--- title: "Connect Paperless to UK Companies House - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document updated\" fires in Paperless, your agent runs \"Get filing history item\" in UK Companies House." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-uk-companies-house" --- # Connect Paperless to UK Companies House When **Document updated** fires in [Paperless](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless), your agent runs **Get filing history item** in [UK Companies House](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-companies-house). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Paperless **2** triggers Paperless **6** actions UK Companies House **12** 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 UK Companies House 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Paperless can start in UK Companies House - When **Document updated** in Paperless then **Get filing history item** in UK Companies House - When **New document created** in Paperless then **Find companies by name** in UK Companies House 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 UK Companies House ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 18 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 **Find companies by name** Returns UK companies whose name matches the search term, with company number, status and registered address. - Action **Find companies with advanced search** Returns UK companies matching advanced criteria such as name, status, type, location, SIC codes and incorporation or dissolution dates. - Action **Find officers by name** Searches Companies House for company officers whose name matches the search term. - Action **Get company insolvency** Returns the insolvency cases recorded against a UK company, including case types, dates and appointed practitioners. - Action **Get company profile** Returns the basic profile of a UK company: name, status, type, incorporation date, registered office address, SIC codes and filing details. - Action **Get filing history item** Returns a single filing history item for a company, such as an accounts or confirmation statement filing, including its date, category, description and document links. - Action **Get registered office address** Returns the current registered office address of a UK company registered with Companies House. - Action **List charges** Returns the list of charges (mortgages and securities) registered against a UK company. - Action **List company officers** Returns the officers (directors, secretaries, LLP members) of a UK company registered at Companies House. - Action **List filing history** Returns the filing history of a UK company — the documents it has filed with Companies House, such as accounts and confirmation statements. - Action **List officer appointments** Returns every company appointment held by a Companies House officer, such as directorships and secretary roles. - Action **List persons with significant control** Returns the persons with significant control (individuals, corporate entities and legal persons) registered for a UK company. ## Each app on its own - [ **Paperless** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless) - [ **UK Companies House** UK Companies House Data from the UK government](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-companies-house) 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. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in UK Companies House when something happens in Paperless? Any of UK Companies House's 12 actions, including Find companies by name, Find companies with advanced search, Find officers by name and Get company insolvency. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from UK Companies House to Paperless? UK Companies House has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Paperless. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads UK Companies House's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Paperless or UK Companies House? 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 UK Companies House 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.