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title: "Connect Mendato and Quaderno - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in Mendato, your agent runs \"Add invoice payment\" in Quaderno, or \"New Contact\" in Quaderno to \"Add order\" in Mendato."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-quaderno"
---

# Connect Mendato and Quaderno

When **New Employee** fires in [Mendato](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato), your agent runs **Add invoice payment** in [Quaderno](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno), or **New Contact** in Quaderno to **Add order** in Mendato. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Mendato **2** triggers Mendato **25** actions Quaderno **3** triggers Quaderno **24** 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 Quaderno 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 and Quaderno can do together

### From Mendato to Quaderno

- When **New Employee** in Mendato then **Add invoice payment** in Quaderno
- When **New Subcontractor** in Mendato then **Create Contact** in Quaderno

### From Quaderno to Mendato

- When **New Contact** in Quaderno then **Add order** in Mendato
- When **New Invoice** in Quaderno then **Add ticket** in Mendato

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 Quaderno

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 49 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.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggers when a new invoice is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Sale**

Triggers when a new sale is recorded in Quaderno, i.e. a new invoice or receipt is created.

- Action

**Add invoice payment**

Records a payment against a Quaderno invoice. When total payments reach the invoice amount, the invoice is marked as paid.

- Action

**Add product**

Creates a new product in Quaderno that can be used as a line item on invoices, credit notes and expenses.

- Action

**Add receipt**

Creates a paid receipt in Quaderno for a completed sale, with its customer, line items and payment method.

- Action

**Calculate tax rate**

Calculates the tax rate and tax amount that applies to a sale for a given customer location and product type.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact (customer or vendor) in Quaderno and returns the created contact.

- Action

**Create Estimate**

Creates an estimate (proforma) in Quaderno for a customer, with line items, dates and notes.

- Action

**Create Expense**

Creates an expense in Quaderno for a vendor, with its line items, and returns the new expense.

- Action

**Create Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer with line items; optionally records full payment so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Paid Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer and records a full payment against it, so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Sale**

Records a sale in Quaderno, which calculates taxes and issues the matching invoice or receipt for the customer.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Permanently deletes a contact (customer or vendor) from your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds contacts whose name, email or tax ID matches the search text, or whose payment-processor ID matches.

- Action

**Find Sale**

Finds sales (invoices) by invoice number, customer name or PO number, payment processor transaction id, customer, state or issue date range, and returns the matches.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single Quaderno contact (customer or vendor) by its ID.

- Action

**Get Estimate**

Returns a single estimate (proforma) by its id, including its number, customer, line items, taxes and totals.

- Action

**Get Expense**

Returns the details of an existing expense in your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Returns a single invoice by its id, including number, contact, line items, taxes, totals and payments.

- Action

**Get product**

Returns a single product (item) from your Quaderno account by its id, including its name, code, price and tax settings.

- Action

**Get Receipt**

Returns a receipt by its id, including number, totals, taxes, contact and payment details.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing Quaderno contact. Fields left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update invoice**

Updates the editable fields of an existing invoice: PO number, tags, payment details, notes, custom metadata and billing address.

- Action

**Update product**

Updates an existing product in Quaderno. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Validate tax ID**

Checks whether a customer's tax ID (EU/UK VAT, ABN, NZBN, QST, Swiss UID) is valid and belongs to a real business.

- Action

**Void invoice**

Voids an existing invoice in Quaderno and returns the voided invoice.

## 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)
- [ **Quaderno** Quaderno is a tax software that handles sales tax, VAT, and GST for your online business.](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Mendato to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-shopify)
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- [ **Mendato to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-pipedrive)

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- [ **Mailchimp to Quaderno** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-quaderno)

Questions

## Mendato and Quaderno, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Quaderno when something happens in Mendato?

Any of Quaderno's 24 actions, including Create Contact, Create Estimate, Create Expense and Create Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Quaderno to Mendato?

Yes. When something happens in Quaderno, your agent can act in Mendato too. This page covers both directions: Quaderno's triggers and Mendato's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Mendato or Quaderno?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Mendato and Quaderno 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
