--- title: "Connect Planning Center to Bart - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Donation\" fires in Planning Center, your agent runs \"Find trips by origin and destination\" in Bart." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-bart" --- # Connect Planning Center to Bart When **New Donation** fires in [Planning Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/planning-center), your agent runs **Find trips by origin and destination** in [Bart](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Planning Center **6** triggers Bart **1** trigger Bart **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Planning Center and Bart 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 Planning Center can start in Bart - When **New Donation** in Planning Center then **Find trips by origin and destination** in Bart - When **New Form Submission** in Planning Center then **Get route** in Bart 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 Planning Center and Bart ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 8 actions - Trigger **New Donation** Triggers when a donation is received. - Trigger **New Form Submission** Triggers when a form submission is received. - Trigger **New List Result** Triggers when the specified List has a new Person added. - Trigger **New Plan** Triggers when a new plan is created in the selected service type. - Trigger **New Profile** Triggers when a new Profile is created. - Trigger **New Workflow Card** Triggers when a new workflow card is created in a specific workflow. - Trigger **New service advisory** Triggers when BART posts a new service advisory (delay, emergency or information notice). - Action **Find trips by origin and destination** Finds BART trips departing from an origin station to a destination station around a given time, with fares and legs for each trip. - Action **Get route** Returns details for a BART route: its name, colour, origin and destination, and the ordered list of stations it serves. - Action **Get station** Returns detailed information about a BART station, including its address, location, routes, platforms and nearby attractions. - Action **Get station schedule** Returns the full day's scheduled train departures from a BART station, with line, destination, time and platform for each. - Action **List real-time departures** Returns the current estimated departure times for trains leaving a BART station, grouped by destination. - Action **List routes** Returns the list of BART routes (lines) in service for the current or a chosen schedule date. - Action **List service advisories** Returns BART's current service advisories (delays, emergencies and general information). - Action **List stations** Returns every BART station with its full name, abbreviation, coordinates and address. ## Each app on its own - [ **Planning Center** Planning Center is a church management system that helps manage people, services, donations, registrations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/planning-center) - [ **Bart** Real-time BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train schedules, arrivals, and station data API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Planning Center - [ **Planning Center to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-notion) - [ **Planning Center to GoHighLevel** All-in-one sales and marketing platform agencies white-label and resell to their clients — contacts...](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-gohighlevel) - [ **Planning Center to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-hubspot) - [ **Planning Center to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-salesforce) - [ **Planning Center to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-slack) - [ **Planning Center to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-google-sheets) ## More into Bart - [ **ActiveCampaign to Bart** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-bart) - [ **Airtable to Bart** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-bart) - [ **Asana to Bart** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-bart) - [ **2Chat to Bart** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-bart) - [ **3Scribe to Bart** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-bart) - [ **5pm to Bart** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-bart) Questions ## Planning Center and Bart, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Planning Center? Any of Planning Center's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Donation, New Form Submission, New List Result and New Plan. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Bart when something happens in Planning Center? Any of Bart's 8 actions, including Find trips by origin and destination, Get route, Get station and Get station schedule. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Bart to Planning Center? Bart has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Planning Center. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Bart's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Planning Center or Bart? 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 Planning Center and Bart without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Bart 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.