--- title: "Connect Mendato to Frase - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in Mendato, your agent runs \"Add brief\" in Frase. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-frase" --- # Connect Mendato to Frase When **New Employee** fires in [Mendato](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato), your agent runs **Add brief** in [Frase](https://apiant.ai/connections/frase). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Mendato **2** triggers Mendato **25** actions Frase **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Mendato and Frase 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 Mendato can start in Frase - When **New Employee** in Mendato then **Add brief** in Frase - When **New Subcontractor** in Mendato then **Add topic cluster** in Frase 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 Mendato and Frase ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee is added in Mendato. Optional filters limit which employees fire the trigger. - Trigger **New Subcontractor** Triggers when a new subcontractor is added in Mendato. - Action **Add employee** Creates a new employee in Mendato. - Action **Add material** GraphQL mutation createMaterial. - Action **Add object** GraphQL mutation createObject (cleaning object/property). - Action **Add order** Creates a new order (Auftrag) for an object, with the services to perform, and optionally the materials used and the employees or subcontractors assigned. - Action **Add prospect** Creates a new prospect (potential customer) in Mendato, optionally with contact persons and a first prospect object. - Action **Add quote** GraphQL mutation createQuote. - Action **Add supplier** GraphQL mutation createSupplier. - Action **Add ticket** Creates a ticket (a complaint, extra request, material demand or damage report) for an object in Mendato. - Action **Add time record** Creates a time record for an employee in Mendato, with start and end time, optional journey start, break duration and the object (site) worked at. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note (Gutschrift) for a subcontractor in Mendato, with its line items, dates and texts. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer (person or company) in Mendato with address, contact and billing details. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice for a customer in Mendato, with its line items, dates and texts, optionally completing and sending it right away. - Action **Create Subcontractor** Creates a new subcontractor - Action **Find Customer** Returns up to 100 customers whose number, name, email address or contact person matches the search text. - Action **Find employees by criteria** Returns the employees that match the given criteria, such as name or personnel number, status, city or ZIP, supervisor or driving licence. - Action **Find invoices by criteria** Returns up to 100 invoices that match the search text, statuses, date ranges, payment state, customer, order, service or object you specify. - Action **Find Subcontractor** Returns up to 100 subcontractors whose number, name or other details match the search text. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer by id, including contact details, address, email addresses, tax details, note and tags. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order (Auftrag) by its id, including its object, status, dates, staffing requirements and services. - Action **Get prospect** Returns a single prospect (lead) by its id, with address, contact details, outcome and contact persons. - Action **Get Quote** Returns a single quote (Angebot) by its id, including its number, status, dates, customer or prospect, texts and line items. - Action **Get Supplier** Returns a single supplier (Lieferant) by its id, with name, address, contact and tax details. - Action **Get time record** Returns a single time record by its id, including its date, start and end times, breaks, employee and object. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, address, contact details and email addresses. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Add brief** Creates a Frase content brief from a completed research session. The brief is created with a pending status and its outline is generated in the background; if a brief already exists for the research session, that brief is returned instead. - Action **Add topic cluster** Creates a topic cluster in Frase, either org-wide or scoped to one of your sites. - Action **Add tracked prompt** Add a new prompt for Frase to track for AI visibility across AI answer engines. - Action **Analyze SERP** Analyzes the Google search results for a keyword, returning organic results, the AI Overview and its sources, People Also Ask questions, and related searches. - Action **Delete content** Moves a content article to the trash in Frase (soft delete). Trashed content can be restored later. - Action **Generate content** Starts generating an article from an existing Frase brief. Generation runs in the background; the returned content id can be used to check its progress. - Action **Get audit** Retrieve a site audit's details and summary, optionally including the audited pages. - Action **Get brief** Retrieve a Frase brief by its ID, including its outline sections. - Action **Get content** Retrieve a specific Frase content article by its ID, including its body, metadata, and SEO/GEO/E-E-A-T scores. - Action **Get research** Retrieve a specific Frase research session by its ID, including its status, summary, findings, sources and type-specific research data. - Action **List sites** Lists the websites associated with your Frase organization. - Action **List topic clusters** Lists the organization's topic clusters, optionally limited to one site. - Action **Start audit** Start a new site audit on one of your Frase sites. - Action **Start research** Start AI-powered research on a topic in Frase. Research runs asynchronously; the returned research id can be used to check progress and read the results. - Action **Update brief** Update a Frase brief's metadata (topic, keywords, content type, intent, word count, tone, audience, guardrails) and/or replace its outline. - Action **Update content** Updates a Frase content article's title, body, status, SEO metadata, or target keywords. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Mendato** Mendato is a cloud-based software for cleaning companies that manages staff, shifts, time tracking, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato) - [ **Frase** SEO content platform that researches, drafts, optimizes, and publishes articles and tracks AI search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/frase) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Mendato - [ **Mendato to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-salesforce) - [ **Mendato to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-slack) - [ **Mendato to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-stripe) - [ **Mendato to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-shopify) - [ **Mendato to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Mendato to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-pipedrive) ## More into Frase - [ **HubSpot to Frase** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-frase) - [ **Salesforce to Frase** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-frase) - [ **Slack to Frase** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-frase) - [ **Google Sheets to Frase** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-frase) - [ **Gmail to Frase** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-frase) - [ **Google Calendar to Frase** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-frase) Questions ## Mendato and Frase, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Mendato? Any of Mendato's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Employee and New Subcontractor. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Frase when something happens in Mendato? Any of Frase's 16 actions, including Update brief, Update content, Add brief and Add topic cluster. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Frase to Mendato? Frase has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Mendato. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Frase's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Mendato or Frase? 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 Mendato and Frase 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.