Creates a new referral connection request to another adviser using their referral code.

Creates a new referral connection request to another adviser using their referral code. Run in API Explorer

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MCP server URL


        
          
            https://apidocs.plannrcrm.com/mcp

Standard setup for AI tools providing an mcp.json file

{
  "PlannrCRM MCP server": {
    "url": "https://apidocs.plannrcrm.com/mcp"
  }
}

POST /api/v1/referral-connections

Personal access token & O auth2

An email notification will be sent to the recipient with accept/deny links.

Headers

X-PLANNR-ACCOUNT-UUID string

application/json

Body Required

adviser_key string Required

The 8-character referral code of the adviser you want to connect with.

Responses

200 application/json
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- uuid string
  
  The UUID of the resource.
- direction string
  
  The direction of the connection relative to the current firm. Possible values: sent, received
- status string
  
  The status of the referral connection. Possible values: pending, accepted, denied, expired
- sender_firm object
  
  The firm that sent the referral connection request
  
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  uuid string
  
  name string
- recipient_firm object
  
  The firm that received the referral connection request
  
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  uuid string
  
  name string
- sender_account object
  
  The account that sent the referral connection request
  
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  uuid string
  
  created_at string
  
  updated_at string
  
  type string
  
  role string
  
  first_name string
  
  last_name string
  
  name string
  
  email string
  
  photo_url string
  
  external_references object
  
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  uuid
  
  The UUID of the resource.
  
  created_at
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was created.
  
  updated_at
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was updated.
  
  third_party
  
  The third party provider with the reference.
  
  reference
  
  The third party reference.
- recipient_account object
  
  The account that received the referral connection request
  
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  uuid string
  
  created_at string
  
  updated_at string
  
  type string
  
  role string
  
  first_name string
  
  last_name string
  
  name string
  
  email string
  
  photo_url string
  
  external_references object
  
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  uuid
  
  The UUID of the resource.
  
  created_at
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was created.
  
  updated_at
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was updated.
  
  third_party
  
  The third party provider with the reference.
  
  reference
  
  The third party reference.
- created_at string
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was created.
- updated_at string
  
  The timestamp of when the resource was updated.
- expires_at string
  
  The datetime when the referral connection request expires
422 application/json

Validation error
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- message string Required
  
  A human-readable description of the error.
- errors object
  
  Validation messages keyed by the field that failed.
  
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  * array[string] Additional properties

POST /api/v1/referral-connections

curl \
 --request POST 'https://api.plannrcrm.com/api/v1/referral-connections' \
 --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "X-PLANNR-ACCOUNT-UUID: {YOUR_PLANNR_ACCOUNT_UUID}" \
 --data '{
  "adviser_key": "ABC12345"
}'

Request examples

# Headers
X-PLANNR-ACCOUNT-UUID: {YOUR_PLANNR_ACCOUNT_UUID}

# Payload
{
  "adviser_key": "ABC12345"
}

Response examples (200)

{
  "uuid": "92fa7033-0e11-4a93-a2c6-ec9141b5589e",
  "direction": "sent",
  "status": "pending",
  "sender_firm": {
    "uuid": "abc-123",
    "name": "Sender Firm Name"
  },
  "recipient_firm": {
    "uuid": "def-456",
    "name": "Recipient Firm Name"
  },
  "sender_account": {
    "uuid": "73c8b6a4-56f9-45cf-8035-fa480a47b9c6",
    "created_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
    "type": "client",
    "role": "client",
    "first_name": "Gareth",
    "last_name": "Thompson",
    "name": "Gareth Thompson",
    "email": "gareth@codepotato.co.uk",
    "photo_url": "https://eu.ui-avatars.com/api/?name=Gareth+Thompson",
    "external_references": {
      "uuid": "d9429bc7-4ef5-4ba4-969c-eaae44f3b95f",
      "created_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:17+01:00",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:17+01:00",
      "third_party": "nucleus",
      "reference": "AB123456"
    }
  },
  "recipient_account": {
    "uuid": "ae6e3bdc-a222-462e-a1c2-b71a8529f516",
    "created_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
    "type": "client",
    "role": "client",
    "first_name": "Gareth",
    "last_name": "Thompson",
    "name": "Gareth Thompson",
    "email": "gareth@codepotato.co.uk",
    "photo_url": "https://eu.ui-avatars.com/api/?name=Gareth+Thompson",
    "external_references": {
      "uuid": "d9429bc7-4ef5-4ba4-969c-eaae44f3b95f",
      "created_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:17+01:00",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:17+01:00",
      "third_party": "nucleus",
      "reference": "AB123456"
    }
  },
  "created_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-18T09:00:11+01:00",
  "expires_at": "2026-10-18T09:00:11+01:00"
}

Response examples (422)

{
  "message": "The given data was invalid.",
  "errors": {
    "field": [
      "The field is invalid."
    ]
  }
}