--- title: "Connect Podio to Fax.Plus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Item Updated\" fires in Podio, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Fax.Plus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-fax-plus" --- # Connect Podio to Fax.Plus When **Item Updated** fires in [Podio](https://apiant.ai/connections/podio), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Fax.Plus](https://apiant.ai/connections/fax-plus). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Podio **8** triggers Podio **14** actions Fax.Plus **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Podio and Fax.Plus 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 Podio can start in Fax.Plus - When **Item Updated** in Podio then **Add contact** in Fax.Plus - When **New Activity** in Podio then **Update contact** in Fax.Plus 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 Podio and Fax.Plus ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **Item Updated** Fires when an item in the chosen Podio app is created or edited (each new item revision). - Trigger **New Activity** Fires when activity occurs on any object (item, status, task, action, file) in the connected user's global Podio stream. - Trigger **New Application** Fires when a new Podio app becomes available to the connected user. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when you add a new item, record or entry to an app (standard or custom). - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when you add a new organization. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when you add a new task. - Trigger **New View** Fires when a new view is created on a Podio app. - Trigger **New Workspace** Fires when a new workspace appears among the workspaces you are a member of, across all your organizations. - Action **Add comment** Add a comment to an object (item, task, status). - Action **Attach File** Upload a file to Podio and attach it to an item, task, comment, or status message. - Action **Create Item** Create a new item, record or entry inside an app (standard or custom). - Action **Create Status** Add a status update to a workspace stream. - Action **Create Task** Create a new task. - Action **Delete item** Delete an item. - Action **Find Item** Find an item by title in an app. - Action **Get app** Get an app definition including fields. - Action **Get item** Get an item by id. - Action **Get Status** Returns a status message posted to a workspace, with its text and author. - Action **Get task** Get a task by id. - Action **List items** List items in an app with paging/sort. - Action **Update Item** Update an item, record or entry inside an app (standard or custom). - Action **Update task** Update a task's text, due date, responsible etc. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact in your Fax.Plus address book with a name and fax number, plus optional email, phone numbers, notes and groups. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from your Fax.Plus address book. - Action **Delete fax** Deletes a received or sent fax record from a Fax.Plus account by its ID. - Action **Delete outbox fax** Deletes an outgoing fax that is still scheduled for sending from the Fax.Plus outbox. - Action **Get account** Returns the profile, status and notification and fax settings of your Fax.Plus account or of a member of your corporate account. - Action **Get outbox fax** Returns the details of a fax currently waiting to be sent from the outbox, including its status, recipients, files and send settings. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Fax.Plus account, optionally filtered by name, fax number, group or note, or looked up by specific contact IDs. - Action **List faxes** Returns the fax records in your inbox, sent or spam folder, or a corporate member's, optionally filtered by date, status, number, read state and page count. - Action **List numbers** Returns the fax numbers purchased by or assigned to an account, with each number's status, owner, assignees and notification settings. - Action **List outbox faxes** Returns the faxes in an account's outbox that have not been sent yet. - Action **Send a Fax** Sends a fax to one or more numbers, from a document link, previously uploaded files, or an existing fax, and returns the ID of the fax created for each recipient. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in your Fax.Plus address book and returns the updated contact. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update fax** Updates a received or sent fax record's comment or shared note, or marks it as read or unread. ## Each app on its own - [ **Podio** Podio is a collaborative work platform that's perfect for managing projects, teams, and anything else in...](https://apiant.ai/connections/podio) - [ **Fax.Plus** Fax.Plus is a secure and reliable online fax service that enables enterprises and small to mid-size...](https://apiant.ai/connections/fax-plus) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Podio - [ **Podio to GNews** Search for news from various sources](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-gnews) - [ **Podio to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-postman) - [ **Podio to The Muse** Job board and company profiles](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-the-muse) - [ **Podio to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-salesforce) - [ **Podio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-slack) - [ **Podio to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/podio-to-stripe) ## More into Fax.Plus - [ **HubSpot to Fax.Plus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-fax-plus) - [ **Salesforce to Fax.Plus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-fax-plus) - [ **Slack to Fax.Plus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-fax-plus) - [ **Google Sheets to Fax.Plus** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-fax-plus) - [ **Gmail to Fax.Plus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-fax-plus) - [ **Google Calendar to Fax.Plus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-fax-plus) Questions ## Podio and Fax.Plus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Podio? Any of Podio's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Item Updated, New Activity, New Application and New Item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Fax.Plus when something happens in Podio? Any of Fax.Plus's 13 actions, including Send a Fax, Update contact, Update fax and Add contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Fax.Plus to Podio? Fax.Plus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Podio. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Fax.Plus's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Podio or Fax.Plus? 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 Podio and Fax.Plus 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.