--- title: "Connect Planning Center to Better Uptime - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Donation\" fires in Planning Center, your agent runs \"Add heartbeat\" in Better Uptime." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-better-uptime" --- # Connect Planning Center to Better Uptime When **New Donation** fires in [Planning Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/planning-center), your agent runs **Add heartbeat** in [Better Uptime](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Planning Center **6** triggers Better Uptime **1** trigger Better Uptime **10** 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 Better Uptime 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 Better Uptime - When **New Donation** in Planning Center then **Add heartbeat** in Better Uptime - When **New Form Submission** in Planning Center then **Add incident** in Better Uptime 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 Better Uptime ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 10 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 incident** Polling trigger for new incidents. - Action **Add heartbeat** Create a heartbeat. - Action **Add incident** Create an incident. - Action **Add monitor** Create a monitor. - Action **Delete monitor** Delete a monitor. - Action **Get incident** Get an incident by id. - Action **Get monitor** Get a monitor by id. - Action **List heartbeats** List heartbeats. - Action **List incidents** List incidents. - Action **List monitors** List monitors (paginated). - Action **Update monitor** Update a monitor. ## 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) - [ **Better Uptime** Uptime and incident monitoring service that checks websites, APIs, and servers, alerts on-call teams, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime) 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 Better Uptime - [ **ActiveCampaign to Better Uptime** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-better-uptime) - [ **Airtable to Better Uptime** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-better-uptime) - [ **Asana to Better Uptime** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-better-uptime) - [ **2Chat to Better Uptime** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-better-uptime) - [ **3Scribe to Better Uptime** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-better-uptime) - [ **5pm to Better Uptime** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-better-uptime) Questions ## Planning Center and Better Uptime, 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 Better Uptime when something happens in Planning Center? Any of Better Uptime's 10 actions, including Update monitor, Add heartbeat, Add incident and Add monitor. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Better Uptime to Planning Center? Better Uptime has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Planning Center. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Better Uptime's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Planning Center or Better Uptime? 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 Better Uptime without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Better Uptime 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.