--- title: "Connect Apollo and Runn - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Create Client\" in Runn, or \"New Assignment\" in Runn to \"Create Contact\" in Apollo." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-runn" --- # Connect Apollo and Runn When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Create Client** in [Runn](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn), or **New Assignment** in Runn to **Create Contact** in Apollo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** actions Runn **11** triggers Runn **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Apollo and Runn 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 Apollo and Runn can do together ### From Apollo to Runn - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Create Client** in Runn - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Create Project** in Runn ### From Runn to Apollo - When **New Assignment** in Runn then **Create Contact** in Apollo - When **New Client** in Runn then **Create Deal** in Apollo 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 Apollo and Runn ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **Account Updated** Polls Apollo accounts/search for new or updated accounts (dedup on MD5 of the record; accounts/search returns no updated_at). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Polls Apollo contacts/search for new or updated contacts (dedup on MD5 of the record). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Account** Polls Apollo accounts/search for newly created accounts (dedup on account id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Contact** Polls Apollo contacts/search for newly created contacts (dedup on contact id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Action **Create Account** An Account is a company that your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Contact** A Contact is a person your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Deal** Deals are records that you can use to track possible opportunities with your prospective customers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task for the specified Apollo contact (via /tasks/bulk_create with a single contact). - Action **Find Contact** Find a contact in your Apollo instance by searching for their email. If you have multiple contacts with the same email address, this search returns the contact that was created first. - Action **Find Deal** Returns up to 100 deals (opportunities) that match the specified name. Leave name blank to return all deals. - Action **Find Task** Returns up to 100 tasks for the specified contact. Leave contact_id blank to return all tasks. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Action **Update Deal** Update an already existing Deal. - Trigger **New Assignment** Triggers when a new assignment is created in Runn, optionally limited to one person, role or project. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Contract** Triggers when a new contract is added to a person in Runn. - Trigger **New Holiday Group** Triggers when a new holiday group is added to your Runn account. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Runn. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Rate Card** Triggers when a new rate card is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Role** Triggers when a new role is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Skill** Triggers when a new skill is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Team** Triggers when a new team is created in Runn. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is added to your Runn account. - Action **Assign a Manager** Adds a Runn user as a manager of a person or placeholder, keeping any managers they already have. Returns the updated person. - Action **Create Assignment** Creates an assignment that schedules a person or placeholder on a project in a role for a date range, with the same number of minutes on each working day. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in Runn with a name and, optionally, a website and links to external systems. - Action **Create Contract** Adds a new contract to a person in Runn, setting their role, dates, employment type, cost and working hours. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in Runn, along with their first contract (role, employment type, cost and working hours). - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Runn for a client, optionally setting its budget, pricing model, rate card, team and managers, or duplicating it from an existing template project. - Action **Create Role** Creates a role in Runn, with optional default hourly cost, standard charge-out rate and external references. - Action **Create Skill** Creates a new skill in Runn that can be assigned to people and placeholders. - Action **Create Timesheet (Actual)** Records the time a person actually spent on a project for one day, creating the actual or overwriting an existing one for the same date, person, project, role and workstream. - Action **Find Client** Returns Runn clients whose name contains the text you enter (case-insensitive), with each client's id, website, archived status and external references. - Action **Find Person** Finds people in Runn by email, first name, last name or external id, returning every match and the first matching person. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose name contains the text you give (ignoring case), optionally narrowed by external ID or last-modified date. - Action **Find Role** Finds roles in Runn whose name contains the text you give, ignoring case. Returns the matching roles, how many matched, and the first match. ## Each app on its own - [ **Apollo** Apollo is a unified engagement platform that is the foundation for your entire end-to-end sales strategy.](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo) - [ **Runn** Runn is a resource management platform that helps teams align people, projects, and strategy with real-time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Apollo - [ **Apollo to Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-streak) - [ **Apollo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-hubspot) - [ **Apollo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-salesforce) - [ **Apollo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-slack) - [ **Apollo to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-google-sheets) - [ **Apollo to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-gmail) ## More into Runn - [ **HubSpot to Runn** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-runn) - [ **Google Sheets to Runn** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-runn) - [ **Gmail to Runn** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-runn) - [ **Google Calendar to Runn** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-runn) - [ **Google Drive to Runn** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-runn) - [ **Mailchimp to Runn** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-runn) Questions ## Apollo and Runn, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Apollo? Any of Apollo's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Account Updated, Contact Updated, New Account and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Runn when something happens in Apollo? Any of Runn's 13 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Client, Create Contract and Create Person. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Runn to Apollo? Yes. When something happens in Runn, your agent can act in Apollo too. This page covers both directions: Runn's triggers and Apollo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo or Runn? 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 Apollo and Runn 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.