--- title: "Connect Playbook Creative to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Asset Added\" fires in Playbook Creative, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Playbook Creative to NGP VAN When **Asset Added** fires in [Playbook Creative](https://apiant.ai/connections/playbook-creative), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Playbook Creative **2** triggers Playbook Creative **18** actions NGP VAN **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Playbook Creative and NGP VAN 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Playbook Creative can start in NGP VAN - When **Asset Added** in Playbook Creative then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **Asset Updated in Board** in Playbook Creative then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN 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 Playbook Creative and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 38 actions - Trigger **Asset Added** Triggers when a new asset is added to the chosen Playbook board. Returns the asset, the board and the organization it belongs to. - Trigger **Asset Updated in Board** Triggers when an asset on a chosen Playbook board is updated, returning the asset and what changed. - Action **Create Asset** Creates an asset in a Playbook workspace, either from a file URL (fetched by Playbook or saved as a link) or as a text note, optionally placing it on a board. - Action **Create Board** Creates a new board in a Playbook workspace, optionally nested under an existing board as a sub-board. - Action **Create Organization** Creates a new Playbook organization (workspace) with the given name and returns its id and slug. - Action **Delete asset** Deletes an asset from a Playbook workspace. - Action **Delete board** Deletes a board from a Playbook workspace. - Action **Find Asset** Searches a Playbook workspace for assets matching the words you enter, best match first, with optional filters for media type, boards, tags, statuses, uploader and more. - Action **Find Board** Returns the boards in a Playbook workspace whose title matches the text you search for. - Action **Get asset** Returns one asset from a Playbook workspace, including its title, media type, tags, status, custom field values and preview URLs. - Action **Get board** Returns one Playbook board, including its title, description, asset count, published-page state and preview assets. - Action **List assets** Returns the assets in a Playbook workspace, optionally limited to one board, one uploader, or assets uploaded after a given time. - Action **List boards** Returns the boards in a Playbook workspace, optionally filtered by title and sorted by title or creation date. - Action **List organizations** Returns every Playbook organization (workspace) the connected user belongs to, with each one's name, slug, plan and usage limits. - Action **List users** Returns the members of a Playbook workspace, optionally narrowed to those whose name or email matches a search. - Action **Move Asset** Moves one or more assets into a different board in a Playbook workspace. - Action **Update Asset** Updates an existing Playbook asset's title, board placement, status, tags or custom field values, and can save a new version of it. - Action **Update Asset Status** Sets the status of an asset in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated asset. - Action **Update asset tags** Adds and/or removes tags on a Playbook asset, leaving its other tags untouched, and returns the updated asset. - Action **Update board** Updates a board's title, description, or parent board in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated board. - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **Playbook Creative** Playbook Creative is a digital asset management tool that helps you organize and collaborate on your assets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/playbook-creative) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Playbook Creative - [ **Playbook Creative to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-salesforce) - [ **Playbook Creative to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-slack) - [ **Playbook Creative to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-stripe) - [ **Playbook Creative to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-shopify) - [ **Playbook Creative to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Playbook Creative to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/playbook-creative-to-trello) ## More into NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## Playbook Creative and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Playbook Creative? Any of Playbook Creative's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Asset Added and Asset Updated in Board. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Playbook Creative? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Playbook Creative? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Playbook Creative. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Playbook Creative or NGP VAN? 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 Playbook Creative and NGP VAN 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.