Integration
Connect PaintScout and Stax
When Contact Created fires in PaintScout, your agent runs Create Customer in Stax, or List Payment in Stax to Add deal in PaintScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want PaintScout and Stax to do together?
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What PaintScout and Stax can do together
From PaintScout to Stax
When Contact Created in PaintScout
then Create Customer in Stax
From Stax to 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 Stax
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 42 actions
- Contact Created
Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout.
- Invoice Sent
Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent.
- Invoice Status Changed
Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status.
- Quote Status Changed
Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined.
- Quote Tag Added
Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag.
- Add company
Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags.
- Add deal
Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value.
- Add event
Creates a scheduled event (such as a consultation or production job) on a PaintScout deal.
- Add invoice item
Adds a line item to an existing PaintScout invoice, with its name, price, hours, quantity, notes, files and materials.
- Add note
Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note.
- Add quote item
Adds a line item to an existing PaintScout quote, with its price, hours, quantity, notes, files and materials.
- Add task
Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user.
- Create Contact
Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags.
- Create Invoice
Creates a new invoice in PaintScout, optionally with its contact, job address, line items, discount and tax, and returns the created invoice.
- Create Quote
Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags.
- Find companies
Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city.
- Find Contact
Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company.
- Find deals
Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source.
- Find Invoice
Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range.
- Find Quote
Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name.
- Get contact
Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags.
- 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.
- 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.
- Get quote
Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links.
- Update company
Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Update invoice
Updates an existing PaintScout invoice — its status, contact, line items, notes, terms, discount, tax and other details. Fields left blank are not changed.
- Update Quote
Updates an existing PaintScout quote, such as its status, contact, job address, notes, discount or tags, and returns the updated quote.
- Update task
Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status.
- List Payment
Triggers when a new payment transaction is recorded in Stax.
- Capture payment
Captures funds from a pre-authorized Stax transaction, turning the pre-authorization into a completed charge. Returns the updated transaction.
- Create Customer
Creates a customer record on the Stax merchant account and returns the new customer.
- Create Item
Creates an item in the merchant's Stax catalog and returns the new catalog item.
- Create Scheduled Invoice
Creates a scheduled invoice that automatically generates invoices for a customer on a one-time or recurring schedule, with optional autopay. Returns the new schedule.
- Delete Catalog Item
Deletes a catalog item from Stax.
- Delete payment method
Deletes a customer's saved payment method in Stax and returns the deleted payment method.
- Delete Scheduled Invoice
Deletes a recurring invoice schedule so it stops generating invoices.
- Find Customers
Searches your Stax customers by name, email, company, phone, address or other details and returns the matching customers.
- Find Invoices
Returns the invoices on the Stax merchant account that match the search criteria you supply, such as keywords, customer name, company, email, price, schedule or payment method.
- Find Items
Searches the merchant's catalog for items matching a name, code, price or other criteria and returns the matching items.
- Find Payment Methods
Returns all saved payment methods (cards and bank accounts) for a Stax customer.
- Find Payments
Returns the payments and other transactions on the merchant account that match the search criteria, such as keywords, customer, date range, amount, type or status.
- Make a Payment
Charges a customer's saved payment method for the amount you specify, or places a pre-authorization to capture later. Returns the resulting transaction.
- Refund payment
Refunds all or part of a settled Stax payment transaction back to the customer.
- Update customer
Updates an existing customer's contact details, address, notes and options in Stax, and returns the updated customer.
- Update invoice
Updates an existing unpaid invoice's customer, amounts, line items, memos and payment options, and returns the updated invoice. Fully paid invoices cannot be edited.
- Void payment
Voids a payment transaction in Stax before it settles, cancelling the charge.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
PaintScout and Stax, 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 Stax when something happens in PaintScout?
Any of Stax's 17 actions, including Create Customer, Create Item, Create Scheduled Invoice and Update customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Stax to PaintScout?
Yes. When something happens in Stax, your agent can act in PaintScout too. This page covers both directions: Stax's triggers and PaintScout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Stax?
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 Stax 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.