--- title: "Connect Method CRM and Orderspace - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Activity\" fires in Method CRM, your agent runs \"Add invoice\" in Orderspace." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-orderspace" --- # Connect Method CRM and Orderspace When **New Activity** fires in [Method CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm), your agent runs **Add invoice** in [Orderspace](https://apiant.ai/connections/orderspace), or **New Customer** in Orderspace to **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in Method CRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Method CRM **6** triggers Method CRM **14** actions Orderspace **10** triggers Orderspace **19** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Method CRM and Orderspace 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 Method CRM and Orderspace can do together ### From Method CRM to Orderspace - When **New Activity** in Method CRM then **Add invoice** in Orderspace - When **New Contact** in Method CRM then **Create Customer** in Orderspace ### From Orderspace to Method CRM - When **New Customer** in Orderspace then **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** in Method CRM - When **New Dispatch** in Orderspace then **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in Method CRM 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 Method CRM and Orderspace ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 33 actions - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Triggers when a new customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead is added in a Xero-synced Method account. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM. - Action **Add Activity** Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields). - Action **Add Contact to Existing Entity** Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead. - Action **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account. - Action **Add Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Creates a customer/vendor or customer/vendor lead in a Method CRM account synced with Xero. - Action **Add Generic Entry** Creates a new record (entry) in any Method CRM table, using the field values you supply, and returns the new record's id. - Action **Add Opportunity** Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account. - Action **Delete record** Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts. - Action **Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records. - Action **Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)** Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account. - Action **Find records by criteria** Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Get record** Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID. - Action **Update record** Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice. - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created in Orderspace. - Trigger **New Dispatch** Triggers when items on an Orderspace order are dispatched. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is created in Orderspace. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in Orderspace. - Trigger **New Payment** Triggers when a payment is made or recorded on an Orderspace invoice. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created in Orderspace. - Trigger **Updated Customer** Triggers when a customer is updated in Orderspace, returning the customer record with the updates applied. - Trigger **Updated Inventory Level** Triggers when the stock on hand or available quantity of a product variant changes in Orderspace. - Trigger **Updated Order** Triggered when an order is changed. Watches the 200 most recently created orders. - Trigger **Updated Product** Triggers when a product is updated in Orderspace, returning the product with the updates applied. - Action **Add invoice** Creates an invoice in Orderspace for one or more of a customer's orders. - Action **Add product** Creates a new product with its variants, prices and categories in Orderspace. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer (a company that places orders) in Orderspace, with its buyer login, contact emails and address. - Action **Create Dispatch** Creates a dispatch for an order, marking the given items as shipped and reducing stock on hand. The order becomes fulfilled once all its items are dispatched. - Action **Create Order** Creates an order for an existing customer, with product, custom and shipping lines. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes a customer from your Orderspace site. - Action **Delete order** Deletes an order in Orderspace. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product (and its variants) from your Orderspace catalog. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single Orderspace customer by its ID, including buyers, addresses, email addresses and assigned price list, payment terms and customer group. - Action **Get dispatch** Returns a single dispatch (the fulfilled items of an order) by its ID, including shipping address and dispatch lines. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single invoice by its ID, including its lines, orders, billing address and payments. - Action **Get order** Returns a single Orderspace order by its ID, including customer details, addresses, order lines and totals. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product by its ID, including its variants, prices, categories and images. - Action **List customers** Returns a list of customers, most recently created first, optionally filtered by company name, buyer email, status, reference, payment terms, group or price list. - Action **List inventory levels** Returns stock levels (on hand and available quantities) for product variants, optionally filtered by product, SKU, or created/updated date. - Action **List orders** Returns orders from your Orderspace site, most recently created first, optionally filtered by date, number, status, reference, customer or standing order. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing Orderspace customer. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Inventory Level** Sets the on-hand or available stock quantity for a product variant, identified by its SKU. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in Orderspace, including its details, variants, categories and images. Fields left blank stay unchanged. ## Each app on its own - [ **Method CRM** Method CRM™ is a QuickBooks CRM that streamlines your business from lead to repeat and everything in between.](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm) - [ **Orderspace** Orderspace is the easy way to take wholesale orders online](https://apiant.ai/connections/orderspace) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Method CRM - [ **Method CRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-salesforce) - [ **Method CRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Method CRM's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Activity, New Contact, New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only) and New Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Orderspace when something happens in Method CRM? Any of Orderspace's 19 actions, including Create Customer, Create Dispatch, Create Order and Update customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Orderspace to Method CRM? Yes. When something happens in Orderspace, your agent can act in Method CRM too. This page covers both directions: Orderspace's triggers and Method CRM's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Method CRM or Orderspace? 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 Method CRM and Orderspace 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.