--- title: "Connect Mendato to TaxJar - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in Mendato, your agent runs \"Create a Customer\" in TaxJar." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-taxjar" --- # Connect Mendato to TaxJar When **New Employee** fires in [Mendato](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato), your agent runs **Create a Customer** in [TaxJar](https://apiant.ai/connections/taxjar). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Mendato **2** triggers Mendato **25** actions TaxJar **20** 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 TaxJar 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 TaxJar - When **New Employee** in Mendato then **Create a Customer** in TaxJar - When **New Subcontractor** in Mendato then **Create an Order Transaction** in TaxJar 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 TaxJar ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 45 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 **Calculate Sales Tax for an Order** Works out the sales tax due on an order from the ship-from and ship-to addresses, the order amount and its line items. - Action **Create a Customer** Creates a customer in TaxJar with their exemption type and the regions the exemption applies to. - Action **Create an Order Transaction** Records a completed order in TaxJar so it counts towards your sales tax reporting. - Action **Create a Refund Transaction** Records a refund against an existing order in TaxJar so your sales tax reporting stays accurate. - Action **Get Two-Letter ISO Code for Region** Looks up the two-letter code for a state, province or country by name, using TaxJar's own list of regions. - Action **List Categories** Returns TaxJar's product categories and the tax code to use for each one. - Action **List Customers** Returns the IDs of every customer in your TaxJar account. - Action **List Nexus Regions** Returns the states, provinces and countries where your TaxJar account has nexus and must collect tax. - Action **List Orders** Returns the IDs of the orders recorded in TaxJar, optionally limited to a date or date range. - Action **List Refunds** Returns the IDs of the refunds recorded in TaxJar, optionally limited to a date or date range. - Action **Rates for Location** Returns the sales tax rates that apply at a location, broken down by state, county and city. - Action **Show a Customer** Returns one customer from TaxJar, including their exemption type and exempt regions. - Action **Show Order** Returns one order recorded in TaxJar, including its addresses, totals and line items. - Action **Show Refund** Returns one refund recorded in TaxJar, including the order it applies to and the amounts refunded. - Action **Summarize Tax Rates for All Regions** Returns the minimum and average sales tax rate for every state, province and country TaxJar covers. - Action **Update a Customer** Updates a customer in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed. - Action **Update an Order Transaction** Updates an order already recorded in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed. - Action **Update a Refund Transaction** Updates a refund already recorded in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed. - Action **Validate an Address** Checks a US address and returns TaxJar's corrected version of it, so tax is worked out on a clean address. - Action **Validate a VAT Number** Checks whether a VAT number is valid and returns the business name and address registered against it. ## 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) - [ **TaxJar** TaxJar’s award-winning solution makes it easy to automate sales tax management, reporting and filing.](https://apiant.ai/connections/taxjar) 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 TaxJar - [ **HubSpot to TaxJar** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-taxjar) - [ **Salesforce to TaxJar** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-taxjar) - [ **Slack to TaxJar** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-taxjar) - [ **Google Sheets to TaxJar** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-taxjar) - [ **Gmail to TaxJar** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-taxjar) - [ **Google Calendar to TaxJar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-taxjar) Questions ## Mendato and TaxJar, 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 TaxJar when something happens in Mendato? Any of TaxJar's 20 actions, including Create a Customer, Create an Order Transaction, Create a Refund Transaction and Update a Customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TaxJar to Mendato? TaxJar has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Mendato. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TaxJar's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Mendato or TaxJar? 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 TaxJar 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.