--- title: "Connect PaintScout and Roam - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Send Channel Message\" in Roam, or \"New Recording\" in Roam to \"Add deal\" in PaintScout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-roam" --- # Connect PaintScout and Roam When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Send Channel Message** in [Roam](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam), or **New Recording** in Roam to **Add deal** in PaintScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions Roam **6** triggers Roam **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PaintScout and Roam 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 PaintScout and Roam can do together ### From PaintScout to Roam - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Send Channel Message** in Roam - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Send Direct Message** in Roam ### From Roam to PaintScout - When **New Recording** in Roam then **Add deal** in PaintScout - When **New Transcript** in Roam then **Add task** in PaintScout 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 PaintScout and Roam ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. - Trigger **Lobby Booked** Triggers when a lobby is booked. - Trigger **New Recording** Triggers when a new meeting recording is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **New Transcript** Triggers when a new transcript is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **On-Air: Event Created** Triggers when a new On-Air event is created. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest Added** Triggers when a guest is added to an On-Air event. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest RSVP Changed** Triggers when a guest changes their RSVP status on an On-Air event. - Action **Create Meeting Link** Creates a new Roam meeting link and returns its ID and shareable URL. Optionally set the host's email and the meeting's start and end times. - Action **Find User by Email** Looks up a member of your Roam organization by their email address and returns their profile, including user ID, name, photo and admin status. - Action **On-Air: Add Guest** Adds a guest to a Roam On-Air event by email, optionally setting their name, phone and RSVP status, and returns the created guest. - Action **On-Air: Find Event** Returns the On-Air events whose title contains the text you search for, taken from your most recent events. Returns an empty list when nothing matches. - Action **Send Channel Message** Posts a message to a Roam channel and returns the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. - Action **Send Direct Message** Sends a direct message to one person in Roam and returns the conversation ID plus the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **Roam** Send notifications to Roam, your Cloud HQ.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PaintScout - [ **PaintScout to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-salesforce) - [ **PaintScout to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-slack) - [ **PaintScout to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-stripe) - [ **PaintScout to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-shopify) - [ **PaintScout to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PaintScout to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-pipedrive) ## More into Roam - [ **HubSpot to Roam** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-roam) - [ **Slack to Roam** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-roam) - [ **Google Sheets to Roam** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-roam) - [ **Gmail to Roam** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-roam) - [ **Google Drive to Roam** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-roam) - [ **Mailchimp to Roam** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-roam) Questions ## PaintScout and Roam, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PaintScout? Any of PaintScout's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Invoice Status Changed, Quote Status Changed and Quote Tag Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Roam when something happens in PaintScout? Any of Roam's 6 actions, including Create Meeting Link, Send Channel Message, Send Direct Message and Find User by Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Roam to PaintScout? Yes. When something happens in Roam, your agent can act in PaintScout too. This page covers both directions: Roam's triggers and PaintScout's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Roam? 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 PaintScout and Roam 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.