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title: "Connect Pipefile and RepairDesk - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"File Request Created\" fires in Pipefile, your agent runs \"Create a New Invoice\" in RepairDesk."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-repairdesk"
---

# Connect Pipefile and RepairDesk

When **File Request Created** fires in [Pipefile](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipefile), your agent runs **Create a New Invoice** in [RepairDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk), or **Inventory Updated** in RepairDesk to **Create Contact** in Pipefile. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Pipefile **1** trigger Pipefile **10** actions RepairDesk **9** triggers RepairDesk **7** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Pipefile and RepairDesk 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 Pipefile and RepairDesk can do together

### From Pipefile to RepairDesk

- When **File Request Created** in Pipefile then **Create a New Invoice** in RepairDesk
- When **File Request Created** in Pipefile then **Create a New Ticket** in RepairDesk

### From RepairDesk to Pipefile

- When **Inventory Updated** in RepairDesk then **Create Contact** in Pipefile
- When **New Customer** in RepairDesk then **Update Contact** in Pipefile

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 Pipefile and RepairDesk

## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 17 actions

- Trigger

**File Request Created**

Triggers when a file request is created.

- Action

**Add File Request From Template**

Create a new file request from an existing template for one recipient (name/email/phone), optionally on behalf of a team member via X-Pipefile-On-Behalf-Of.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Add to contacts

- Action

**Delete Contact**

Delete a contact by id. Returns 204 No Content on success.

- Action

**Get Contact**

Retrieve one contact by id.

- Action

**Get File Request**

Retrieve detailed information about one file request by id, including contents, items, files, and tracking events.

- Action

**List Contacts**

Retrieve a paginated list of contacts, filterable by name/email/phone partial match.

- Action

**List File Request Templates**

Retrieve the list of file request templates available for creating new file requests, with optional name search.

- Action

**Search File Requests**

Finds all file requests matching this search query (contact name, email, tags, etc).

- Action

**Send Request**

Create and send a new request

- Action

**Update Contact**

Update name/email/phone of an existing contact by id.

- Trigger

**Employee Commission**

Triggers when an employee's payroll report row (pay period, commissions and net pay) appears or changes.

- Trigger

**Inventory Updated**

Triggers when an inventory item is added or changed (stock, price, name or other details).

- Trigger

**New Customer**

Triggers when a new customer is added in RepairDesk.

- Trigger

**New Inventory Item**

Triggers when a new inventory item is added in RepairDesk.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggers when a new invoice is created in RepairDesk.

- Trigger

**New Lead**

Triggers when a new lead (appointment) is created in RepairDesk.

- Trigger

**New Payment Added**

Triggers when a payment is recorded against an invoice in your RepairDesk store today.

- Trigger

**New Ticket**

Triggers when a new repair ticket is created in RepairDesk.

- Trigger

**Ticket Status Change**

Triggers when the repair status of a device on a ticket changes (checks the 1000 most recently created tickets).

- Action

**Add Payment**

Records a payment against an existing RepairDesk invoice.

- Action

**Create a New Invoice**

Creates a new invoice for a customer in RepairDesk with the given line items.

- Action

**Create a New Ticket**

Creates a repair ticket in RepairDesk for a customer, with one or more device line items.

- Action

**Create Customer**

Creates a new customer in RepairDesk with their contact details and address.

- Action

**Create Lead**

Creates a lead (appointment) in RepairDesk with the customer's contact details and the devices they want repaired.

- Action

**Find Customer**

Finds customers whose name, phone, email, postcode, city, organization or driving licence matches a keyword, optionally narrowed by referral source.

- Action

**Update Ticket**

Updates a repair ticket's summary (customer, discount, totals) and its line items (devices), including their parts, conditions and images.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pipefile)
- [ **RepairDesk** RepairDesk is an all-in-one repair shop management platform that helps cell phone repair shops easily manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Pipefile

- [ **Pipefile to Channels** Channels is a data-driven phone system that lets you make and take calls directly in the browser.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-channels)
- [ **Pipefile to Cleanvoice** API that removes filler words, silences, background noise, and mouth sounds from audio and video recordings.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-cleanvoice)
- [ **Pipefile to DeBounce** DeBounce is an email verification service that allows you to validate your email addresses and remove...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-debounce)
- [ **Pipefile to Digimon Information** The Digimon API is a public reference catalogue of creatures from the Digimon franchise.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-digimon-information)
- [ **Pipefile to Disify** Disify checks email addresses for disposable and temporary providers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-disify)
- [ **Pipefile to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefile-to-salesforce)

## More into RepairDesk

- [ **HubSpot to RepairDesk** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-repairdesk)
- [ **Google Sheets to RepairDesk** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-repairdesk)
- [ **Gmail to RepairDesk** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-repairdesk)
- [ **Google Calendar to RepairDesk** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-repairdesk)
- [ **Google Drive to RepairDesk** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-repairdesk)
- [ **Mailchimp to RepairDesk** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-repairdesk)

Questions

## Pipefile and RepairDesk, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Pipefile?

Any of Pipefile's 1 trigger in the catalog, including File Request Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in RepairDesk when something happens in Pipefile?

Any of RepairDesk's 7 actions, including Create a New Invoice, Create a New Ticket, Create Customer and Create Lead. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from RepairDesk to Pipefile?

Yes. When something happens in RepairDesk, your agent can act in Pipefile too. This page covers both directions: RepairDesk's triggers and Pipefile's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Pipefile or RepairDesk?

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 Pipefile and RepairDesk 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.
