--- title: "Connect Orderspace to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in Orderspace, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Orderspace to NGP VAN When **New Customer** fires in [Orderspace](https://apiant.ai/connections/orderspace), 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. Orderspace **10** triggers Orderspace **19** 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 Orderspace 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 Orderspace can start in NGP VAN - When **New Customer** in Orderspace then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Dispatch** in Orderspace 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 Orderspace and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 39 actions - 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. - 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 - [ **Orderspace** Orderspace is the easy way to take wholesale orders online](https://apiant.ai/connections/orderspace) - [ **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 Orderspace - [ **Orderspace to change.photos** change.photos is an API for streamlined image transformations - resize, compress, sharpen, blur, and rotate...](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-change-photos) - [ **Orderspace to Coinlore** Free public API for real-time cryptocurrency prices, market cap, volume, and exchange data across thousands...](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-coinlore) - [ **Orderspace to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-salesforce) - [ **Orderspace to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-slack) - [ **Orderspace to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-stripe) - [ **Orderspace to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/orderspace-to-shopify) ## 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 ## Orderspace and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Orderspace? Any of Orderspace's 10 triggers in the catalog, including New Customer, New Dispatch, New Invoice and New Order. 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 Orderspace? 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 Orderspace? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Orderspace. 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 Orderspace 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 Orderspace 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.