--- title: "Connect Paperless to Base44 - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document updated\" fires in Paperless, your agent runs \"Update Entity Record\" in Base44." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-base44" --- # Connect Paperless to Base44 When **Document updated** fires in [Paperless](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless), your agent runs **Update Entity Record** in [Base44](https://apiant.ai/connections/base44). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Paperless **2** triggers Paperless **6** actions Base44 **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Paperless and Base44 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 Paperless can start in Base44 - When **Document updated** in Paperless then **Update Entity Record** in Base44 - When **New document created** in Paperless then **Find Entity Record** in Base44 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 Paperless and Base44 ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 11 actions - Trigger **Document updated** Fires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event. - Trigger **New document created** Fires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event. - Action **Create Document (From Template)** Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away. - Action **Delete Document** Permanently delete a document by ID. - Action **Get Document** Retrieves a single Paperless document by its id. - Action **Get Template** Retrieves a single Paperless template by its id. - Action **List Templates** List all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document. - Action **Update Document** Updates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched. - Action **Create Entity** Creates a new record in a Base44 entity. You supply the app ID, the entity name, and the record's field values as a JSON object; it returns the created record including its ID. - Action **Delete Entity Record** Deletes one record from a Base44 entity by its ID. Returns the delete confirmation from Base44. - Action **Find Entity Record** Finds the first record in a Base44 entity that matches a search filter. Returns the matching record and its ID, or an empty result when nothing matches. - Action **List Entity Records** Returns records from a Base44 entity, with optional sorting and paging. Use it to pull a list of rows such as tasks or customers out of a Base44 app. - Action **Update Entity Record** Updates one record in a Base44 entity. You supply the app ID, entity name, record ID, and a JSON object of just the fields you want to change; it returns the updated record. ## Each app on its own - [ **Paperless** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless) - [ **Base44** Base44 is a platform that allows non-technical people to build their own Apps using AI.](https://apiant.ai/connections/base44) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Paperless - [ **Paperless to Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Paperless to Metropolitan Museum of Art** The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API exposes the museum's open-access catalogue of more than four...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-metropolitan-museum-of-art) - [ **Paperless to ZUGFeRD & XRechnung by InvoiceXML** ZUGFeRD & XRechnung by InvoiceXML is a German e-invoice compliance service for creating, validating...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-zugferd-xrechnung-by-invoicexml) - [ **Paperless to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-salesforce) - [ **Paperless to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-slack) - [ **Paperless to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-stripe) ## More into Base44 - [ **QuickBooks Online to Base44** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-base44) - [ **Trello to Base44** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-base44) - [ **JIRA to Base44** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-base44) - [ **Brevo to Base44** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-base44) - [ **Lexware Office to Base44** Lexware Office is a cloud app for german accounting.](https://apiant.ai/connect/lexware-office-to-base44) - [ **Oracle Database to Base44** Connect directly to an Oracle database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/oracle-database-to-base44) Questions ## Paperless and Base44, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Paperless? Any of Paperless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Document updated and New document created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Base44 when something happens in Paperless? Any of Base44's 5 actions, including Create Entity, Update Entity Record, Find Entity Record and List Entity Records. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Base44 to Paperless? Base44 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Paperless. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Base44's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Paperless or Base44? 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 Paperless and Base44 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.