Collects developer docs

Collects resolves and collects overdue invoices for businesses on Xero. Connect it to Claude, Zapier or Make and work with your overdue invoices where you already work.

Where	What you can do	Guide
Claude	Ask about your invoices, debtors, disputes, Workbench and dashboard; start, pause and note invoices, handle disputes and Workbench tasks, and manage settings as your role allows. Anything that emails a debtor, adds a person or stops collection is shown to you first	Connect Claude
Zapier	A trigger for every change Collects shows (payments, disputes, replies, reminders, promises to pay, emails, overdue invoices, Workbench tasks), a search for every page you read, and an action for every one-click change on invoices, disputes, the Workbench and failing checks	Connect Zapier
Make	The same, as Watch, Search and Action modules, plus Make an API call	Connect Make
Your own code	The REST API at `https://api.collects.io/v1`, webhooks and the event feed	API reference

Before you connect

You need a Collects account with your Xero organisation connected. New to Collects? Create your account at collects.io with your Xero login, then come back and connect.

What Collects can and cannot do

Reads and changes the same records the Collects app shows, as the person who connected it, with their role and plan, checked on every request.
Sends a debtor a message now, messages a debtor about a dispute, adds or removes a person, or stops collection only after showing a person what will happen and being told to go ahead. Zapier and Make cannot do these: an automation has no one to ask. They can start a resolution, and Make can also resume reminders; Collects then contacts the debtor on the organisation's normal schedule and settings.
Never takes, sends, refunds or schedules a payment. Card details are never entered in Claude, Zapier or Make.

Collects developer docs

Before you connect

What Collects can and cannot do

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