--- title: "Connect QuickBooks Online to Plumsail Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bill\" fires in QuickBooks Online, your agent runs \"Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)\" in Plumsail Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-plumsail-documents" --- # Connect QuickBooks Online to Plumsail Documents When **New bill** fires in [QuickBooks Online](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbooks-online), your agent runs **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** in [Plumsail Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/plumsail-documents). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. QuickBooks Online **11** triggers QuickBooks Online **45** actions Plumsail Documents **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want QuickBooks Online and Plumsail Documents 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 QuickBooks Online can start in Plumsail Documents - When **New bill** in QuickBooks Online then **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** in Plumsail Documents - When **New customer** in QuickBooks Online then **Add HTML Watermark to PDF** in Plumsail Documents 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 QuickBooks Online and Plumsail Documents ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 67 actions - Trigger **New bill** Polls for newly created bills (accounts payable), most recent first. - Trigger **New customer** Polls for newly created customers, most recent first. - Trigger **New estimate** Fires when a new estimate is created in QuickBooks Online. - Trigger **New invoice** Polls for newly created invoices, most recent first. - Trigger **New or updated customer** Fires when a QuickBooks customer is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New or updated estimate** Fires when a QuickBooks estimate is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Fires when a QuickBooks invoice is created or edited — line items, amounts, due date, or status. - Trigger **New or updated item** Fires when a QuickBooks product or service item is created or edited. - Trigger **New or updated vendor** Fires when a QuickBooks vendor is created or any of its details change. - Trigger **New paid invoice** Polls for invoices that are fully paid (Balance = 0), most recently updated first. - Trigger **New payment** Polls for newly created customer payments, most recent first. - Action **Create account** Create an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts — name, account type, and detail type. - Action **Create bill** Creates a new bill (accounts payable) for a vendor with a single account-based line item. - Action **Create credit memo** Creates a new credit memo for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create customer** Creates a new customer in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Create estimate** Create a QuickBooks Online estimate (quote) for a customer. - Action **Create expense (purchase)** Creates a new expense (Purchase) paid from a bank/credit-card account with one account-based line. - Action **Create invoice** Creates a new invoice for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create item (product/service)** Creates a new product or service item. - Action **Create journal entry** Create a QuickBooks journal entry with balanced debit and credit lines against the chart of accounts. - Action **Create payment** Records a customer payment, optionally applied against a specific invoice. - Action **Create refund receipt** Creates a new refund receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create sales receipt** Creates a new sales receipt for a customer with a single line item. - Action **Create vendor** Creates a new vendor in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Delete bill** Permanently delete a QuickBooks bill by Id. - Action **Delete credit memo** Permanently delete a QuickBooks credit memo by Id. - Action **Delete estimate** Permanently delete a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Delete invoice** Permanently delete a QuickBooks invoice by Id. Unlike voiding, this removes the transaction entirely. - Action **Delete sales receipt** Permanently delete a QuickBooks sales receipt by Id. - Action **Find account by name** Look up an account in the QuickBooks chart of accounts by its name. - Action **Find customer by name** Searches for a customer by display name and returns its Id and SyncToken. - Action **Find invoice by number** Look up a QuickBooks invoice by its document number (the invoice number customers see) rather than its internal Id. - Action **Find item by name** Look up a QuickBooks product or service item by its name. - Action **Find vendor by name** Look up a QuickBooks Online vendor by display name. - Action **Get bill balance** Returns the outstanding balance for a bill by its Id. - Action **Get customer by ID** Retrieves a single customer by its Id. - Action **Get estimate by ID** Retrieve a QuickBooks Online estimate by its ID. - Action **Get estimate PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks estimate by Id. - Action **Get invoice by ID** Retrieves a single invoice by its Id, including its balance. - Action **Get invoice PDF** Download the rendered PDF of a QuickBooks invoice by Id, for emailing or archiving. - Action **List accounts** List the accounts in the QuickBooks chart of accounts, with their type, detail type, and current balance. - Action **List attachments** List the files attached to a QuickBooks transaction or record, with their download links. - Action **List employees** List employees recorded in QuickBooks Online. - Action **List items** List products and services (items) defined in QuickBooks Online. - Action **Pay bill** Records a bill payment against a vendor bill, paid from the specified bank/credit-card account. - Action **Run query** Runs an arbitrary read-only QuickBooks Online query (QBO SQL-like syntax) and returns the raw QueryResponse. - Action **Send estimate** Email a QuickBooks Online estimate to the customer. - Action **Send invoice** Emails an invoice to the supplied email address (or the invoice's billing email if omitted). - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer (sparse update). Requires the customer Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Update estimate** Update an existing QuickBooks estimate by Id, changing only the fields supplied. - Action **Update invoice** Update an existing QuickBooks invoice by Id — a sparse update that changes only the fields supplied and leaves the rest of the invoice intact. - Action **Update item** Update an existing QuickBooks product or service item by Id — name, description, price, income account, or active flag. - Action **Update vendor** Update an existing QuickBooks vendor by Id — contact details, billing address, terms, or active flag. - Action **Upload attachment** Upload a file to QuickBooks and attach it to a transaction or record — a receipt on an expense, a contract on an invoice. - Action **Void invoice** Voids an existing invoice. Requires the invoice Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Void payment** Voids an existing customer payment. Requires the payment Id and current SyncToken. - Action **Add HTML Watermark to PDF** Adds an HTML watermark to a PDF document and returns a link to the watermarked PDF. - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Adds an image watermark to every chosen page of a PDF and returns a download link to the watermarked PDF. - Action **Add PDF Watermark to PDF** Overlays a page from another PDF as a watermark on a PDF document and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Adds a text watermark to a PDF and returns a download link to the watermarked file. - Action **Compress PDF** Compresses and optimizes a PDF document to reduce its size, and returns a download link to the compressed PDF. - Action **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** Converts a CSV file into an Excel workbook (XLSX) and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert DOC to DOCX** Converts a legacy Word DOC document into a DOCX file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert DOCX to PDF** Converts a Word DOCX document to PDF and returns a download link to the PDF. - Action **Convert PPT to PPTX** Converts a PowerPoint PPT presentation to PPTX format and returns a download link to the converted file. - Action **Convert PPTX to PDF** Converts a PowerPoint PPTX presentation into a PDF file and returns a download link. - Action **Convert to PDF** Converts a document from a public URL into a PDF file and returns a download link to the PDF. - Action **Convert XLS to XLSX** Converts a legacy Excel XLS file into an XLSX workbook and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert XLSX to PDF** Converts an Excel XLSX spreadsheet into a PDF file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Fill in PDF Form** Fills in the fields of a fillable PDF form with the data you provide and returns a download link to the completed PDF. - Action **Fill Merge Fields in DOCX Document** Fills the merge fields of a Word DOCX document with your data and returns a download link to the filled document. - Action **Generate Document From DOCX Template** Creates a document from a Word DOCX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From Fillable PDF** Generates a PDF document by filling a fillable PDF template with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From PPTX Template** Creates a document from a PowerPoint PPTX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From XLSX Template** Creates a document from an Excel XLSX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Merge Any Files Into PDF** Converts multiple files (documents, images, PDFs) and merges them into a single PDF, returning a download link. - Action **Merge DOCX Files** Merges several Word (DOCX) documents into a single DOCX file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Protect PDF** Adds passwords and printing, editing, copying and annotation restrictions to a PDF file, and returns a link to the protected PDF. ## Each app on its own - [ **QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connections/quickbooks-online) - [ **Plumsail Documents** Generate documents from DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML templates and populate fillable PDF forms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plumsail-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from QuickBooks Online - [ **QuickBooks Online to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-salesforce) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-stripe) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-shopify) - [ **QuickBooks Online to ActiveCampaign** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-activecampaign) - [ **QuickBooks Online to JIRA** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-jira) - [ **QuickBooks Online to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-zoom) ## More into Plumsail Documents - [ **HubSpot to Plumsail Documents** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Salesforce to Plumsail Documents** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Slack to Plumsail Documents** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Plumsail Documents when something happens in QuickBooks Online? Any of Plumsail Documents's 22 actions, including Add HTML Watermark to PDF, Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add PDF Watermark to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Plumsail Documents to QuickBooks Online? Plumsail Documents has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in QuickBooks Online. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Plumsail Documents's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for QuickBooks Online or Plumsail Documents? 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 QuickBooks Online and Plumsail Documents 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.