Quickstart: Internal Tools

Use Membrane's API, SDK, or CLI directly to build scripts, internal tools, and backend automations.

1. Get your credentials

Set the environment variable:

export MEMBRANE_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-token-here"

2. Choose your method

Option A: TypeScript SDK

npm install @membranehq/sdk

import { MembraneClient } from '@membranehq/sdk'

const membrane = new MembraneClient({
  token: process.env.MEMBRANE_ACCESS_TOKEN,
})

// List available integrations
const integrations = await membrane.integrations.find()
console.log(integrations.items)

// Run an action
const result = await membrane.action('create-contact').run({
  input: { email: '[email protected]', name: 'Jane' },
})

See SDK for the full reference.

Option B: REST API

curl https://api.integration.app/connections \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MEMBRANE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

See REST API for authentication details and examples.

Option C: CLI

npm install -g @membranehq/cli
membrane login
membrane status

See CLI for the full command reference.

3. Create a connection

Before you can interact with an external app, you need a connection. Open the connection UI:

await membrane.integration('hubspot').openNewConnection()

Or create one via CLI:

membrane connect hubspot

Next steps

Connections — how connections work
Actions — run operations in external apps
Events — subscribe to changes in external apps