--- title: "Connect Order Sender to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Client\" fires in Order Sender, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Order Sender to NGP VAN When **New Client** fires in [Order Sender](https://apiant.ai/connections/order-sender), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Order Sender **3** triggers Order Sender **22** actions NGP VAN **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 Order Sender and NGP VAN 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 Order Sender can start in NGP VAN - When **New Client** in Order Sender then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Order** in Order Sender then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN 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 Order Sender and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new customer is added to your Order Sender Business account. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is sent in Order Sender Business. Fires once per order line (article) of orders sent in the last 7 days. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is added to your Order Sender catalog. - Action **Delete Discount** Deletes a discount in Order Sender Business, identified by its customer and supplier codes and optionally its product or product category. - Action **Delete Payment Condition** Deletes a payment condition from Order Sender Business by its code. - Action **Delete Product** Deletes a product of a supplier by its product code. - Action **Delete Secondary Address** Deletes a customer's secondary address, identified by the customer code and the address name. - Action **Export Clients** Returns every customer in your Order Sender Business account, with contact details, address, tax data and assigned agents. - Action **Export Commissions** Returns the commission rules defined in Order Sender Business, optionally limited to one supplier. - Action **Export Discounts** Returns the discounts defined in Order Sender Business, optionally only those for one customer. - Action **Export Orders** Exports orders from Order Sender Business, optionally filtered by date range, order number range, supplier or specific order numbers. - Action **Export Payment Conditions** Returns the payment conditions defined in Order Sender, optionally limited to one supplier. - Action **Export Price Lists** Returns the price lists in your Order Sender account, with each product's price and discounts, optionally limited to one supplier. - Action **Export Products** Returns the products in your Order Sender account, optionally limited to one supplier. - Action **Export Secondary Addresses** Returns the secondary addresses (sedi) of your Order Sender customers, optionally only those of one customer. - Action **Export Suppliers** Returns every supplier in the Order Sender Business account with its code, name, contacts, address and commission settings. - Action **Import Client** Creates or updates a customer in Order Sender Business, matched by its unique customer code. - Action **Import Client Payment Condition** Assigns a payment condition to a customer in Order Sender Business, optionally scoped to a supplier. - Action **Import Commission** Imports a commission rate for a supplier, optionally limited to a product or product category, into Order Sender Business. - Action **Import Discount** Creates or updates a discount for a customer and supplier, optionally limited to a product or product category. - Action **Import Payment Condition** Creates or updates a payment condition in Order Sender by its code. - Action **Import Price List** Imports a product price into a supplier's price list in Order Sender, creating or updating the price list entry. - Action **Import Product** Creates or updates a product in the Order Sender catalog. - Action **Import Secondary Address** Creates or updates a secondary address (sede) for a customer in Order Sender Business. - Action **Import Supplier** Creates or updates a supplier in Order Sender Business, matched by its unique supplier code. - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **Order Sender** Order Sender is a Mobile Sales tool for Order Collection, designed for Sales Networks and Sales Agents.](https://apiant.ai/connections/order-sender) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Order Sender - [ **Order Sender to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-salesforce) - [ **Order Sender to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-slack) - [ **Order Sender to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-stripe) - [ **Order Sender to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-shopify) - [ **Order Sender to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Order Sender to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/order-sender-to-pipedrive) ## More into NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## Order Sender and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Order Sender? Any of Order Sender's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Client, New Order and New Product. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Order Sender? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Order Sender? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Order Sender. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Order Sender or NGP VAN? 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 Order Sender and NGP VAN 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.