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Sevdesk

Syncs every invoice, expense, and contact into your operational workflows and automates the chase for unpaid bills.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Sevdesk integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Sevdesk calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Sevdesk data, across all 115 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Sevdesk access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Sevdesk, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Sevdesk is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Sevdesk.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Sevdesk action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Sevdesk, and when to use it.

Create invoice
Use this to generate a new customer invoice. Define the line items, tax rates, and due dates based on a completed project or order.
Get invoice
Pull the full details of a specific invoice by ID to check payment status or verify line item costs.
List invoices
Pull a list of invoices filtered by status, such as open or overdue, to drive payment reminder workflows.
Update invoice
Modify an existing invoice to change the amount, add a discount, or update the due date.
Create contact
Add a new customer or vendor to sevDesk. Use this when a new lead converts to a paying client.
Get contact
Pull contact details, including address and tax ID, to ensure billing information is correct.
Search contacts
Query contacts by name or email to avoid creating duplicate records in the accounting system.
Create expense
Log a new business expense. Use this to push costs from a receipt scanning tool into the ledger.
List expenses
Pull all expenses within a date range to generate a spending report for a specific month.
Create payment
Record a payment against an open invoice to mark it as paid or partially paid.
Get tax rates
Pull available VAT and tax settings to ensure invoices are compliant with local laws.
List vouchers
Pull all accounting vouchers to audit the flow of funds for a specific account period.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven does not guess tax rates. Instead, it uses the Get tax rates action to pull the exact VAT configurations you have already defined within your sevDesk account. When the agent creates an invoice, it maps the line item to the corresponding tax ID from your account settings. This ensures that every document generated by the agent remains compliant with the local tax laws of your region. If a specific tax rate is missing for a new product type, the agent will flag this as an anomaly and ask you to create the tax rate in sevDesk before proceeding with the invoice generation.
Yes. You can build a workflow that runs on a schedule, such as every Monday morning. The agent uses the List invoices action to find all documents with a status of open where the due date has passed. It then pulls the contact email for each overdue invoice and drafts a reminder. You can configure the agent to send these automatically or save them as drafts in your email client for a final human sign off. The agent can vary the tone of the reminder based on how many days the payment is overdue, moving from a gentle nudge to a formal request.
Ceven can process bulk expenses by iterating through a data source, such as a CSV file or a bank export, and calling the Create expense action for each item. The agent analyzes the vendor name and amount to categorize the expense according to your existing chart of accounts. If the agent encounters a vendor it does not recognize, it will first search for a matching contact and create a new one if no match is found. This removes the need for manual data entry during month end closing processes and ensures all costs are captured.
Ceven relies on periodic synchronization and event triggers. If an invoice is deleted directly in the sevDesk interface, the agent will identify the missing record the next time it attempts to read that specific ID or run a list command. Because sevDesk uses a strict accounting ledger, some records cannot be deleted but must be voided. Ceven respects these state changes and will update the internal workflow status to reflect that the invoice is no longer active, preventing the agent from sending payment reminders for a voided document.
Yes. sevDesk imposes rate limits on their API to ensure platform stability. If your workflow involves processing thousands of invoices in a single burst, you may encounter a 429 Too Many Requests error. Ceven handles this by implementing an exponential backoff strategy, meaning the agent will automatically pause and retry the request after a short delay. For extremely large datasets, we recommend scheduling your workflows to run in smaller batches throughout the day rather than in one massive sync to avoid hitting these thresholds and ensuring a smooth data flow.
Ceven assists by ensuring the data entering sevDesk is clean and categorized throughout the year. While the final financial statements are generated within sevDesk, the agent can pull raw data via the List invoices and List expenses actions to create custom dashboards in other tools. It can summarize total revenue by client or total spend by category, allowing you to spot trends before you run your official reports. By automating the reconciliation of payments and expenses daily, the agent eliminates the frantic cleanup usually required before the accountant takes over for year end.
Ceven uses secure OAuth protocols to connect to sevDesk. This means we never see or store your raw login credentials. When you authorize the integration, sevDesk provides a secure token that grants Ceven limited access to the specific accounting functions required for your workflows. All tokens are encrypted at rest using industry standard encryption. You maintain full control over this connection and can revoke access instantly through your sevDesk security settings, which immediately cuts off the agents ability to read or write any data to your ledger.
Ceven can create and read invoices in different currencies, provided those currencies are enabled in your sevDesk account settings. When the agent creates an invoice, it specifies the currency code based on the client profile or the project requirements. For reporting, the agent pulls the amount and currency as recorded in sevDesk. If you need to convert these amounts for a global report, the agent can integrate with a third party exchange rate API to calculate the value in your base currency in real time before pushing the data to your dashboard.

Alternatives to Sevdesk

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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