Integration
Connect QuickBase to NGP VAN
When New or updated record fires in QuickBase, your agent runs Add Contact History in NGP VAN. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want QuickBase and NGP VAN to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What QuickBase can start in NGP VAN
When New or updated record in QuickBase
then Add Contact History 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 QuickBase and NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions
- New or updated record
Polling trigger. Fires for each record added or modified in the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Date Modified. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3).
- New record
Polling trigger. Fires for each new record added to the specified Quickbase table, ordered by Record ID#. Records are deduped by their Record ID# (field 3).
- Add app
Creates a new Quickbase application in the connected realm, optionally with a description, app variables and security properties.
- Add field
Creates a new field in a Quickbase table, optionally with display settings, type-specific properties and per-role permissions.
- Add table
Create a new table in a QuickBase app.
- Delete app
Delete a QuickBase app by id.
- Delete field
Delete one or more QuickBase fields from a table.
- Delete records
Delete records from a Quickbase table that match a query (Quickbase query language in the where clause).
- Delete table
Deletes a table from a Quickbase app, including all of the data within it.
- Get app
Get the properties of a Quickbase application by its app ID.
- Get field
Get a single QuickBase field by id.
- Get report
Get metadata for a single QuickBase report.
- Get table
Get the properties of a single Quickbase table by table ID and app ID.
- Get table fields
List all fields (columns) for a Quickbase table, including field IDs, labels, and types.
- Get tables for app
List all tables belonging to a Quickbase application.
- Insert or update records
Insert new records or update existing ones in a Quickbase table. Pass data as an array of record objects keyed by field ID. Include the table's key field (or record ID field 3) to update; omit to insert.
- List reports
Lists all reports defined on a Quickbase table.
- Query records
Query records from a Quickbase table. Optionally pass select (array of field IDs), where (Quickbase query language), sortBy, groupBy, and options (skip/top).
- Run formula
Runs a Quickbase formula against a table (and optionally a record) and returns the result as text.
- Run report
Run a Quickbase report by report ID and table ID and return its result rows.
- Update app
Updates an app's name, description, app variables and/or security properties. Properties left blank stay unchanged.
- Update field
Updates the properties and per-role permissions of an existing field in a Quickbase table. Properties left blank stay unchanged.
- Update table
Update an existing QuickBase table's properties.
- Add a Contribution
Creates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
- Add Activist Codes
Applies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Create Financial Batch
Creates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
- 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.
- Delete code from contact
Removes a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
- Delete contact
Deletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
- 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.
- Find Financial Batch
Finds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
- Get contact
Returns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
- List activist codes
Returns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
- List campaigns
Returns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
- List notes
Returns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
- Merge contacts
Merges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
- Subscribe Email
Finds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
- Tag a Contact
Applies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
- Update note
Updates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
QuickBase and NGP VAN, answered
What can start an automation from QuickBase?
Any of QuickBase's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New or updated record and New record. 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 QuickBase?
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 QuickBase?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in QuickBase. 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 QuickBase 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 QuickBase 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.