--- title: "Connect Teamleader Focus to CarAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Company\" fires in Teamleader Focus, your agent runs \"Look up recall records\" in CarAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-carapi" --- # Connect Teamleader Focus to CarAPI When **New Company** fires in [Teamleader Focus](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamleader-focus), your agent runs **Look up recall records** in [CarAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Teamleader Focus **5** triggers Teamleader Focus **20** actions CarAPI **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Teamleader Focus and CarAPI 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 Teamleader Focus can start in CarAPI - When **New Company** in Teamleader Focus then **Look up recall records** in CarAPI - When **New Contact** in Teamleader Focus then **Check vehicle stolen status** in CarAPI 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 Teamleader Focus and CarAPI ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **Deal Accepted** Triggers when a deal is accepted. - Trigger **Invoice Paid** Fires when a payment is registered on a Teamleader Focus invoice (vendor event invoice.paymentRegistered). - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new Company is added. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal is created. - Action **Add invoice** Drafts a new invoice in Teamleader Focus. - Action **Add quotation** Creates a quotation on a Teamleader Focus deal. - Action **Add task** Create a task. - Action **Book Invoice** Books a draft Teamleader Focus invoice, giving it an invoice number and making it outstanding. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a new deal. - Action **Find Company** Returns up to 100 companies that match the specified search term, email, VAT number, tags or other criteria. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the specified search term, email, company, tags, status or ids. - Action **Find deals** Returns up to 100 deals that match the specified search term and filters, including their custom field values. - Action **Get company** Get details for a single company in Teamleader Focus. - Action **Get contact** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get deal** Get details for a single deal. - Action **Get Invoice** Returns one Teamleader Focus invoice with its customer, lines, totals and status. - Action **Get Task** Returns one Teamleader Focus task with its title, description, due date, work type and assignee. - Action **Link Contact to Company** Links an existing contact to an existing company, optionally setting the contact's position and whether they are a decision maker there. - Action **Update company** Update an existing company in Teamleader Focus. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact. - Action **Update deal** Update a deal. - Action **Win deal** Marks a Teamleader Focus deal as won. - Action **Check vehicle stolen status** Check whether a vehicle (by VIN) is reported stolen. - Action **Convert plate to VIN** Convert a license plate number to a VIN. - Action **Decode VIN** Decode a vehicle's VIN into make/model/year/trim/specs. - Action **Estimate vehicle cost of ownership** Estimate the total cost of owning a vehicle over time. - Action **Extract license plate from image** Extract a license plate number from an uploaded image. - Action **Extract VIN from image** Extract a VIN from an uploaded vehicle image. - Action **Find nearest EV charging stations** Find EV charging stations near a location. - Action **Get time to sell for comparable vehicles** Estimate time to sell based on comparable vehicle listings. - Action **Get vehicle inspection history** Get a vehicle's inspection history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle mileage history** Get a vehicle's mileage/odometer history by VIN. - Action **Get vehicle valuation** Get an estimated market valuation for a vehicle. - Action **List supported EV vehicles** List EV models supported by the route planner. - Action **Look up recall records** Look up safety recall records for a vehicle. - Action **Plan EV route with charging stops** Plan an EV route between two points including charging stops. - Action **Search vehicle listings** Search for-sale vehicle listings by criteria. ## Each app on its own - [ **Teamleader Focus** Teamleader Focus incorporates CRM, project management and invoicing into one simple and intelligent tool...](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamleader-focus) - [ **CarAPI** Vehicle specs, VIN decoder, and market data for 21+ million vehicles](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Teamleader Focus - [ **Teamleader Focus to Timesheet** Timesheet is a mobile Time Tracker which allows you the recording of your working hours with a simple push...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-timesheet) - [ **Teamleader Focus to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-trello) - [ **Teamleader Focus to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-zoom) - [ **Teamleader Focus to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-twilio) - [ **Teamleader Focus to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-typeform) - [ **Teamleader Focus to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-webflow) ## More into CarAPI - [ **HubSpot to CarAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-carapi) - [ **Salesforce to CarAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-carapi) - [ **Slack to CarAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-carapi) - [ **Google Sheets to CarAPI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-carapi) - [ **Gmail to CarAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-carapi) - [ **Google Calendar to CarAPI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-carapi) Questions ## Teamleader Focus and CarAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Teamleader Focus? Any of Teamleader Focus's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Company, New Contact, New Deal and Deal Accepted. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CarAPI when something happens in Teamleader Focus? Any of CarAPI's 15 actions, including Check vehicle stolen status, Convert plate to VIN, Decode VIN and Estimate vehicle cost of ownership. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CarAPI to Teamleader Focus? CarAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Teamleader Focus. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CarAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Teamleader Focus or CarAPI? 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 Teamleader Focus and CarAPI 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.