--- title: "Connect bambooHR and PaintScout - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in bambooHR, your agent runs \"Add deal\" in PaintScout, or \"Contact Created\" in PaintScout to \"Add Employee Table Row\" in bambooHR." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-paintscout" --- # Connect bambooHR and PaintScout When **New Employee** fires in [bambooHR](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr), your agent runs **Add deal** in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), or **Contact Created** in PaintScout 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 PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** 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 PaintScout 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 PaintScout can do together ### From bambooHR to PaintScout - When **New Employee** in bambooHR then **Add deal** in PaintScout - When **New or Updated Time Off Request** in bambooHR then **Add task** in PaintScout ### From PaintScout to bambooHR - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Add Employee Table Row** in bambooHR - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Update Time Off Request status** 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 PaintScout ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 39 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 **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. ## 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) - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) 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](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 PaintScout - [ **HubSpot to PaintScout** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Sheets to PaintScout** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paintscout) - [ **Gmail to PaintScout** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Calendar to PaintScout** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Drive to PaintScout** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-paintscout) - [ **Mailchimp to PaintScout** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-paintscout) Questions ## bambooHR and PaintScout, 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 PaintScout when something happens in bambooHR? Any of PaintScout's 19 actions, including Create Contact, Create Quote, Update company and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PaintScout to bambooHR? Yes. When something happens in PaintScout, your agent can act in bambooHR too. This page covers both directions: PaintScout's triggers and bambooHR's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for bambooHR or PaintScout? 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 PaintScout 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.