--- title: "Connect Planning Center to CyCAT - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Donation\" fires in Planning Center, your agent runs \"Find items by query\" in CyCAT." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-cycat" --- # Connect Planning Center to CyCAT When **New Donation** fires in [Planning Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/planning-center), your agent runs **Find items by query** in [CyCAT](https://apiant.ai/connections/cycat). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Planning Center **6** triggers CyCAT **11** 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 CyCAT 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 CyCAT - When **New Donation** in Planning Center then **Find items by query** in CyCAT - When **New Form Submission** in Planning Center then **Get item** in CyCAT 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 CyCAT ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 11 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. - Action **Add proposal** Submit a proposed new catalog entry/relationship to CyCAT for review. - Action **Find items by query** Search the CyCAT catalog for items matching a search string. - Action **Find UUID by namespace ID** Find the CyCAT UUID corresponding to a given namespace + namespace-local ID. - Action **Generate UUID** Generate a new CyCAT-compliant UUID for registering a new item. - Action **Get child** Get the child item of a CyCAT item by UUID. - Action **Get item** Look up a CyCAT catalog item by its UUID. - Action **Get namespace id** Get the CyCAT namespace ID for a given namespace name. - Action **Get parent** Get the parent item of a CyCAT item by UUID. - Action **List namespaces** List all known namespaces in CyCAT. - Action **List project items** List CyCAT items belonging to projects within a start/end range. - Action **List publisher items** List CyCAT items belonging to publishers within a start/end range. ## 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) - [ **CyCAT** CyCAT - The Cybersecurity Resource Catalogue public API services.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cycat) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-google-sheets) ## More into CyCAT - [ **HubSpot to CyCAT** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-cycat) - [ **Salesforce to CyCAT** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-cycat) - [ **Slack to CyCAT** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-cycat) - [ **Google Sheets to CyCAT** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-cycat) - [ **Gmail to CyCAT** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-cycat) - [ **Google Calendar to CyCAT** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-cycat) Questions ## Planning Center and CyCAT, 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 CyCAT when something happens in Planning Center? Any of CyCAT's 11 actions, including Add proposal, Find items by query, Find UUID by namespace ID and Generate UUID. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CyCAT to Planning Center? CyCAT has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Planning Center. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CyCAT's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Planning Center or CyCAT? 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 CyCAT without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in CyCAT 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.