--- title: "Connect OwnerRez to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New inquiry\" fires in OwnerRez, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect OwnerRez to NGP VAN When **New inquiry** fires in [OwnerRez](https://apiant.ai/connections/ownerrez), 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. OwnerRez **2** triggers OwnerRez **16** 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 OwnerRez 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 OwnerRez can start in NGP VAN - When **New inquiry** in OwnerRez then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New payment** in OwnerRez 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 OwnerRez and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New inquiry** Triggers when a new inquiry is received in OwnerRez. - Trigger **New payment** Triggers when a new payment is recorded on a booking in OwnerRez. - Action **Add guest** Creates a new guest in OwnerRez with their name, contact details and marketing preferences. - Action **Add message** Posts a new message to an existing OwnerRez guest message thread, optionally with an image attachment. - Action **Add quote** Creates a quote for a guest's stay at a property, with optional charge generation, date hold and guest email. - Action **Add Tag** Adds a tag to a booking, guest, property, quote, inquiry, owner or blocked-off time in OwnerRez. - Action **Booking Lookup** Returns a single OwnerRez booking by its ID, including dates, guest, property, charges, totals, tags and custom field values. - Action **Create Guest Updated Webhook Subscription** Subscribes a URL to receive a webhook whenever a guest (contact) is updated in OwnerRez. - Action **Delete guest** Removes a guest from your OwnerRez account. - Action **Guest Lookup** Finds guests matching a search term (name, email or phone), optionally narrowed by created date or stay dates. - Action **List bookings** Returns bookings matching your filters — by property, stay dates, status, or bookings changed since a given time. - Action **List inquiries** Returns the inquiries in your OwnerRez account, optionally filtered to specific properties or to inquiries created or changed since a date. - Action **List payments** Returns the payments recorded in your OwnerRez account, optionally only those for one booking or those created or changed since a given date. - Action **List properties** Returns the properties in your OwnerRez account, optionally filtered by status, availability dates or payment method. - Action **Modify Booking** Updates an existing OwnerRez booking — dates, guest counts, check-in/out times, guest, property, notes and type. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Property Lookup** Returns a single OwnerRez property by its ID, including its address, capacity, rules, tags and custom field values. - Action **Remove Tag** Removes a tag, by name, from an OwnerRez booking, guest, property or other record. - Action **Update guest** Updates an existing guest in OwnerRez, changing only the details you fill in. - 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 - [ **OwnerRez** OwnerRez is internationally recognized as a leader in the vacation rental industry for channel management...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ownerrez) - [ **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 OwnerRez - [ **OwnerRez to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-salesforce) - [ **OwnerRez to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-slack) - [ **OwnerRez to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-stripe) - [ **OwnerRez to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-shopify) - [ **OwnerRez to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **OwnerRez to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ownerrez-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 ## OwnerRez and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from OwnerRez? Any of OwnerRez's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New inquiry and New payment. 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 OwnerRez? 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 OwnerRez? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in OwnerRez. 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 OwnerRez 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 OwnerRez 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.