--- title: "Connect Affinity and bambooHR - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New List\" fires in Affinity, your agent runs \"Add Employee Table Row\" in bambooHR, or \"New Employee\" in bambooHR to \"Add field value\" in Affinity." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-bamboohr" --- # Connect Affinity and bambooHR When **New List** fires in [Affinity](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity), your agent runs **Add Employee Table Row** in [bambooHR](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr), or **New Employee** in bambooHR to **Add field value** in Affinity. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Affinity **6** triggers Affinity **14** actions bambooHR **3** triggers bambooHR **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Affinity and bambooHR 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 Affinity and bambooHR can do together ### From Affinity to bambooHR - When **New List** in Affinity then **Add Employee Table Row** in bambooHR - When **New List Entry** in Affinity then **Add Employee File** in bambooHR ### From bambooHR to Affinity - When **New Employee** in bambooHR then **Add field value** in Affinity - When **New or Updated Time Off Request** in bambooHR then **Add reminder** in Affinity 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 Affinity and bambooHR ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 34 actions - Trigger **Field Value Changes** Triggers when a field value is added, updated or removed in Affinity. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new list is created in Affinity. - Trigger **New List Entry** Triggers when a new entry is added to an Affinity list. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when a new organization is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Affinity. - Action **Add field value** Sets the value of a field on a list entry (a row on an Affinity list), such as a status dropdown, number, date, text, person or company field. - Action **Add reminder** Creates a one-time or recurring reminder in Affinity for a person, company or opportunity, assigned to an internal user. - Action **Delete opportunity** Deletes an opportunity in Affinity. - Action **Delete person** Deletes a person from Affinity. Internal people in your organization cannot be deleted. - Action **Find a List Entry** Finds an entry on an Affinity list by the name, email or domain of its person, organization or opportunity. - Action **Find an Organization** Finds Affinity organizations by name or domain and returns the best match. - Action **Find a Person** Finds Affinity persons by name or email address and returns the best match. - Action **Find opportunities** Finds opportunities whose name contains the text you give, returning the first match and all matches. - Action **Get an Opportunity** Returns one Affinity opportunity by ID, with its name and the list it belongs to. - Action **Get an Organization** Returns one Affinity organization (company) by ID, with its name and domains. - Action **Get a Person** Returns one Affinity person by ID, with their name and email addresses. - Action **List lists** Returns the lists in your Affinity workspace that you can view, optionally filtered by name. - Action **Update field value** Sets the value of a single field on a list entry (row) in an Affinity list, replacing its current value. - Action **Update opportunity** Renames an existing opportunity in Affinity. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee is added. - Trigger **New or Updated Time Off Request** Triggers when a time off request is created or updated. - Trigger **Updated Employee** Triggers when an employee record is updated. - Action **Add Employee** Create a new employee record. The new employee's ID is returned in the Location header. - Action **Add Employee File** Upload a file to an employee record. - Action **Add Employee Table Row** Add a row to an employee table. - Action **Add Job Application Comment** Add a comment to a job application. - Action **Add Time Off Request** Create a time off request for an employee. - Action **Delete Employee** Delete an employee. - Action **Get Company Report** Run a company report by ID and return its rows as JSON. - Action **Get Employee** Retrieve a single employee's fields by employee ID. - Action **Get Employee Directory** Retrieve the full company employee directory. - Action **Get Employee Table Data** Get tabular data (job info, compensation, etc.) for an employee. - Action **Get Time Off Requests** List time off requests filtered by date range, employee, status, or type. - Action **Get Time Off Types** List the time off types configured for the company. - Action **Get Who's Out** List time off and holidays between a start and end date. - Action **List Employee Files** List files and categories for an employee. - Action **List Employees** List employees (paginated, filterable). - Action **List Goals** List an employee's goals. - Action **List Job Applications** List job applications. - Action **List Users** List BambooHR users. - Action **Update Employee** Update an existing employee's details. - Action **Update Time Off Request status** Approve, deny or cancel a time off request. ## Each app on its own - [ **Affinity** Affinity is a collective intelligence CRM, helping you keep track of the people and organizations in your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity) - [ **bambooHR** BambooHR is HR software for small and medium businesses, covering employee records, time off, onboarding...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Affinity - [ **Affinity to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-hubspot) - [ **Affinity to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-salesforce) - [ **Affinity to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-slack) - [ **Affinity to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-sheets) - [ **Affinity to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-gmail) - [ **Affinity to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-calendar) ## More into bambooHR - [ **ActiveCampaign to bambooHR** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-bamboohr) - [ **Airtable to bambooHR** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-bamboohr) - [ **Asana to bambooHR** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-bamboohr) - [ **2Chat to bambooHR** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-bamboohr) - [ **3Scribe to bambooHR** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-bamboohr) - [ **5pm to bambooHR** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-bamboohr) Questions ## Affinity and bambooHR, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Affinity? Any of Affinity's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New List, New List Entry, New Opportunity and New Organization. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in bambooHR when something happens in Affinity? Any of bambooHR's 20 actions, including Update Employee, Update Time Off Request status, Add Employee and Add Employee File. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from bambooHR to Affinity? Yes. When something happens in bambooHR, your agent can act in Affinity too. This page covers both directions: bambooHR's triggers and Affinity's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Affinity or bambooHR? 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 Affinity and bambooHR 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.