--- title: "Connect Raiser's Edge and Slack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Constituent\" fires in Raiser's Edge, your agent runs \"Send Direct Message\" in Slack, or \"New Channel\" in Slack to \"Get Event\" in Raiser's Edge." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-slack" --- # Connect Raiser's Edge and Slack When **New Constituent** fires in [Raiser's Edge](https://apiant.ai/connections/raiser-s-edge), your agent runs **Send Direct Message** in [Slack](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack), or **New Channel** in Slack to **Get Event** in Raiser's Edge. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Raiser's Edge **9** triggers Raiser's Edge **39** actions Slack **15** triggers Slack **60** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Raiser's Edge and Slack 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 Raiser's Edge and Slack can do together ### From Raiser's Edge to Slack - When **New Constituent** in Raiser's Edge then **Send Direct Message** in Slack - When **New Event Participant** in Raiser's Edge then **Send Ephemeral Message** in Slack ### From Slack to Raiser's Edge - When **New Channel** in Slack then **Get Event** in Raiser's Edge - When **New Channel Member** in Slack then **Find Duplicate Constituents** in Raiser's Edge 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 Raiser's Edge and Slack ## Triggers and actions 24 triggers · 99 actions - Trigger **New Constituent** Fires when a new constituent is added. Polls constituents sorted by date_added; dedups on constituent id. - Trigger **New Event Participant** Triggers when a new participant is added to the selected Raiser's Edge NXT event. - Trigger **New Fund** Triggers when a new fund is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Gift** Fires when a new gift is recorded. Polls gifts sorted by date_added; dedups on gift id. - Trigger **New Note** Triggers when a new note is added to a constituent record in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **New or Updated Gift** Triggers when a gift is created or updated in Raiser's Edge NXT. Changes can take about 30 minutes to appear. - Trigger **New or Updated Opportunity** Triggers when an opportunity is created or updated in Raiser's Edge NXT. - Trigger **Updated Constituent** Fires when a constituent is modified. Polls constituents sorted by date_modified; dedups on a composite of id + date_modified. - Action **Find Duplicate Constituents** Returns individual, organization or relationship contact records that may be duplicates of the name and contact details you supply, ranked by how closely they match. - Action **Get Action** Returns a constituent action (a call, meeting, mailing, email or task) by its ID, including its status, dates, fundraisers and linked opportunity, campaign, fund and appeal. - Action **Get Appeal** Returns an appeal by its ID, including its category, dates, goal and custom field values. - Action **Get Campaign** Returns a campaign by its ID, including its category, dates, goal and custom field values. - Action **Get Constituent** Retrieves a constituent by system record id. - Action **Get Constituent Latest Gift** Returns the most recent gift recorded for a constituent in Raiser's Edge NXT, including its amount, date, type, and the funds, campaigns and appeals it was credited to. - Action **Get Constituent Lifetime Giving** Returns a constituent's lifetime giving summary: total given, total received, pledge balance, soft credits, matching gifts and years of giving. - Action **Get Event** Returns an event from Raiser's Edge NXT by its ID, including its category, group, location, dates, capacity and fundraising goal. - Action **Get Event Participant** Returns one event participant record, including the participant's constituent, event, RSVP and invitation status, attendance and participation level. - Action **Get Gift** Retrieves a gift by system record id. - Action **Get Membership** Returns the details of one member's membership in Raiser's Edge NXT: its program, category, dues, join date, membership type, years of membership and times renewed. - Action **Get Note** Returns a constituent note from Raiser's Edge NXT, including its summary, text, type, date and the constituent it belongs to. - Action **Get Opportunity** Returns an opportunity's details, including ask, expected and funded amounts, status, fundraisers, linked gifts and its custom field values. - Action **Get Package** Returns a fundraising package by its ID, including its appeal, description, dates, goal, default gift amount and recipient count. - Action **List Actions** Returns actions (calls, meetings, emails, tasks) across all constituents, optionally filtered by status, date added, date modified or a saved action list. - Action **List Appeals** Returns the appeals in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific appeal IDs, or including inactive appeals. - Action **List Campaigns** Returns the fundraising campaigns in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific campaign IDs, and whether to include inactive campaigns. - Action **List Constituent Actions** Returns every action (calls, meetings, mailings, emails and tasks) recorded for a constituent, newest first. - Action **List Constituent Addresses** Returns all addresses on file for a constituent, including where and whether to send mail. Optionally includes inactive addresses. - Action **List Constituent Codes** Returns the constituent codes (such as Board Member, Volunteer or Alumnus) assigned to one constituent, with their start and end dates and active status. - Action **List Constituent Custom Fields** Returns every custom field recorded on a constituent, including each field's category, type, value, comment and date. - Action **List Constituent Email Addresses** Returns all email addresses on file for a constituent, optionally including inactive ones. - Action **List Constituent Memberships** Returns every membership held by a constituent, including program, category, dues, dates, standing and members. - Action **List Constituent Notes** Returns the notes recorded on a constituent, such as interests and special instructions, excluding RE NXT summary notes. - Action **List Constituent Phones** Returns the phone numbers on a constituent's record, including type, primary and do-not-call flags. - Action **List Constituents** Lists constituents with paging (limit/offset). - Action **List Constituents in List** Returns constituents that belong to a saved list (by list id). - Action **List Event Fees** Returns every fee set up for an event, such as registration fees and add-ons like parking, with cost, tax-deductible amount and number sold. - Action **List Event Participants** Returns the participants registered for an event in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by name, RSVP or invitation status, attendance, fees and more. - Action **List Events** Returns the events in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by name, category, group, start date range, or when they were added or modified. - Action **List Funds** Returns the funds in your Raiser's Edge NXT database, optionally filtered by date added, date modified, specific fund IDs, or including inactive funds. - Action **List Gift Custom Fields** Returns the custom fields recorded on a single gift, with each field's category, type, value, comment and date. - Action **List Gifts** Lists gifts, optionally filtered by constituent, with paging. - Action **List Memberships** Returns memberships across all constituents, with each membership's program, category, dues, join and expiry dates, standing and members. Optionally limited to memberships added or changed since a date. - Action **List Opportunities** Returns opportunities in Raiser's Edge NXT, optionally filtered by date added or modified, constituent, list, or search text. - Action **List Opportunity Notes** Returns the notes recorded on an opportunity, including each note's date, type, summary, text and author. - Action **List Packages** Returns the packages used with your appeals, optionally filtered by appeal, package, date added or date last modified. - Action **List Participant Fees** Returns the fees recorded for an event participant, including the quantity, amount, tax-receiptable amount, date and the event fee each one is for. - Action **Search Constituents** Searches constituents by name, lookup id, email, or other text. - Trigger **New Channel** Triggers when a new channel is created in the workspace. - Trigger **New Channel (instant)** Triggers when a new channel is created (Slack event channel_created). - Trigger **New Channel Member** Triggers when a member joins a chosen channel (Slack event member_joined_channel). - Trigger **New File (instant)** Triggers when a new file is uploaded to the workspace (Slack event file_created). - Trigger **New Mention (instant)** Triggers when a username or keyword is mentioned in a channel. Events API message events with keyword filter. - Trigger **New Message Posted to Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Message Posted to Private Channel** Triggers when a message is posted to a chosen private channel or group DM (Slack events message.groups, message.mpim). - Trigger **New Pinned Item** Triggers when an item is pinned in a channel. - Trigger **New Public Message Posted Anywhere** Triggers when a message is posted to any public channel (Slack event message.channels). - Trigger **New Reaction Added** Triggers when an emoji reaction is added to a message (Slack event reaction_added). - Trigger **New Saved Message** Triggers when a message or file is saved (starred) (Slack event star_added). - Trigger **New Team Custom Emoji** Triggers when a custom emoji is added to the workspace (Slack event emoji_changed). - Trigger **New Thread Reply** Triggers when a new reply is added to a message thread. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace. Polling; deduped by user id. - Trigger **New User (instant)** Triggers when a new user joins the workspace (Slack event team_join). - Action **Add Bookmark** Add a bookmark to a channel. - Action **Add Reaction** Add an emoji reaction to a message. - Action **Add Star** Save a message or file by starring it. - Action **Archive Channel** Archive a channel. - Action **Complete Reminder** Mark a reminder as complete. - Action **Create Canvas** Create a standalone canvas document. - Action **Create Channel** Create a new public or private channel. - Action **Create Channel Canvas** Create a canvas attached to a channel. - Action **Create Reminder** Create a reminder for a user at a specified time. - Action **Delete Canvas** Delete a canvas. - Action **Delete File** Delete a file from the workspace. - Action **Delete Message** Delete a message from a channel by timestamp. - Action **Delete Reminder** Delete a reminder. - Action **Delete Scheduled Message** Cancel a scheduled message before it is sent. - Action **Edit Bookmark** Edit an existing channel bookmark. - Action **Edit Canvas** Edit the content of a canvas. - Action **Find Channel by Name** List channels filtered to locate a channel by name (client filters the returned list). - Action **Find User by Email** Look up a Slack user by their email address. - Action **Get Channel Messages** Fetch the message history of a channel. - Action **Get File Info** Get information about a file. - Action **Get Message Permalink** Get a permanent link to a specific message. - Action **Get Message Reactions** Get the emoji reactions on a message. - Action **Get Team Info** Get information about the workspace. - Action **Get Thread Replies** Get the replies in a message thread. - Action **Get User Info** Get profile information for a Slack user by ID. - Action **Get User Presence** Get a user's current presence status. - Action **Get User Profile** Get a user's profile fields. - Action **Invite User to Channel** Invite one or more users to a channel (comma-separated user IDs). - Action **Join Channel** Join a public channel. - Action **Leave Channel** Leave a channel. - Action **List Bookmarks** List the bookmarks in a channel. - Action **List Channel Members** List the members of a channel. - Action **List Channels** List channels in the workspace (public and private). - Action **List Custom Emojis** List the workspace's custom emojis. - Action **List Files** List files in the workspace, optionally filtered by channel or user. - Action **List Pinned Items** List the items pinned in a channel. - Action **List Scheduled Messages** List messages scheduled to be sent later. - Action **List User Groups** List the workspace's user groups. - Action **List Users** List all users in the workspace. - Action **List User's Channels** List the channels a user is a member of. - Action **Mark Channel Read** Set the read cursor position in a channel. - Action **Pin Message** Pin a message to a channel. - Action **Remove Bookmark** Remove a bookmark from a channel. - Action **Remove Reaction** Remove an emoji reaction from a message. - Action **Remove Star** Remove a star from a message or file. - Action **Remove User from Channel** Remove a member from a channel. - Action **Rename Channel** Rename a channel. - Action **Schedule Message** Schedule a message to be sent to a channel at a future Unix time. - Action **Search Files** Search files across the workspace. - Action **Search Messages** Search messages across the workspace. - Action **Send Direct Message** Open a DM with a user and post a message to it. - Action **Send Ephemeral Message** Send a message in a channel that is visible only to one user. - Action **Send Message** Post a message to a channel, private group, or DM. - Action **Set Channel Purpose** Set the purpose (description) for a channel. - Action **Set Channel Topic** Set the topic for a channel. - Action **Set User Presence** Set the authenticated user's presence status. - Action **Unarchive Channel** Restore an archived channel. - Action **Unpin Message** Remove a pinned message from a channel. - Action **Update Message** Update an existing message in a channel by timestamp. - Action **Upload File** Upload a file and share it to one or more channels. ## Each app on its own - [ **Raiser's Edge** The Raiser's Edge NXT by Blackbaud — a cloud-based fundraising and constituent relationship management...](https://apiant.ai/connections/raiser-s-edge) - [ **Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connections/slack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Raiser's Edge - [ **Raiser's Edge to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-salesforce) - [ **Raiser's Edge to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-stripe) - [ **Raiser's Edge to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-shopify) - [ **Raiser's Edge to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-trello) - [ **Raiser's Edge to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-zoom) - [ **Raiser's Edge to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/raiser-s-edge-to-twilio) ## More into Slack - [ **Salesforce to Slack** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-slack) - [ **Google Calendar to Slack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-slack) - [ **Mailchimp to Slack** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-slack) - [ **Stripe to Slack** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-slack) - [ **Shopify to Slack** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-slack) - [ **Notion to Slack** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-slack) Questions ## Raiser's Edge and Slack, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Raiser's Edge? Any of Raiser's Edge's 9 triggers in the catalog, including New Constituent, New Event Participant, New Fund and New Gift. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Slack when something happens in Raiser's Edge? Any of Slack's 60 actions, including Create Canvas, Create Channel, Create Channel Canvas and Create Reminder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Slack to Raiser's Edge? Yes. When something happens in Slack, your agent can act in Raiser's Edge too. This page covers both directions: Slack's triggers and Raiser's Edge's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Raiser's Edge or Slack? 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 Raiser's Edge and Slack 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.