--- title: "Connect bambooHR to Octane AI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in bambooHR, your agent runs \"Add experiment\" in Octane AI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-octane-ai" --- # Connect bambooHR to Octane AI When **New Employee** fires in [bambooHR](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr), your agent runs **Add experiment** in [Octane AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/octane-ai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. bambooHR **3** triggers bambooHR **20** actions Octane AI **11** 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 Octane AI 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 can start in Octane AI - When **New Employee** in bambooHR then **Add experiment** in Octane AI - When **New or Updated Time Off Request** in bambooHR then **Add export** in Octane AI 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 Octane AI ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 31 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. - Action **Add experiment** Creates a draft A/B experiment on a quiz, testing a saved version against the live version. - Action **Add export** Requests a new export of shopper profiles, quiz responses or quiz analytics. Returns the queued export, whose download link becomes available once it completes. - Action **Delete quiz** Soft-deletes a quiz in your Octane AI store. - Action **Get quiz** Returns a quiz's summary and structure: its pages in order, their content components, rules and jumps, and the scoring dimensions. An error occurs if the quiz is not found. - Action **Get quiz analytics overview** Returns a quiz's analytics for a date range: daily views, starts, completions, opt-ins, orders and revenue, with totals and publish markers. - Action **Get shopper profile** Returns one shopper profile: their emails and phones, latest quiz answers and results, quiz sessions and linked orders. - Action **Get store analytics overview** Returns store-wide quiz analytics for a date range: daily views, starts, completions, opt-ins, orders and revenue, plus totals and rates. - Action **List experiments** Returns the A/B experiments across the store, newest first, with each experiment's status, decision settings and arms. - Action **List quizzes** Returns the store's quizzes with their name, status, archive state and published version. - Action **List shopper profiles** Returns the store's shopper profiles, most recently seen first, optionally narrowed by a search term, a quiz or a date range. - Action **Publish quiz version** Publishes a saved version of a quiz so shoppers see it. Publishing an older version rolls the live quiz back; the draft is unchanged. ## 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) - [ **Octane AI** Octane AI is the zero-party data marketing platform for Shopify merchants.](https://apiant.ai/connections/octane-ai) 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 Octane AI - [ **HubSpot to Octane AI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-octane-ai) - [ **Salesforce to Octane AI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-octane-ai) - [ **Slack to Octane AI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-octane-ai) - [ **Google Sheets to Octane AI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-octane-ai) - [ **Gmail to Octane AI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-octane-ai) - [ **Google Calendar to Octane AI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-octane-ai) Questions ## bambooHR and Octane AI, 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 Octane AI when something happens in bambooHR? Any of Octane AI's 11 actions, including Add experiment, Add export, Get quiz and Get quiz analytics overview. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Octane AI to bambooHR? Octane AI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in bambooHR. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Octane AI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for bambooHR or Octane AI? 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 Octane AI 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.