--- title: "Connect Plug&Pay to Shift4 - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in Plug&Pay, your agent runs \"Add customer\" in Shift4." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-shift4" --- # Connect Plug&Pay to Shift4 When **New Order** fires in [Plug&Pay](https://apiant.ai/connections/plug-pay), your agent runs **Add customer** in [Shift4](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Plug&Pay **3** triggers Plug&Pay **31** actions Shift4 **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Plug&Pay and Shift4 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 Plug&Pay can start in Shift4 - When **New Order** in Plug&Pay then **Add customer** in Shift4 - When **New Product** in Plug&Pay then **Update customer** in Shift4 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 Plug&Pay and Shift4 ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 52 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your Plug&Pay account. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is added to your Plug&Pay account. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription or installment plan starts in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Add Order Comment** Adds an internal note to an order. Buyers do not see it. - Action **Add Subscription Comment** Adds an internal note to a subscription. Subscribers do not see it. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a subscription, optionally from a later date and with a reason. - Action **Clone Checkout** Makes a copy of a checkout page and returns the new checkout's ID. - Action **Clone Product** Makes a copy of an existing product and returns the new product's ID. - Action **Create Product Price** Adds a price to a product in your Plug&Pay account and returns the price ID. - Action **Delete Checkout** Deletes a checkout page from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Order** Deletes an order from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Product** Deletes a product from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Product Price** Removes a price from a product in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Promotion** Deletes a promotion from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Subscription** Deletes a subscription from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Extend Subscription** Moves a subscription's next billing date later, extending the current period. - Action **Find Checkouts** Searches the checkout pages in your Plug&Pay account by name, product or status. - Action **Find Orders** Searches the orders in your Plug&Pay account by buyer email, invoice number, payment status, product, date range and other filters. - Action **Find Products** Searches the products in your Plug&Pay account by title, SKU, type, group and other filters. - Action **Find Promotions** Searches the promotions in your Plug&Pay account by name or product. - Action **Find Subscriptions** Searches the subscriptions in your Plug&Pay account by subscriber, status, product, billing dates and other filters. - Action **Get Checkout** Returns a checkout page from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Order** Returns an order from your Plug&Pay account by its ID, optionally with its items, billing details and more. - Action **Get Order Payment** Returns the payment of an order: its status, method, provider and amounts. - Action **Get Product** Returns a product from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Product Price** Returns one price of a product in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Get Promotion** Returns a promotion from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Subscription** Returns a subscription from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **List Order Comments** Returns the internal notes on an order. - Action **List Product Prices** Returns all prices of a product. When a checkout has its own pricing, that pricing takes precedence. - Action **Refund Order** Refunds an order and creates its credit order. The order must have an invoice number and must not already be refunded. - Action **Resume Subscription** Resumes a cancelled subscription so it renews again. - Action **Update Order Payment Status** Sets the payment status of an order, for example to mark it as paid. - Action **Update Product Price** Changes a price on a product in your Plug&Pay account. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Add card** Saves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details. - Action **Add charge** Creates a new charge to a customer or card. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card. - Action **Add plan** Creates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to. - Action **Add refund** Refunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged. - Action **Add subscription** Creates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan. - Action **Delete card** Deletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes an existing Shift4 customer. - Action **Delete plan** Deletes a plan by ID. - Action **Delete subscription** Cancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID. - Action **Get charge** Fetches a charge by ID. - Action **Get customer** Fetches a customer by ID. - Action **Get dispute** Fetches a dispute by ID. - Action **Get plan** Fetches a plan by ID. - Action **Get refund** Retrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id. - Action **Get subscription** Fetches a subscription by ID. - Action **List cards** Lists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first. - Action **List refunds** Returns all refunds. - Action **Update charge** Updates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged. - Action **Update subscription** Updates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged. ## Each app on its own - [ **Plug&Pay** Plug&Pay is the all-in-one system for your checkout pages, upsell processes and online subscriptions.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plug-pay) - [ **Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Plug&Pay - [ **Plug&Pay to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-salesforce) - [ **Plug&Pay to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-slack) - [ **Plug&Pay to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-stripe) - [ **Plug&Pay to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-shopify) - [ **Plug&Pay to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Plug&Pay to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-trello) ## More into Shift4 - [ **Instagram to Shift4** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4) - [ **HubSpot to Shift4** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shift4) - [ **Salesforce to Shift4** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shift4) - [ **Slack to Shift4** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shift4) - [ **Google Sheets to Shift4** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shift4) - [ **Gmail to Shift4** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shift4) Questions ## Plug&Pay and Shift4, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Plug&Pay? Any of Plug&Pay's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Order, New Product and New Subscription. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shift4 when something happens in Plug&Pay? Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shift4 to Plug&Pay? Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Plug&Pay. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Plug&Pay or Shift4? 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 Plug&Pay and Shift4 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.