--- title: "Connect bambooHR and Hex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in bambooHR, your agent runs \"Create Project\" in Hex, or \"New Project Run\" in Hex to \"Add Employee Table Row\" in bambooHR." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-hex" --- # Connect bambooHR and Hex When **New Employee** fires in [bambooHR](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr), your agent runs **Create Project** in [Hex](https://apiant.ai/connections/hex), or **New Project Run** in Hex to **Add Employee Table Row** in bambooHR. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. bambooHR **3** triggers bambooHR **20** actions Hex **4** triggers Hex **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want bambooHR and Hex 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 bambooHR and Hex can do together ### From bambooHR to Hex - When **New Employee** in bambooHR then **Create Project** in Hex - When **New or Updated Time Off Request** in bambooHR then **Update Project Status** in Hex ### From Hex to bambooHR - When **New Project Run** in Hex then **Add Employee Table Row** in bambooHR - When **List Groups** in Hex then **Add Employee File** in bambooHR 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 bambooHR and Hex ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 42 actions - 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. - Trigger **List Groups** Triggers when a group is found in your Hex workspace. - Trigger **List Projects** Triggers when a project is found in your Hex workspace. - Trigger **List Users** Triggers when a user is found in your Hex workspace. - Trigger **New Project Run** Triggers when a new API-triggered run appears for a Hex project. - Action **Add Collection** Create a new collection. - Action **Create Embed URL** Creates a presigned URL to embed a published Hex project. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new group in your Hex workspace. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new Hex project. - Action **Deactivate User** Deactivate a workspace user. - Action **Delete Cell** Delete a cell. - Action **Delete Group** Delete a group. - Action **Get Cell** Fetch a single cell by id. - Action **Get Cell Output** Fetch a cell's output value. - Action **Get Collection** Fetch a single collection by id. - Action **Get Data Connection** Fetch a single data connection by id. - Action **Get Group** Fetch a single group by id. - Action **Get Project** Retrieves metadata about a specific Hex project. - Action **Get Project Runs** Retrieves the run history for a Hex project, optionally filtered by status. - Action **Get Run Status** Retrieves the status of a Hex project run, automatically waiting until the run reaches a final state (completed, errored, killed, or unable to allocate a kernel). - Action **List Cells** List cells within a project. - Action **List Collections** List collections (folders) in the workspace. - Action **List Data Connections** List configured data connections in the workspace. - Action **Share Project With Groups** Shares a Hex project with one or more groups at a specified access level. - Action **Update Cell** Edit a cell's contents. - Action **Update Collection** Edit a collection's name/contents. - Action **Update Project Status** Updates the status of a Hex project (or removes it). ## Each app on its own - [ **bambooHR** BambooHR is HR software for small and medium businesses, covering employee records, time off, onboarding...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr) - [ **Hex** Hex is a data science and analytics platform for building collaborative data projects and notebooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/hex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from bambooHR - [ **bambooHR to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-hubspot) - [ **bambooHR to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-salesforce) - [ **bambooHR to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-slack) - [ **bambooHR to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-google-sheets) - [ **bambooHR to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-gmail) - [ **bambooHR to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-google-calendar) ## More into Hex - [ **Acadle to Hex** Plug and Play in 2 hours, Train your employees, partners and customers at scale and with zero tech skills !](https://apiant.ai/connect/acadle-to-hex) - [ **Accredible Certificates to Hex** Easily create and manage digital certificates & open badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/accredible-certificates-to-hex) - [ **AccuLynx to Hex** AccuLynx is a cloud based roofing software application designed to help contractors manage and grow their...](https://apiant.ai/connect/acculynx-to-hex) - [ **actiTIME to Hex** actiTIME is a time tracking & scope management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/actitime-to-hex) - [ **ActiveCampaign Postmark to Hex** Postmark is specifically built to deliver your app's emails to the inbox, fast.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-postmark-to-hex) - [ **ActiveCollab to Hex** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecollab-to-hex) Questions ## bambooHR and Hex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from bambooHR? Any of bambooHR's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Employee, New or Updated Time Off Request and Updated Employee. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Hex when something happens in bambooHR? Any of Hex's 22 actions, including Create Embed URL, Create Group, Create Project and Update Cell. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Hex to bambooHR? Yes. When something happens in Hex, your agent can act in bambooHR too. This page covers both directions: Hex's triggers and bambooHR's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for bambooHR or Hex? 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 bambooHR and Hex 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.