--- title: "Connect Xero and YouCan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bill\" fires in Xero, your agent runs \"Add order\" in YouCan, or \"New Order\" in YouCan to \"Add purchase order\" in Xero." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-youcan" --- # Connect Xero and YouCan When **New bill** fires in [Xero](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero), your agent runs **Add order** in [YouCan](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan), or **New Order** in YouCan to **Add purchase order** in Xero. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Xero **4** triggers Xero **26** actions YouCan **1** trigger YouCan **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Xero and YouCan 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 Xero and YouCan can do together ### From Xero to YouCan - When **New bill** in Xero then **Add order** in YouCan - When **New or updated contact** in Xero then **Create Customer** in YouCan ### From YouCan to Xero - When **New Order** in YouCan then **Add purchase order** in Xero - When **New Order** in YouCan then **Create or update contact** in Xero 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 Xero and YouCan ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 42 actions - 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. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your YouCan store. - Action **Add category** Creates a new product category in your YouCan store. - Action **Add coupon** Creates a discount coupon in your YouCan store, valid for the products you choose. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in your YouCan store for an existing customer, with the product variants, shipping choice and optional addresses, discount, notes and tags. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in your YouCan store with their contact details and optional addresses. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product in your YouCan store, with optional pricing, inventory, variants, categories and images. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from your YouCan store. - Action **Get coupon** Returns a single coupon from your YouCan store, including its code, discount value, type, dates and usage limit. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer from your YouCan store, optionally including their addresses and orders. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its ID, optionally with its customer, items, payment, shipping and other related details. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product from your YouCan store, including price, inventory, images and optional variants, categories and vendors. - Action **List customers** Returns customers in your YouCan store, optionally filtered by a search on name, phone or email. - Action **List products** Returns the products in your YouCan store, optionally searched, sorted and with related variants, categories or images. - Action **List Shipping Zones** Returns the store's shipping zones, optionally including their shipping rates. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, contact details, location or notes in your YouCan store. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update order status** Updates an order's general, shipping or payment status in your YouCan store. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in your YouCan store. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Xero** Xero online accounting — manage contacts, invoices, bills, payments, accounts, and bank transactions via the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/xero) - [ **YouCan** YouCan is an integrated platform specialized in e-commerce, offering a wide range of services needed by...](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Xero - [ **Xero to Eventzilla** Eventzilla is a do-it-yourself event ticketing and marketing platform that helps event organizers to sell...](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-eventzilla) - [ **Xero to FormAPI** DocSpring is a service that helps you fill out and sign PDF templates.](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-formapi) - [ **Xero to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-zoom) - [ **Xero to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-linkedin) - [ **Xero to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-facebook) - [ **Xero to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/xero-to-anthropic) ## More into YouCan - [ **HubSpot to YouCan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-youcan) - [ **Salesforce to YouCan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-youcan) - [ **Slack to YouCan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-youcan) - [ **Google Sheets to YouCan** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-youcan) - [ **Gmail to YouCan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-youcan) - [ **Google Calendar to YouCan** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-youcan) Questions ## Xero and YouCan, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Xero? Any of Xero's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New bill, New or updated contact, New payment and New sales invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YouCan when something happens in Xero? Any of YouCan's 16 actions, including Create Customer, Create Product, Update customer and Update order status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from YouCan to Xero? Yes. When something happens in YouCan, your agent can act in Xero too. This page covers both directions: YouCan's triggers and Xero's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Xero or YouCan? 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 Xero and YouCan 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.