--- title: "Connect Upsales and Xero - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Activity\" fires in Upsales, your agent runs \"Add purchase order\" in Xero, or \"New bill\" in Xero to \"Add order\" in Upsales." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-xero" --- # Connect Upsales and Xero When **New Activity** fires in [Upsales](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales), your agent runs **Add purchase order** in [Xero](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero), or **New bill** in Xero to **Add order** in Upsales. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Upsales **6** triggers Upsales **12** actions Xero **4** triggers Xero **26** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Upsales and Xero 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 Upsales and Xero can do together ### From Upsales to Xero - When **New Activity** in Upsales then **Add purchase order** in Xero - When **New Appointment** in Upsales then **Create or update contact** in Xero ### From Xero to Upsales - When **New bill** in Xero then **Add order** in Upsales - When **New or updated contact** in Xero then **Create Contact** in Upsales 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 Upsales and Xero ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 38 actions - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity (to-do or phone call) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity (an open order with probability between 1 and 99) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order (a won deal at 100% probability) is created in Upsales. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in Upsales for a company, with its stage, owner and product rows. - Action **Add product** Creates a new product in Upsales, optionally with per-currency prices or as a bundle of other products. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person in Upsales, linked to a company. - Action **Delete company** Deletes a company in Upsales. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact in Upsales. - Action **Find a Company** Finds companies in Upsales by name and returns the matching companies. - Action **Find a Contact** Finds contacts in Upsales by email address or name. - Action **Find opportunities by criteria** Returns open opportunities (probability 1-99) matching the given description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find orders by criteria** Finds won orders in Upsales matching a description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find products by criteria** Finds products in Upsales matching a name, article number, category or active status. - Action **Update opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in Upsales, such as its stage, probability, close date, products or custom fields. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing order in Upsales — its description, date, owner, company, stage, probability, order rows and custom fields. - Trigger **New bill** Triggered when a new bill (ACCPAY) is added. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Triggered when a contact is created or updated. - Trigger **New payment** Triggered when a new payment is received. - Trigger **New sales invoice** Triggered when a new sales invoice (ACCREC) is added. - Action **Add account** Create a chart of accounts entry. - Action **Add credit note** Create a credit note. - Action **Add item** Create an inventory/sales item. - Action **Add purchase order** Create a purchase order. - Action **Add quote** Create a quote. - Action **Create bank transaction** Create a spend or receive money bank transaction. - Action **Create bill** Create a new bill (Accounts Payable, Type=ACCPAY). - Action **Create or update contact** Create a new contact or update an existing one. - Action **Create payment** Create a payment against an approved invoice. - Action **Create sales invoice** Create a new sales invoice (Accounts Receivable, Type=ACCREC). - Action **Find contact by email** Find a contact by email address. - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a single contact by ContactID. - Action **Get invoice** Retrieve a single invoice by InvoiceID. - Action **Get quote** Returns one quote by its id, with its contact, status, line items and totals. - Action **List accounts** Retrieve the chart of accounts. - Action **List bank transactions** List bank transactions. - Action **List contacts** Retrieve contacts from Xero. - Action **List credit notes** List credit notes. - Action **List invoices** Retrieve sales invoices and bills. - Action **List items** List items. - Action **List organisations** Retrieve organisation details for the connected Xero tenant. - Action **List payments** Retrieve payments. - Action **List purchase orders** List purchase orders. - Action **List tax rates** List tax rates. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact by id. - Action **Update invoice** Update a draft/submitted invoice. ## Each app on its own - [ **Upsales** The revenue engine for fast-growing businesses. You need to move fast and sell more.](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales) - [ **Xero** Xero online accounting — manage contacts, invoices, bills, payments, accounts, and bank transactions via the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Upsales - [ **Upsales to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-zoom) - [ **Upsales to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-webflow) - [ **Upsales to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-wix) - [ **Upsales to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-linkedin) - [ **Upsales to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-facebook) - [ **Upsales to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-anthropic) ## More into Xero - [ **Gallabox to Xero** Gallabox is no-code conversation workspace for business to grow sales](https://apiant.ai/connect/gallabox-to-xero) - [ **HubSpot to Xero** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-xero) - [ **Salesforce to Xero** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-xero) - [ **Slack to Xero** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-xero) - [ **Google Sheets to Xero** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-xero) - [ **Gmail to Xero** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-xero) Questions ## Upsales and Xero, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Upsales? Any of Upsales's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Activity, New Appointment, New Company and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Xero when something happens in Upsales? Any of Xero's 26 actions, including Create bank transaction, Create bill, Create or update contact and Create payment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Xero to Upsales? Yes. When something happens in Xero, your agent can act in Upsales too. This page covers both directions: Xero's triggers and Upsales's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Upsales or Xero? 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 Upsales and Xero 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.