--- title: "Connect Pipedrive to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Activity\" fires in Pipedrive, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Pipedrive to NGP VAN When **New Activity** fires in [Pipedrive](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipedrive), 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. Pipedrive **7** triggers Pipedrive **35** 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 Pipedrive 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 Pipedrive can start in NGP VAN - When **New Activity** in Pipedrive then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Deal** in Pipedrive 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 Pipedrive and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 55 actions - Trigger **Deal Won** Triggers when a deal is marked as won in Pipedrive. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is created. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal is created. - Trigger **New lead** Triggers when a new lead is added in Pipedrive. - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when a new organization is added. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person (contact) is added. - Trigger **New Person (with Custom Fields and Labels)** Triggered when a new person (contact) is added. Includes custom fields and labels. - Action **Add product** Creates a new product in your Pipedrive products catalog, with optional prices, tax, unit and custom field values. - Action **Create Activity** Creates a new activity (call, meeting, task, etc.). - Action **Create Deal** Adds a new deal to Pipedrive. Returns the created deal. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead. Returns the created lead. - Action **Create Note** Adds a new note to a deal, person, or organization. - Action **Create Organization** Adds a new organization. Returns the created organization. - Action **Create Person** Adds a new person (contact). Returns the created person. - Action **Delete Activity** Marks an activity as deleted. - Action **Delete Deal** Marks a deal as deleted. - Action **Delete Organization** Marks an organization as deleted. - Action **Delete Person** Marks a person as deleted. - Action **Get Activity** Returns the details of one Pipedrive activity by its ID, including its subject, type, due date, linked records and participants. - Action **Get Deal** Returns the deal with the given ID. - Action **Get lead** Returns the details of a single Pipedrive lead by its ID, including its custom field values. - Action **Get Organization** Returns the organization with the given ID. - Action **Get Person** Returns the person with the given ID. - Action **Get product** Returns one Pipedrive product by its ID, including its prices and custom field values. - Action **Get related deals for person** Returns deals having the specified status that are related to the specified person. - Action **Get stage ID by stage name** Returns the stage id if the stage name exists. - Action **List activities** Returns the activities in the Pipedrive account, optionally narrowed by saved filter, owner, deal, lead, person, organization, done status or update time. - Action **List deals** Returns the deals in your Pipedrive account that are not archived, optionally filtered by owner, person, organization, pipeline, stage, status or update time. - Action **List organizations** Returns all organizations in the Pipedrive account, optionally narrowed by filter, owner, IDs or update time. - Action **List persons** Returns the persons in your Pipedrive account, optionally narrowed by filter, owner, organization, deal or update time. - Action **List pipelines** Returns all deal pipelines in the Pipedrive account, with their names and ids. - Action **List stages** Returns the stages in your Pipedrive account, optionally limited to one pipeline. - Action **Merge organizations** Merges two organization accounts. Info from the organization record to discard is merged into the organization record to keep. - Action **Merge persons** Merges two person accounts. Info from the person record to discard is merged into the person record to keep. - Action **Search Deals** Searches deals by term. Returns matching deals. - Action **Search Organizations** Searches organizations by term. Returns matching organizations. - Action **Search Persons** Searches persons by term (name, email, phone). Returns matching persons. - Action **Update Activity** Updates an existing activity by ID. - Action **Update Deal** Updates an existing deal by ID. - Action **Update note** Updates an existing note in Pipedrive: its content, the deal, person, organization, lead, project or task it is attached to, its author, and its pinning. - Action **Update Organization** Updates an existing organization by ID. - Action **Update Person** Updates an existing person by ID. - 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 - [ **Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipedrive) - [ **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 Pipedrive - [ **Pipedrive to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-salesforce) - [ **Pipedrive to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-google-sheets) - [ **Pipedrive to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-google-calendar) - [ **Pipedrive to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-google-drive) - [ **Pipedrive to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-mailchimp) - [ **Pipedrive to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-shopify) ## 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 ## Pipedrive and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Pipedrive? Any of Pipedrive's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Activity, New Deal, New lead and New Organization. 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 Pipedrive? 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 Pipedrive? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pipedrive. 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 Pipedrive 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 Pipedrive 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.