--- title: "Connect Sirv to NGP VAN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File\" fires in Sirv, your agent runs \"Add Contact History\" in NGP VAN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-ngp-van" --- # Connect Sirv to NGP VAN When **New File** fires in [Sirv](https://apiant.ai/connections/sirv), your agent runs **Add Contact History** in [NGP VAN](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Sirv **2** triggers Sirv **32** actions NGP VAN **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Sirv and NGP VAN 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 Sirv can start in NGP VAN - When **New File** in Sirv then **Add Contact History** in NGP VAN - When **New Tagged File** in Sirv then **Add Note to Contact** in NGP VAN 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 Sirv and NGP VAN ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 52 actions - Trigger **New File** Triggers when a new file appears in a folder of your Sirv account, and hands on that file's name, type, size and dimensions. - Trigger **New Tagged File** Triggered when a new file carrying the chosen tag appears in your Sirv account. - Action **Add Advanced Watermark** Builds the Sirv image URL that shows one of your images with a watermark laid over it, using the position, size, opacity and rotation you choose. - Action **Add Canvas or Border** Puts a coloured canvas and/or border around a Sirv image and returns the new image URL. Nothing is re-uploaded — the original file is untouched. - Action **Add Tags to File** Adds meta tags to a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Apply Color Effects** Adjusts the colours of a Sirv image — hue, saturation, lightness, tint, tone and levels — and returns the new image URL. The original file is untouched. - Action **Convert Spin to Video** Turns a 360 spin stored in your Sirv account into an MP4 video and returns the path of the video that was created. - Action **Convert Video to Spin** Converts a video in your Sirv account into a 360-degree spin and returns the spin that was created. - Action **Copy File** Copies a file in your Sirv account to another path, leaving the original in place. - Action **Create Folder** Creates an empty folder in your Sirv account at the path you give. - Action **Create Thumbnail** Builds the Sirv image URL that serves a resized, optionally cropped thumbnail of one of your images. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file, or an empty folder, from your Sirv account. - Action **Delete file tags** Removes one or more tags from a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Download File** Downloads a file from your Sirv account and returns its contents. - Action **Fetch File From URL** Pulls a file from a web address straight into your Sirv account, saving it at the path you choose, and reports whether the fetch succeeded. - Action **Find File** Searches the files in your Sirv account by name, folder, type, size, tags, description or date, and returns the matching files. - Action **Get API Limits** Returns your Sirv API rate limits and how much of each you have used. - Action **Get batch delete job** Returns the progress and results of a batch delete job you started earlier. - Action **Get CDN URL** Returns the public web address of a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Get File Info** Returns the details Sirv holds on one file — its type, size, dates and image information. - Action **Get File Metadata** Returns everything Sirv stores about a file: its title, description, tags, product details and any other metadata held against it. - Action **Get File Tags** Returns the tags attached to a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Get product metadata** Returns the product information stored on a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Get Storage Info** Returns how much storage your Sirv account is using and how much it is allowed. - Action **Get Usage Report** Returns how much your Sirv account has served — the number of file requests and the bytes transferred, broken down by day. - Action **Get ZIP Job** Returns the progress and results of a zip job, including the archive it produced. - Action **List Folder Contents** Lists the files and sub-folders inside a folder of your Sirv account, with each item's name, size, type and when it was last changed. - Action **Make API Call** Makes any Sirv API call you specify, for endpoints that do not yet have their own action. You supply the method, the path and any data; the connected account's credentials are applied for you. - Action **Rename or Move File** Renames a file or folder, or moves it to another folder, by giving its new path. - Action **Set File Metadata** Sets the title, description, tags and product details held against a file in your Sirv account. Anything left blank is left as it is. - Action **Set Product Metadata** Attaches product details — code, name, brand and categories — to a file in your Sirv account. - Action **Update account** Changes your Sirv account settings — file minification and where missing files are fetched from. Only the settings you fill in are sent; the rest are left as they are. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file to your Sirv account from a web address. - Action **Zip Files** Starts a job that packs the files and folders you name into a single zip in your Sirv account, and returns the job so you can check when it is ready. - Action **Add a Contribution** Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation. - Action **Add Activist Codes** Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN. - Action **Add Canvass Responses** Records a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities. - Action **Add Contact History** Records a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone. - Action **Add Note to Contact** Adds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record. - Action **Add Survey Responses** Records one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed. - Action **Create Financial Batch** Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation. - Action **Create or Update Contact With a Contribution** Finds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID. - Action **Delete code from contact** Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID. - Action **Find Contact** Finds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record. - Action **Find Financial Batch** Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details. - Action **List activist codes** Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status. - Action **List notes** Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN. - Action **Merge contacts** Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source. - Action **Subscribe Email** Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed. - Action **Tag a Contact** Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact. - Action **Update note** Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN. ## Each app on its own - [ **Sirv** Sirv is a Digital Asset Management system for storing, processing, and delivering images, videos, and 360...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sirv) - [ **NGP VAN** NGP VAN is the leading technology provider to Democratic and progressive campaigns and organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ngp-van) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Sirv - [ **Sirv to Uploadcare** File system as a service to handle your web and mobile app uploads.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-uploadcare) - [ **Sirv to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-slack) - [ **Sirv to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-stripe) - [ **Sirv to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-trello) - [ **Sirv to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-zoom) - [ **Sirv to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sirv-to-twilio) ## More into NGP VAN - [ **HubSpot to NGP VAN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ngp-van) - [ **Salesforce to NGP VAN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ngp-van) - [ **Slack to NGP VAN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Sheets to NGP VAN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ngp-van) - [ **Gmail to NGP VAN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ngp-van) - [ **Google Calendar to NGP VAN** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ngp-van) Questions ## Sirv and NGP VAN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Sirv? Any of Sirv's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New File and New Tagged File. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Sirv? Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from NGP VAN to Sirv? NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Sirv. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Sirv or NGP VAN? 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 Sirv and NGP VAN 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.