Integration
Connect Method CRM to Shift4
When New Activity fires in Method CRM, your agent runs Add customer in Shift4. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Method CRM and Shift4 to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Method CRM can start in Shift4
When New Activity in Method CRM
then Add customer in Shift4
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 Shift4
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 35 actions
- New Activity
Triggers when a new activity is added in Method CRM.
- New Contact
Triggers when a new contact is added in Method CRM.
- New Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Triggers when a new customer or customer lead is added to a QuickBooks-synced Method account.
- 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.
- New Opportunity
Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Method CRM.
- New Vendor
Triggers when a new vendor is added in Method CRM.
- Add Activity
Creates an activity record in your Method CRM account, using the fields your Activity table defines (including custom fields).
- Add Contact to Existing Entity
Creates a contact in Method CRM linked to an existing customer, vendor or lead.
- Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Creates a customer or customer lead in a QuickBooks-synced Method CRM account.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add Opportunity
Creates a new opportunity in your Method CRM account.
- Delete record
Deletes a record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or activity.
- Find Contact
Finds contacts in Method CRM matching your filter criteria, such as an email or name, and returns up to 100 matching contacts.
- Find Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)
Finds customers or customer leads in a QuickBooks-synced Method account by name, returning the matching records.
- Find Customer/Vendor or Customer/Vendor Lead (Xero Only)
Finds customers, vendors, or customer/vendor leads by name in a Xero-synced Method account.
- Find records by criteria
Finds records in a Method CRM table that match your filter criteria, returning up to 100 matches.
- Find Vendor
Finds vendors in your Method account that match the criteria you give, returning the first match and the full list of matches.
- Get record
Returns one record from a Method CRM table, such as a contact, customer or invoice, by its record ID.
- Update record
Updates the chosen fields of an existing record in any Method table, such as a contact, customer or invoice.
- Add card
Saves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details.
- Add charge
Creates a new charge to a customer or card.
- Add customer
Creates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card.
- Add plan
Creates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to.
- Add refund
Refunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged.
- Add subscription
Creates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan.
- Delete card
Deletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default.
- Delete customer
Deletes an existing Shift4 customer.
- Delete plan
Deletes a plan by ID.
- Delete subscription
Cancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID.
- Get charge
Fetches a charge by ID.
- Get customer
Fetches a customer by ID.
- Get dispute
Fetches a dispute by ID.
- Get plan
Fetches a plan by ID.
- Get refund
Retrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id.
- Get subscription
Fetches a subscription by ID.
- List cards
Lists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first.
- List refunds
Returns all refunds.
- Update charge
Updates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged.
- Update customer
Updates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
- Update subscription
Updates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Method CRM and Shift4, answered
What can start an automation from Method CRM?
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 Shift4 when something happens in Method CRM?
Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Shift4 to Method CRM?
Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Method CRM. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Method CRM or Shift4?
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 Shift4 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.