--- title: "Connect Method CRM and Smartsheet via API Token - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Activity\" fires in Method CRM, your agent runs \"Add rows\" in Smartsheet via API Token." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-smartsheet-via-api-token" --- # Connect Method CRM and Smartsheet via API Token When **New Activity** fires in [Method CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/method-crm), your agent runs **Add rows** in [Smartsheet via API Token](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token), or **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token to **Add Contact to Existing Entity** 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 Smartsheet via API Token **9** triggers Smartsheet via API Token **94** 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 Smartsheet via API Token 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 Method CRM and Smartsheet via API Token can do together ### From Method CRM to Smartsheet via API Token - When **New Activity** in Method CRM then **Add rows** in Smartsheet via API Token - When **New Contact** in Method CRM then **Create a discussion on a row** in Smartsheet via API Token ### From Smartsheet via API Token to Method CRM - When **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add Contact to Existing Entity** in Method CRM - When **New row** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add Customer or Customer Lead (QuickBooks Only)** 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 Smartsheet via API Token ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 108 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 **List contacts** List contacts - Trigger **List dashboards** List dashboards - Trigger **List org groups** List org groups - Trigger **List reports** List reports - Trigger **List sheets** List sheets - Trigger **List workspaces** List workspaces - Trigger **New favorite** Triggers when a new item is added to your favorites. - Trigger **New row** Polling trigger: fires when a new row is added to the specified sheet. Each row carries a stable id for deduplication. - Trigger **New search result** Triggers when a new item matches your search query. - Action **Add columns** Add columns - Action **Add favorites** Add favorites - Action **Add image to cell** Add image to cell - Action **Add rows** Add one or more rows to a sheet. Provide an array of row objects with cells. - Action **Add summary fields** Add summary fields - Action **Attach file or URL to comment** Attach file or URL to comment - Action **Attach file or URL to row** Attach file or URL to row - Action **Attach file or URL to sheet** Attach file or URL to sheet - Action **Attach new version** Attach new version - Action **Copy folder** Copy folder - Action **Copy rows to another sheet** Copy rows to another sheet - Action **Copy sheet** Copy sheet - Action **Copy workspace** Copy workspace - Action **Create a comment** Create a comment - Action **Create a discussion on a row** Create a discussion on a row - Action **Create an update request** Create an update request - Action **Create cross-sheet references** Create cross-sheet references - Action **Create discussion** Create discussion - Action **Create folder** Create a folder in the user's Home. - Action **Create folder in workspace** Create folder in workspace - Action **Create proof** Create proof - Action **Create proof discussion** Create proof discussion - Action **Create proof request** Create proof request - Action **Create sheet** Creates a new sheet with the given name and columns in the user's home "Sheets" area. To create a sheet inside a specific folder or workspace, use Create sheet in folder or Create sheet in workspace. - Action **Create sheet in folder** Create sheet in folder - Action **Create sheet in workspace** Create sheet in workspace - Action **Create workspace** Create workspace - Action **Delete a comment** Delete a comment - Action **Delete a discussion** Delete a discussion - Action **Delete an update request** Delete an update request - Action **Delete attachment** Delete attachment - Action **Delete column** Delete column - Action **Delete favorites** Removes one or more objects of a given type from the user's Smartsheet favorites. Accepts a single object ID or a comma-separated list. - Action **Delete folder** Delete folder - Action **Delete report** Delete report - Action **Delete rows** Delete rows - Action **Delete sent update request** Delete sent update request - Action **Delete sheet** Delete a sheet by id. - Action **Delete summary fields** Delete summary fields - Action **Delete workspace** Delete workspace - Action **Edit a comment** Edit a comment - Action **Get a comment** Get a comment - Action **Get an update request** Get an update request - Action **Get attachment** Get attachment - Action **Get column** Get column - Action **Get contact** Get contact - Action **Get cross-sheet reference** Get cross-sheet reference - Action **Get discussion** Get discussion - Action **Get folder metadata** Get folder metadata - Action **Get proof** Get proof - Action **Get report** Get report - Action **Get row** Get a single row from a sheet by row id. - Action **Get sent update request** Get sent update request - Action **Get sheet** Get a sheet by id, including its rows and columns. - Action **Get sheet summary** Get sheet summary - Action **Get summary fields** Get summary fields - Action **Get user** Get user - Action **Get workspace** Retrieves a Smartsheet workspace by ID, including its sheets, folders, reports, sights, templates, permalink, and access level. - Action **Is favorite** Is favorite - Action **List attachments** List attachments - Action **List columns** List all columns of a sheet. - Action **List contents** List contents - Action **List cross-sheet references** List cross-sheet references - Action **List discussion attachments** List discussion attachments - Action **List discussions** List discussions - Action **List discussions with a row** List discussions with a row - Action **List folder children** List folder children - Action **List folders** List the folders in the user's Home. - Action **List proof attachments** List proof attachments - Action **List proofs** List proofs - Action **List row attachments** List row attachments - Action **List sheet rows** Convenience read: returns the rows of a sheet (the full sheet object with rows and columns). - Action **List sheets** List all sheets the user has access to. - Action **Lists sent update requests** Lists sent update requests - Action **List update requests** List update requests - Action **List workspace children** List workspace children - Action **List workspaces** List all workspaces the user has access to. - Action **Move folder** Move folder - Action **Move rows to another sheet** Move rows to another sheet - Action **Move sheet** Move sheet - Action **Search** Search across all sheets the user can access for the given text. - Action **Search sheet** Search a specific sheet for the given text. - Action **Send report via email** Send report via email - Action **Send rows via email** Send rows via email - Action **Send sheet via email** Send sheet via email - Action **Sort rows in sheet** Sort rows in sheet - Action **Update an update request** Update an update request - Action **Update column** Update column - Action **Update folder** Update folder - Action **Update proof status** Update proof status - Action **Update rows** Update one or more existing rows in a sheet. Provide an array of row objects each with an id and cells. - Action **Update sheet** Update sheet - Action **Update summary fields** Update summary fields - Action **Update workspace** Update workspace ## 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) - [ **Smartsheet via API Token** Smartsheet is a work management and collaboration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-slack) - [ **Method CRM to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-stripe) - [ **Method CRM to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-shopify) - [ **Method CRM to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Method CRM to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/method-crm-to-pipedrive) ## More into Smartsheet via API Token - [ **Emailchef to Smartsheet via API Token** Emailchef is an email marketing platform that allows you to create, send and analyze mass emails and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **HubSpot to Smartsheet via API Token** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Salesforce to Smartsheet via API Token** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Google Sheets to Smartsheet via API Token** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Google Drive to Smartsheet via API Token** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Mailchimp to Smartsheet via API Token** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) Questions ## Method CRM and Smartsheet via API Token, 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 Smartsheet via API Token when something happens in Method CRM? Any of Smartsheet via API Token's 94 actions, including Create a comment, Create a discussion on a row, Create an update request and Create cross-sheet references. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Smartsheet via API Token to Method CRM? Yes. When something happens in Smartsheet via API Token, your agent can act in Method CRM too. This page covers both directions: Smartsheet via API Token's triggers and Method CRM's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Method CRM or Smartsheet via API Token? 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 Smartsheet via API Token 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.