---
title: "Connect Quaderno and Returnless - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Quaderno, your agent runs \"Find customers\" in Returnless."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-returnless"
---

# Connect Quaderno and Returnless

When **New Contact** fires in [Quaderno](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno), your agent runs **Find customers** in [Returnless](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless), or **Request Created** in Returnless to **Add invoice payment** in Quaderno. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Quaderno **3** triggers Quaderno **24** actions Returnless **2** triggers Returnless **16** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Quaderno and Returnless 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 Quaderno and Returnless can do together

### From Quaderno to Returnless

- When **New Contact** in Quaderno then **Find customers** in Returnless
- When **New Invoice** in Quaderno then **Add note** in Returnless

### From Returnless to Quaderno

- When **Request Created** in Returnless then **Add invoice payment** in Quaderno
- When **Return Created** in Returnless then **Create Contact** in Quaderno

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 Quaderno and Returnless

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 40 actions

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggers when a new invoice is created in Quaderno.

- Trigger

**New Sale**

Triggers when a new sale is recorded in Quaderno, i.e. a new invoice or receipt is created.

- Action

**Add invoice payment**

Records a payment against a Quaderno invoice. When total payments reach the invoice amount, the invoice is marked as paid.

- Action

**Add product**

Creates a new product in Quaderno that can be used as a line item on invoices, credit notes and expenses.

- Action

**Add receipt**

Creates a paid receipt in Quaderno for a completed sale, with its customer, line items and payment method.

- Action

**Calculate tax rate**

Calculates the tax rate and tax amount that applies to a sale for a given customer location and product type.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact (customer or vendor) in Quaderno and returns the created contact.

- Action

**Create Estimate**

Creates an estimate (proforma) in Quaderno for a customer, with line items, dates and notes.

- Action

**Create Expense**

Creates an expense in Quaderno for a vendor, with its line items, and returns the new expense.

- Action

**Create Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer with line items; optionally records full payment so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Paid Invoice**

Creates an invoice for a customer and records a full payment against it, so the invoice is marked paid.

- Action

**Create Sale**

Records a sale in Quaderno, which calculates taxes and issues the matching invoice or receipt for the customer.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Permanently deletes a contact (customer or vendor) from your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds contacts whose name, email or tax ID matches the search text, or whose payment-processor ID matches.

- Action

**Find Sale**

Finds sales (invoices) by invoice number, customer name or PO number, payment processor transaction id, customer, state or issue date range, and returns the matches.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single Quaderno contact (customer or vendor) by its ID.

- Action

**Get Estimate**

Returns a single estimate (proforma) by its id, including its number, customer, line items, taxes and totals.

- Action

**Get Expense**

Returns the details of an existing expense in your Quaderno account.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Returns a single invoice by its id, including number, contact, line items, taxes, totals and payments.

- Action

**Get product**

Returns a single product (item) from your Quaderno account by its id, including its name, code, price and tax settings.

- Action

**Get Receipt**

Returns a receipt by its id, including number, totals, taxes, contact and payment details.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing Quaderno contact. Fields left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update invoice**

Updates the editable fields of an existing invoice: PO number, tags, payment details, notes, custom metadata and billing address.

- Action

**Update product**

Updates an existing product in Quaderno. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Validate tax ID**

Checks whether a customer's tax ID (EU/UK VAT, ABN, NZBN, QST, Swiss UID) is valid and belongs to a real business.

- Action

**Void invoice**

Voids an existing invoice in Quaderno and returns the voided invoice.

- Trigger

**Request Created**

Triggers when a customer creates a new return request that needs approval.

- Trigger

**Return Created**

Triggers when a new return is created, including a request once it is approved.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds an internal note to a return or return request.

- Action

**Add Request**

Creates a return request in Returnless for items from an existing sales order.

- Action

**Approve a Request**

Approves a return request in Returnless so the customer can send the items back.

- Action

**Approve a Request Without Shipment**

Approves a pending return request without a return shipment, so the customer keeps the items.

- Action

**Find customers**

Returns the customers in your Returnless account that match an email address.

- Action

**Find products**

Returns the products in your Returnless account that match a SKU.

- Action

**Find Requests**

Finds a Request in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Find Returns**

Finds returns (return orders) in Returnless by return number.

- Action

**Find sales orders**

Finds sales orders in Returnless by order number.

- Action

**Get customer**

Returns a single Returnless customer by its id.

- Action

**Get Request (By Request ID)**

Returns a single return request (return order) from Returnless by its ID.

- Action

**Get Return (By Return ID)**

Returns a single return in Returnless, with all of its details, by its return ID.

- Action

**Get sales order**

Returns a single sales order by its ID, including its customer, address and order details.

- Action

**List return reasons**

Returns the return reasons configured in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Reject Request**

Rejects a pending return request in Returnless.

- Action

**Update return**

Changes the status of a return, such as Checked, Approved or Resolved.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Quaderno** Quaderno is a tax software that handles sales tax, VAT, and GST for your online business.](https://apiant.ai/connections/quaderno)
- [ **Returnless** Returnless gives e-commerce businesses a way to get their returns in check.](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Quaderno

- [ **Quaderno to Hyperstack Certificates** Hyperstack helps you easily create and manage digital certificates & badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-hyperstack-certificates)
- [ **Quaderno to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-salesforce)
- [ **Quaderno to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-slack)
- [ **Quaderno to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-stripe)
- [ **Quaderno to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-shopify)
- [ **Quaderno to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quaderno-to-quickbooks-online)

## More into Returnless

- [ **HubSpot to Returnless** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Sheets to Returnless** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-returnless)
- [ **Gmail to Returnless** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Calendar to Returnless** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-returnless)
- [ **Google Drive to Returnless** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-returnless)
- [ **Mailchimp to Returnless** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-returnless)

Questions

## Quaderno and Returnless, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Quaderno?

Any of Quaderno's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Invoice and New Sale. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Returnless when something happens in Quaderno?

Any of Returnless's 16 actions, including Update return, Add note, Add Request and Approve a Request. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Returnless to Quaderno?

Yes. When something happens in Returnless, your agent can act in Quaderno too. This page covers both directions: Returnless's triggers and Quaderno's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Quaderno or Returnless?

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 Quaderno and Returnless 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.
