ID, including its amount, status and delivery tracking events. - Action **Get Letter** Returns one letter from Lob by its ID, including its status, addresses and delivery tracking events. - Action **Get Postcard** Returns one postcard from Lob by its ID, including its status, addresses and delivery tracking events. - Action **Get Template** Returns one HTML template from Lob by its ID, including its published version and version history. - Action **List Addresses** Returns the saved addresses in your Lob address book, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Bank Accounts** Returns the bank accounts saved in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Booklets** Returns the booklets you have created in Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Campaigns** Returns the direct-mail campaigns in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Checks** Returns the checks you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Informed Delivery Campaigns** Returns the USPS Informed Delivery campaigns in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Letters** Returns the letters you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Postcards** Returns the postcards you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List QR Code Analytics** Returns the QR code scans recorded on your Lob mailpieces — who scanned, when, and how many times — plus the overall scan total. - Action **List Snap Packs** Returns the snap packs you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Templates** Returns the saved HTML templates in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more. - Action **List Uploads** Returns the recipient-list uploads in your Lob account, optionally narrowed to one campaign. - Action **Look Up ZIP Code** Looks up a US ZIP code and returns the cities, states and counties it covers, plus the USPS ZIP code type. - Action **Reverse Geocode Lookup** Takes a latitude and longitude and returns the nearest US ZIP codes with their city, state and distance from that point. - Action **Send Check** Prints and mails a physical check drawn on your Lob bank account to the recipient address you name. - Action **Send Letter** Prints and mails a letter to the recipient address you name, from a PDF, an HTML body, or a saved Lob template. - Action **Send Postcard** Prints and mails a postcard to the recipient address you name, using front and back artwork from a URL, HTML, or a saved Lob template. - Action **Update Template** Changes an existing Lob HTML template - its description, or which saved version is the live one. Anything you leave blank is left as it was. - Action **Validate Recipient Identity** Checks whether a person or company name is actually associated with a US address, and returns a confidence level and match score. - Action **Verify Bank Account** Confirms a Lob bank account by submitting the two micro-deposit amounts, so the account can be used to send checks. - Action **Verify International Address** Checks a non-US address, standardizes it, and tells you whether mail sent there is likely to be delivered. - Action **Verify Single Line US Address** Checks a US address given as one single line, standardizes it, and tells you whether mail sent there is deliverable. - Action **Verify US Address** Checks a US address, standardizes it to USPS format, and tells you whether mail sent there is deliverable. ## Each app on its own - [ **Lexware Office** Lexware Office is a cloud app for german accounting.](https://apiant.ai/connections/lexware-office) - [ **Lob** Lob makes it easy to seamlessly print and mail letters, postcards, photos, posters and more via a web API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/lob) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Lexware Office - [ **Lexware Office to Base44** Base44 is a platform that allows non-technical people to build their own Apps using AI.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lexware-office-to-base44) - [ **Lexware Office to Browserless** Browserless allows you to run Chrome instances in the cloud for Data Extraction, Automation, PDF &...](https://apiant.ai/connect/lexware-office-to-browserless) - [ **Lexware Office to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lexware-office-to-salesforce) - [ **Lexware Office to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Lob to Lexware Office? Lob has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Lexware Office. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lob's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Lexware Office or Lob? 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 Lexware Office and Lob 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.