--- title: "Connect bambooHR and Willo - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in bambooHR, your agent runs \"Add department\" in Willo, or \"List Users\" in Willo to \"Add Employee Table Row\" in bambooHR." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bamboohr-to-willo" --- # Connect bambooHR and Willo When **New Employee** fires in [bambooHR](https://apiant.ai/connections/bamboohr), your agent runs **Add department** in [Willo](https://apiant.ai/connections/willo), or **List Users** in Willo 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 Willo **1** trigger Willo **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 Willo 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 Willo can do together ### From bambooHR to Willo - When **New Employee** in bambooHR then **Add department** in Willo - When **New or Updated Time Off Request** in bambooHR then **Add interview from template** in Willo ### From Willo to bambooHR - When **List Users** in Willo then **Add Employee Table Row** in bambooHR - When **List Users** in Willo 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 Willo ## Triggers and actions 4 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 **List Users** Triggers when a new user is added to your Willo account. - Action **Accept Candidate** Marks a participant in a Willo interview as Accepted and returns the updated participant. Can also update the participant's name, phone number and custom ID in the same step. - Action **Add department** Creates a new department in your Willo organisation and returns the department, including its key and branding. - Action **Add interview from template** Creates a new interview in Willo from one of your interview templates and returns the new interview. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company as a child organisation under your Willo organisation, with the owner you name. - Action **Create Interview** Creates a new video interview in Willo with its questions, department, message templates and settings. - Action **Delete interview** Deletes an interview from your Willo account. - Action **Delete participant** Deletes a participant from Willo. Returns whether the deletion was confirmed. - Action **Get interview** Returns a Willo interview by its key, including its questions, owner, department, reviewers, message templates and settings. An error occurs if the interview is not found. - Action **Get participant** Returns a Willo participant (candidate) with their contact details, status, interview, department, scores and answers. - Action **Get user** Returns a Willo user's details, including email, full name, phone, role and status. - Action **Invite Someone** Invites a person to a Willo interview as a participant and returns the new participant with their invite link. - Action **List departments** Returns the departments in your Willo organisation, optionally filtered by name, owner email or owner. - Action **List interviews** Returns the interviews in your Willo account, optionally narrowed by department, owner or a search term, and sorted the way you choose. - Action **List message templates** Returns the message templates (email and SMS) in your Willo account, optionally filtered by title, type or trigger. - Action **List participants** Returns the participants in your Willo account, optionally narrowed to an interview, department or owner, or by a text search. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Willo account with their key, email and full name. - Action **Reject Candidate** Rejects a candidate by setting the participant's status to Rejected, optionally updating their name, phone or custom ID. - Action **Update interview** Updates an existing interview's details, questions, reviewers, message templates and settings, changing only the values you provide. Returns the updated interview. - Action **Update participant** Updates a participant's name, phone, status (Accepted or Rejected) or your own reference ID. ## 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) - [ **Willo** Willo helps you get answers to your questions faster with video interviewing.](https://apiant.ai/connections/willo) 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 Willo - [ **HubSpot to Willo** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-willo) - [ **Salesforce to Willo** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-willo) - [ **Slack to Willo** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-willo) - [ **Google Sheets to Willo** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-willo) - [ **Gmail to Willo** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-willo) - [ **Google Calendar to Willo** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-willo) Questions ## bambooHR and Willo, 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 Willo when something happens in bambooHR? Any of Willo's 19 actions, including Create Company, Create Interview, Update interview and Update participant. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Willo to bambooHR? Yes. When something happens in Willo, your agent can act in bambooHR too. This page covers both directions: Willo's triggers and bambooHR's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for bambooHR or Willo? 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 Willo 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.