--- title: "Connect Planning Center to Synap - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Donation\" fires in Planning Center, your agent runs \"Add User to User Group\" in Synap." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/planning-center-to-synap" --- # Connect Planning Center to Synap When **New Donation** fires in [Planning Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/planning-center), your agent runs **Add User to User Group** in [Synap](https://apiant.ai/connections/synap). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Planning Center **6** triggers Synap **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 Synap 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 Synap - When **New Donation** in Planning Center then **Add User to User Group** in Synap - When **New Form Submission** in Planning Center then **Update User** in Synap 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 Synap ## Triggers and actions 6 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. - Action **Add User to User Group** Adds an existing user to a user group in Synap. - Action **Create Flag** Plants a flag on a quiz question in Synap, optionally with a comment and the issue being reported. - Action **Get Attempt** Returns one quiz or exam attempt, including its status, score, marks, grade and timing, and the records it links to such as the user and exam. - Action **Get User by ID** Returns a Synap user by their ID, including their details, custom attribute values and links to related records. - Action **Invite User** Sends an invitation by email to people who need a Synap account and adds them to the chosen user group. People who already have an account are added to the group straight away. - Action **Remove User From User Group** Removes a user from a Synap user group. The user's account stays in place; only their membership of that group ends. - Action **Submit Attempt** Submits a user's in-progress attempt in Synap, as if the user had finished and handed it in. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user's details, such as their name, email address, external ID, time zone, disabled status, groups and custom attributes. ## 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) - [ **Synap** Synap is an online exam platform for delivering secure, customisable exams and courses worldwide, featuring...](https://apiant.ai/connections/synap) 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 Synap - [ **HubSpot to Synap** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-synap) - [ **Salesforce to Synap** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-synap) - [ **Slack to Synap** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-synap) - [ **Google Sheets to Synap** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-synap) - [ **Gmail to Synap** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-synap) - [ **Google Calendar to Synap** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-synap) Questions ## Planning Center and Synap, 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 Synap when something happens in Planning Center? Any of Synap's 8 actions, including Create Flag, Update User, Add User to User Group and Get Attempt. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Synap to Planning Center? Synap has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Planning Center. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Synap's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Planning Center or Synap? 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 Synap without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Synap 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.