--- title: "Connect ShipStation to VATlayer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Order\" fires in ShipStation, your agent runs \"Calculate price with VAT\" in VATlayer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-vatlayer" --- # Connect ShipStation to VATlayer When **New or Updated Order** fires in [ShipStation](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation), your agent runs **Calculate price with VAT** in [VATlayer](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ShipStation **1** trigger ShipStation **18** actions VATlayer **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ShipStation and VATlayer 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 ShipStation can start in VATlayer - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Calculate price with VAT** in VATlayer - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Validate VAT number** in VATlayer 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 ShipStation and VATlayer ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 22 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Order** Polling trigger: fires when an order is created or modified. - Action **Add Warehouse** Create a new warehouse location. - Action **Create or Update Order** Create a new order or update an existing one (upsert by orderNumber/orderKey). - Action **Delete Order** Delete (deactivate) an order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieve a single customer by customer ID. - Action **Get Order** Retrieve a single order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Product** Retrieve a single product by ID. - Action **Get Rates** Get shipping rate estimates for a carrier between two locations and package. - Action **Get Store** Retrieve details of a single store by ID. - Action **Get Warehouse** Retrieve details of a single warehouse by ID. - Action **List Carriers** List the shipping carriers connected to the account. - Action **List Customers** List customers in the ShipStation account. - Action **List Orders** List orders, optionally filtered by status, customer, or modified date. - Action **List Products** List products in the ShipStation catalog. - Action **List Stores** Retrieve the list of stores connected to the account. - Action **List Warehouses** List the ship-from warehouse locations configured in the account. - Action **Mark Order as Shipped** Mark an order as shipped with a carrier code and tracking number. - Action **Update Product** Update an existing product's details (SKU, name, price, weight, etc). - Action **Update Warehouse** Update an existing warehouse's name/address/return address. - Action **Calculate price with VAT** Calculates a VAT-compliant price for an amount in a given EU country, optionally using a reduced VAT rate for a type of goods or reversing a VAT-inclusive amount. - Action **Get VAT rate** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for a single EU country, chosen by country code or IP address. - Action **List VAT rates** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for every EU member state in one call. - Action **Validate VAT number** Checks whether an EU VAT number is valid and returns the company name and address registered to it. ## Each app on its own - [ **ShipStation** ShipStation order, shipment, and fulfillment management.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation) - [ **VATlayer** VAT number validation](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ShipStation - [ **ShipStation to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-hubspot) - [ **ShipStation to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-salesforce) - [ **ShipStation to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-google-sheets) - [ **ShipStation to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-gmail) - [ **ShipStation to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-mailchimp) - [ **ShipStation to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-stripe) ## More into VATlayer - [ **HubSpot to VATlayer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vatlayer) - [ **Salesforce to VATlayer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vatlayer) - [ **Slack to VATlayer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of VATlayer's 4 actions, including Calculate price with VAT, Get VAT rate, List VAT rates and Validate VAT number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VATlayer to ShipStation? VATlayer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ShipStation. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads VATlayer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ShipStation or VATlayer? 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 ShipStation and VATlayer 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.