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Clio Manage Make integrationAutomate Clio Manage with Make.
What if new matters, contacts and documents in Clio Manage kicked off the follow-up work for you? The Clio Manage Make integration gives you 47 modules, 9 of them triggers. This guide shows how to link your account, build a first scenario and pick the right module for each job.
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What can the Clio Manage Make integration do for you?
The Clio Manage Make integration links your Clio account to Make, a visual tool where you build a scenario: an automation made of modules, each one a trigger, an action or a search. Clio Manage brings 47 of these modules, so matters, contacts, tasks, notes, documents and bills can move without anyone copying them by hand.
A task for every new document. Watch Documents spots each new file in Clio Manage, and Create a Task puts a review item on someone's list. Nobody has to remember to check the documents tab.
A cleaner contact list. Watch Contacts reacts the moment a contact is created, updated or deleted. Pair it with Search Contacts to catch a duplicate before Create a Contact adds a second copy.
Matter changes that reach the right people. When Watch Matters fires, Get a Matter pulls the full record and Create a Note or Create a Calendar Entry leaves a trace in the file.
A few limits are worth knowing before you start. The connection needs a registered developer application in Clio, not just a user login. The official Make documentation for this app is marked as AI-generated and asks you to verify important details, so test each module with Run once before you trust it. When a listed module does not cover your case, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the Clio API with the same connection.
The same app often has an n8n node too; the n8n vs Make comparison helps you choose. To get comfortable with the editor first, see Make training, or hand the build to a Make agency.
How do you connect Clio Manage to Make?
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Register a developer application in Clio
In the Clio Developer Portal, create a new application, pick your region and paste
https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/clio-manageas the callback URI. Clio then shows a Client ID and a Client secret: copy both. - 02
Add a Clio Manage module in Make
Open your scenario, add any Clio Manage module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Clio account linked to Make once, then reused by every Clio module. The Connection name field is optional but helps when you have several.
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Paste the credentials and authorize
Enter the Client ID and Client secret you copied, then follow the on-screen instructions to approve access in Clio. Once the connection is saved, Make can read your matters, contacts and other records when you fill in each module.
Build your first scenario with Clio Manage
GoalWhen a new document lands in Clio Manage, Make creates a task so someone reviews it.
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Create a new scenario
From the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the big + to place the first module on the canvas.
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Pick Watch Documents
Search for Clio Manage, choose Watch Documents and click Create a connection if this is your first Clio module. This trigger is scheduled: Make checks Clio for new documents at each run.
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Add Create a Task
Click the + on the right of the trigger, pick Create a Task and map the document details from the previous module into the task, so the reviewer knows exactly which file to open.
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Test with Run once
Add a document in Clio, then click Run once. Each module shows the bundles it received, a bundle being one item passed along. Check that one task appeared in Clio Manage.
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Schedule and switch it on
Open the clock on the first module. A new scenario runs every 15 minutes by default, which is also the shortest interval on the Free plan. Save, then switch the scenario on.
Which Clio Manage triggers start a scenario?
9 modules start a scenario when something happens in Clio Manage. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Clio Manage as soon as it happens.
Watch Activities
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a contact is created, updated or deleted.”
Watch Activities hands your scenario a fresh bundle each time an activity moves in Clio Manage, so the change can be copied, logged or reported elsewhere without a manual export.
Watch Bills
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a bill is created, updated or deleted.”
Your billing work gets a live feed: this trigger passes a bill to Make whenever one is created, updated or deleted in Clio Manage, ready to be sent to accounting or a follow-up list.
Watch Calendar Entries
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a bill is created, updated or deleted.”
Hearings, meetings and deadlines placed in the Clio calendar can reach other tools the moment they are set, because this trigger sends each calendar entry to your scenario.
Watch Communications
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a communication is created, updated or deleted.”
Every logged call, email or message record in Clio becomes something Make can act on: the trigger delivers the communication as soon as it is created, updated or deleted.
Watch Contacts
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a contact is created, updated or deleted.”
Keep every other system in step with your Clio contact list: this trigger fires on each created, updated or deleted contact and passes the record to the next module.
Watch Documents
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new document is created.”
Watch Documents looks for newly created documents in Clio Manage and sends one bundle per file, which makes it the natural start for review, filing or notification flows.
Watch Matters
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a matter is created, updated or deleted.”
Opening a matter in Clio can set the rest of the intake in motion: this trigger passes the matter to Make each time one is created, updated or deleted.
Watch Notes
Scheduled triggerIn Make“Triggers when a new note is created.”
Notes written in Clio Manage can travel beyond the matter they belong to: this trigger collects each new note and hands it to your scenario for forwarding or archiving.
Watch Tasks
Instant triggerIn Make“Triggers when a task is created, updated or deleted.”
This trigger turns task changes in Clio into events Make can route, sending the task each time one is created, updated or deleted.
What else can Make do in Clio Manage?
Clio Manage gives you 38 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.
Modules index
- Create a Calendar Entry
- Create a Communication
- Create a Contact
- Create a Folder
- Create a Matter
- Create an Activity
- Create a Note
- Create a Task
- Delete a Calendar Entry
- Delete a Communication
- Delete a Contact
- Delete a Folder
- Delete a Matter
- Delete an Activity
- Delete a Note
- Delete a Task
- Get a Calendar Entry
- Get a Communication
- Get a Contact
- Get a Folder
- Get a Matter
- Get an Activity
- Get a Note
- Get a Task
- Make an API Call
- Update a Calendar Entry
- Update a Communication
- Update a Contact
- Update a Folder
- Update a Matter
- Update an Activity
- Update a Note
- Update a Task
- Upload a Document
- Search Bills
- Search Contacts
- Search Matters
- Search Users
Create a Calendar Entry
ActionIn Make“Creates a new calendar entry.”
Put a date straight into the Clio calendar from any other app, so a meeting booked elsewhere shows up where the firm plans its week.
Create a Communication
ActionIn Make“Creates a new communication.”
Log an exchange in Clio without opening it: this module records a communication from data another app already holds, such as an email or a form reply.
Create a Contact
ActionIn Make“Creates a new contact.”
New people enter Clio Manage without retyping: the module turns a form entry, a lead or a signed agreement into a Clio contact.
Create a Folder
ActionIn Make“Creates a new folder.”
A folder appears in Clio Manage, ready to receive the files of a case, so every matter starts with the same tidy structure.
Create a Matter
ActionIn Make“Creates a new matter.”
Opening a file no longer waits for someone at a desk: Create a Matter builds the matter in Clio from data collected upstream, like a signed engagement or a qualified lead.
Create an Activity
ActionIn Make“Creates a new activity.”
Record an activity in Clio from outside, so work done in another tool still shows up in the firm's system of record.
Create a Note
ActionIn Make“Creates a new note.”
Leave a written trace in Clio automatically: this module adds a note, which is handy for recording what an automation did and when.
Create a Task
ActionIn Make“Creates a new task.”
Hand out work in Clio from any event: Create a Task adds a to-do there, so follow-ups live in the tool your team already checks.
Delete a Calendar Entry
ActionIn Make“Deletes a calendar entry by identificator.”
Remove a calendar entry from Clio when its source disappears, so cancelled meetings stop cluttering the schedule.
Delete a Communication
ActionIn Make“Deletes a communication by identificator.”
Clear a communication record from Clio by its identifier, for example one that was logged by mistake by another scenario.
Delete a Contact
ActionIn Make“Deletes a contact by identificator.”
Take a contact out of Clio Manage by its identifier when it no longer belongs in your records.
Delete a Folder
ActionIn Make“Deletes a folder by identificator.”
Delete a Clio folder by its identifier, useful for removing structures that an earlier automation created by mistake.
Delete a Matter
ActionIn Make“Deletes a matter by identificator.”
Remove a matter from Clio Manage by its identifier, the heaviest of the delete modules because a matter carries the whole case.
Delete an Activity
ActionIn Make“Deletes an activity by identificator.”
This module erases one activity from Clio, found by its identifier, so wrong entries do not stay on the matter.
Delete a Note
ActionIn Make“Deletes a note by identificator.”
Notes that no longer belong on a matter can be removed by identifier, keeping the case history readable.
Delete a Task
ActionIn Make“Deletes a task by identificator.”
Drop a task from Clio by its identifier when the work it describes is no longer needed.
Get a Calendar Entry
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing calendar entry.”
Fetch the full details of one calendar entry from Clio, so the next modules can use what the trigger alone did not include.
Get a Communication
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing communication.”
Read back one existing communication from Clio, with everything Clio stores on it, to feed a report or a message.
Get a Contact
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing contact.”
Pull one contact's record from Clio Manage when a scenario needs more than a name, before sending a message or filling a document.
Get a Folder
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing folder.”
Look up one existing folder in Clio to learn what it holds or where it sits before another module works with it.
Get a Matter
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing matter.”
Load a whole matter from Clio in one step, which gives later modules the case details they need to write messages or create records.
Get an Activity
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing activity.”
Read the complete record of one activity in Clio, useful when a report or an invoice check needs more than the trigger delivered.
Get a Note
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing note.”
Retrieve a single note from Clio with its text, so another app can store, forward or analyze what was written.
Get a Task
ActionIn Make“Gets an existing task.”
Get the current state of one Clio task, so a scenario can decide what to do based on what the task says right now.
Make an API Call
ActionIn Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”
Reach any part of the Clio API that the listed modules leave out, using the connection you already set up, with no second login.
Update a Calendar Entry
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing calendar entry.”
Change an existing calendar entry in Clio so the firm's schedule follows when a meeting moves somewhere else.
Update a Communication
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing communication.”
Edit a communication already stored in Clio, for instance to complete a record that was logged in a hurry.
Update a Contact
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing contact.”
Keep Clio contact details current from the system where they change first, like a CRM or a client portal.
Update a Folder
ActionIn Make“Update an existing folder.”
Rename or adjust an existing Clio folder from a scenario, so the structure keeps pace with the case.
Update a Matter
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing matter.”
Move a matter forward in Clio from outside events: this module edits an existing matter with new information.
Update an Activity
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing activity.”
Correct or complete an activity already in Clio, keeping what was recorded in line with what really happened.
Update a Note
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing note.”
Rewrite a note that already exists in Clio, which lets one living note replace a pile of small ones.
Update a Task
ActionIn Make“Updates an existing task.”
Change a Clio task from another tool, for example to reassign it or mark progress made elsewhere.
Upload a Document
ActionIn Make“Creates a new document.”
Send a file into Clio Manage as a new document, so contracts or scans produced by other tools end up in the case file.
Search Bills
SearchIn Make“Searches for bills or lists them all.”
Find bills in Clio, or list them all, and pass each one on as its own bundle for reporting or reminders.
Search Contacts
SearchIn Make“Searches for contacts or lists them all.”
Check whether a person already exists in Clio before doing anything else, or pull a list of contacts for a sync.
Search Matters
SearchIn Make“Searches for matters or lists them all.”
Locate matters in Clio from what you know, or list them, so later modules can act on the right case.
Search Users
SearchIn Make“Searches for users or lists them all.”
List the people who work in your Clio account, or find one of them, to assign work to the right person.
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