--- title: "Connect Manychat and QuickBooks Online - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Custom Field\" fires in Manychat, your agent runs \"Create customer\" in QuickBooks Online." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-quickbooks-online" --- # Connect Manychat and QuickBooks Online When **New or Updated Custom Field** fires in [Manychat](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat), your agent runs **Create customer** in [QuickBooks Online](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbooks-online), or **New bill** in QuickBooks Online to **Find User by Name** in Manychat. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Manychat **1** trigger Manychat **12** actions QuickBooks Online **11** triggers QuickBooks Online **45** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Manychat and QuickBooks Online 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 Manychat and QuickBooks Online can do together ### From Manychat to QuickBooks Online - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Create customer** in QuickBooks Online - When **New or Updated Custom Field** in Manychat then **Create invoice** in QuickBooks Online ### From QuickBooks Online to Manychat - When **New bill** in QuickBooks Online then **Find User by Name** in Manychat - When **New customer** in QuickBooks Online then **Get page info** in Manychat 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 Manychat and QuickBooks Online ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 57 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Custom Field** Triggers when a subscriber custom field is created on the Manychat page, or an existing one's name, type or description changes. - Action **Add custom field** Creates a new subscriber custom field on your Manychat page, with the name, data type and description you choose. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag on your Manychat page. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a new Manychat subscriber (contact) from a name plus an email, phone or WhatsApp number, and returns the created subscriber. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from your Manychat page and removes it from every subscriber that has it. This cannot be undone. - Action **Find User by Name** Returns up to 100 subscribers whose full name matches the name you specify. - Action **Get page info** Returns details of the connected Manychat page: its id, name, category, avatar, username, about text, description, Pro status and timezone. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every subscriber custom field defined on the Manychat page, with each field's id, name, type and description. - Action **List flows** Returns all automations (flows) on the connected Manychat page, along with the folders they are organized in. - Action **List tags** Returns every tag defined on your Manychat page, with each tag's id and name. - Action **Send flow** Sends one of your Manychat automations (flows) to a subscriber. - Action **Set bot field** Sets the value of a Manychat bot field (an account-wide field shared by all subscribers). - Action **Set Custom Field** Sets the value of one custom user field on a Manychat subscriber. - Trigger **New bill** Polls for newly created bills (accounts payable), most recent first. - Trigger **New customer** Polls for newly created customers, most recent first. - Trigger **New estimate** Fires when a new estimate is created in QuickBooks Online. - Trigger **New invoice** Polls for newly created invoices, most recent first. - Trigger **New or updated customer** Fires when a QuickBooks customer is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New or updated estimate** Fires when a QuickBooks estimate is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Fires when a QuickBooks invoice is created or edited — line items, amounts, due date, or status. - Trigger **New or updated item** Fires when a QuickBooks product or service item is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated vendor** Fires when a QuickBooks vendor is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New paid invoice** Polls for invoices that are fully paid (Balance = 0), most recently updated first. - Trigger **New payment** Polls for newly created customer payments, most recent first. - Action **Create account** Create an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts — name, account type, and detail type. - Action **Create bill** Creates a new bill (accounts payable) for a vendor with a single account-based line item. - Action **Create credit memo** Creates a new credit memo for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create customer** Creates a new customer in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Create estimate** Create a QuickBooks Online estimate (quote) for a customer. - Action **Create expense (purchase)** Creates a new expense (Purchase) paid from a bank/credit-card account with one account-based line. - Action **Create invoice** Creates a new invoice for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create item (product/service)** Creates a new product or service item. - Action **Create journal entry** Create a QuickBooks journal entry with balanced debit and credit lines against the chart of accounts. - Action **Create payment** Records a customer payment, optionally applied against a specific invoice. - Action **Create refund receipt** Creates a new refund receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create sales receipt** Creates a new sales receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create vendor** Creates a new vendor in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Delete bill** Permanently delete a QuickBooks bill by Id. - Action **Delete credit memo** Permanently delete a QuickBooks credit memo by Id. - Action **Delete estimate** Permanently delete a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Delete invoice** Permanently delete a QuickBooks invoice by Id. Unlike voiding, this removes the transaction entirely. - Action **Delete sales receipt** Permanently delete a QuickBooks sales receipt by Id. - Action **Find account by name** Look up an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts by its name. - Action **Find customer by name** Searches for a customer by display name and returns its Id and SyncToken. - Action **Find invoice by number** Look up a QuickBooks invoice by its document number (the invoice number customers see) rather than its internal Id. - Action **Find item by name** Look up a QuickBooks product or service item by its name. - Action **Find vendor by name** Look up a QuickBooks Online vendor by display name. - Action **Get bill balance** Returns the outstanding balance for a bill by its Id. - Action **Get customer by ID** Retrieves a single customer by its Id. - Action **Get estimate by ID** Retrieve a QuickBooks Online estimate by its ID. - Action **Get estimate PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Get invoice by ID** Retrieves a single invoice by its Id, including its balance. - Action **Get invoice PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks invoice by Id, for emailing or archiving. - Action **List accounts** List the accounts in the QuickBooks chart of accounts, with their type, detail type, and current balance. - Action **List attachments** List the files attached to a QuickBooks transaction or record, with their download links. - Action **List employees** List employees recorded in QuickBooks Online. - Action **List items** List products and services (items) defined in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Pay bill** Records a bill payment against a vendor bill, paid from the specified bank/credit-card account. - Action **Run query** Runs an arbitrary read-only QuickBooks Online query (QBO SQL-like syntax) and returns the raw QueryResponse. - Action **Send estimate** Email a QuickBooks Online estimate to the customer. - Action **Send invoice** Emails an invoice to the supplied email address (or the invoice's billing email if omitted). - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer (sparse update). Requires the customer Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Update estimate** Update an existing QuickBooks estimate by Id, changing only the fields supplied. - Action **Update invoice** Update an existing QuickBooks invoice by Id — a sparse update that changes only the fields supplied and leaves the rest of the invoice intact. - Action **Update item** Update an existing QuickBooks product or service item by Id — name, description, price, income account, or active flag. - Action **Update vendor** Update an existing QuickBooks vendor by Id — contact details, billing address, terms, or active flag. - Action **Upload attachment** Upload a file to QuickBooks and attach it to a transaction or record — a receipt on an expense, a contract on an invoice. - Action **Void invoice** Voids an existing invoice. Requires the invoice Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Void payment** Voids an existing customer payment. Requires the payment Id and current SyncToken. ## Each app on its own - [ **Manychat** Manychat is an all-in-one Messenger Marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/manychat) - [ **QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbooks-online) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Manychat - [ **Manychat to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/manychat-to-salesforce) - [ **Manychat to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Manychat's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New or Updated Custom Field. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in QuickBooks Online when something happens in Manychat? Any of QuickBooks Online's 45 actions, including Create account, Create bill, Create credit memo and Create customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from QuickBooks Online to Manychat? Yes. When something happens in QuickBooks Online, your agent can act in Manychat too. This page covers both directions: QuickBooks Online's triggers and Manychat's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Manychat or QuickBooks Online? 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 Manychat and QuickBooks Online 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.