--- title: "Connect actiTIME and Buttondown - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in actiTIME, your agent runs \"Create Email\" in Buttondown, or \"New Draft\" in Buttondown to \"Create Customer\" in actiTIME." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-buttondown" --- # Connect actiTIME and Buttondown When **New Customer** fires in [actiTIME](https://apiant.ai/connections/actitime), your agent runs **Create Email** in [Buttondown](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown), or **New Draft** in Buttondown to **Create Customer** in actiTIME. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. actiTIME **7** triggers actiTIME **14** actions Buttondown **4** triggers Buttondown **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want actiTIME and Buttondown to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What actiTIME and Buttondown can do together ### From actiTIME to Buttondown - When **New Customer** in actiTIME then **Create Email** in Buttondown - When **New Project** in actiTIME then **Update Email** in Buttondown ### From Buttondown to actiTIME - When **New Draft** in Buttondown then **Create Customer** in actiTIME - When **New Scheduled Email** in Buttondown then **Create Task** in actiTIME Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with actiTIME and Buttondown ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 43 actions - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created. - Trigger **Updated Leave Time** Triggers when the user's leave time is changed. - Trigger **Updated Task** Triggers when an existing task is changed. - Trigger **Updated Time-Track** Triggers when the user's working time is changed. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task. - Action **Create User** creates a user account (firstName, lastName, email, username, password required; optional middleName, active, hired, releaseDate, departmentId, timeZoneGroupId). - Action **Find Customer** Finds the customer by name. - Action **Find Project** Finds project by name - Action **Find Task** Finds the task by name. - Action **Get Time-Track** Returns one time-track record (taskId, time, comment) - Action **List Leave Time** Lists leave-time records (userId, date, leaveTypeId, leaveTime) - Action **Modify Leave Time** Modifies the leave time record by replacing the existing value with a specified one. - Action **Modify Leave Time (Increase Time)** Modifies the leave time record by increasing the existing value by a specified value. - Action **Modify Time-Track** Modifies the time-track record by replacing the existing value with a specified one (along with the time-track record comment). - Action **Modify Time-Track (Increase Time)** Modifies the time-track record by increasing the existing value by a specified value. - Action **Update Task** updates a task's name, description, status/workflowStatusId, projectId, typeOfWorkId, deadline or estimatedTime. - Trigger **New Draft** Triggers when a new draft is created. - Trigger **New Scheduled Email** Triggers when a new email is scheduled. - Trigger **Newsletters** Triggers when a new newsletter is created. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created. - Action **Add Segment** Create a new subscriber segment. - Action **Add Survey** Create a new survey. - Action **Create Draft** Creates a draft. - Action **Create Email** Creates an email. - Action **Create Subscriber** Creates a subscriber. - Action **Delete Automation** Delete an automation by id. - Action **Delete Email** Delete an email by id. - Action **Delete Newsletter** Delete a newsletter by id. - Action **Delete Segment** Delete a subscriber segment by id. - Action **Delete Subscriber** Remove a subscriber by id or email address. - Action **Delete Survey** Delete a survey by id. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag by id. - Action **Find Tag** Finds a tag given its name. - Action **Get Automation** Retrieve a single automation by id. - Action **Get Email** Retrieve a single email by id. - Action **Get Newsletter** Retrieve a single newsletter by id. - Action **Get Segment** Retrieve a single subscriber segment by id. - Action **Get Survey** Retrieve a single survey by id. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieve a single tag by id. - Action **List Automations** List all automations configured on the account. - Action **List Segments** List all subscriber segments. - Action **List Surveys** List all surveys on the account. - Action **Publish Email** Publish a drafted email so it is sent and made public. - Action **Update Automation** Update an automation's configuration. - Action **Update Email** Update an existing email's content or metadata. - Action **Update Newsletter** Update a newsletter's settings. - Action **Update Segment** Update a subscriber segment's definition. - Action **Update Survey** Update a survey's configuration. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag's name or metadata. ## Each app on its own - [ **actiTIME** actiTIME is a time tracking & scope management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connections/actitime) - [ **Buttondown** Buttondown is an easy way to start and grow your newsletter.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buttondown) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from actiTIME - [ **actiTIME to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-hubspot) - [ **actiTIME to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-salesforce) - [ **actiTIME to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-slack) - [ **actiTIME to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-google-sheets) - [ **actiTIME to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-gmail) - [ **actiTIME to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-google-calendar) ## More into Buttondown - [ **ActiveCampaign to Buttondown** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-buttondown) - [ **Airtable to Buttondown** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-buttondown) - [ **Asana to Buttondown** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-buttondown) - [ **Brevo to Buttondown** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-buttondown) - [ **2Chat to Buttondown** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-buttondown) - [ **3Scribe to Buttondown** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-buttondown) Questions ## actiTIME and Buttondown, answered ### ### What can start an automation from actiTIME? Any of actiTIME's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Customer, New Project, New Task and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Buttondown when something happens in actiTIME? Any of Buttondown's 29 actions, including Create Draft, Create Email, Create Subscriber and Update Automation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Buttondown to actiTIME? Yes. When something happens in Buttondown, your agent can act in actiTIME too. This page covers both directions: Buttondown's triggers and actiTIME's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for actiTIME or Buttondown? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use actiTIME and Buttondown without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.