Integration
Connect Bento and Buddy Punch
When New Tag fires in Bento, your agent runs Create Department Code in Buddy Punch, or Employee Created in Buddy Punch to Send Transactional Email in Bento. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Bento and Buddy Punch to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Bento and Buddy Punch can do together
From Bento to Buddy Punch
When New Tag in Bento
then Create Department Code in Buddy Punch
When New Tag in Bento
then Create Employee in Buddy Punch
From Buddy Punch to Bento
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Send Transactional Email in Bento
When Employee Updated in Buddy Punch
then Update email template in Bento
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 Bento and Buddy Punch
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 41 actions
Trigger
New TagTriggers when a new tag is created on your Bento site.
Action
Add broadcastCreates a broadcast email draft in Bento, optionally scheduled and approved for sending to tagged or segmented subscribers.
Action
Create FieldCreates a custom subscriber field on your Bento site.
Action
Create or Update UserCreates a Bento subscriber, or updates the name of an existing one, by email address.
Action
Create or Update User and Apply TagCreates or updates a Bento subscriber by email and applies one or more tags, without triggering Flows.
Action
Create or Update User and Apply Tag (Trigger Flows)Applies a tag to a Bento subscriber (creating them if needed) through an event, so any Flows listening for that tag start.
Action
Create TagCreates a tag on your Bento site.
Action
Delete tagDiscards a tag in Bento by name (running it on an already-discarded tag restores it).
Action
Fetch Site MetricsReturns your Bento site's user, subscriber and unsubscriber counts.
Action
Fetch SubscriberReturns a Bento subscriber's details, tags and custom fields by email address.
Action
Get email templateReturns one email template, including its name, subject and HTML content.
Action
Get segmentReturns one segment, including its name, description and filter definition.
Action
Import subscribersQueues up to 1,000 subscribers for import or update in Bento. Imports do not trigger automations.
Action
List BroadcastsReturns one page of Bento broadcasts with the chosen status, including their send stats.
Action
List FieldsReturns every custom subscriber field on your Bento site.
Action
List segmentsReturns all segments in your Bento site.
Action
List sequencesReturns the sequences on your Bento site, including each sequence's email templates.
Action
List TagsReturns every tag on your Bento site.
Action
List workflowsReturns all workflows on the Bento site, with their name, status and email templates.
Action
Remove Tag from SubscriberRemoves a tag from a Bento subscriber by email.
Action
Send Transactional EmailSends an email through Bento to one recipient, optionally as transactional so it reaches unsubscribed people.
Action
Track EventRecords a custom event for a Bento subscriber, optionally updating their profile fields; events can start Flows.
Action
Track Subscribe EventSubscribes or unsubscribes a Bento subscriber by email.
Action
Track Unique EventRecords a purchase for a Bento subscriber with its value, counted once per order ID.
Action
Update email templateUpdates the subject, HTML content, or editor type of a Bento email template.
Action
Update Subscriber FieldSets one custom field value on a Bento subscriber.
Action
Validate EmailChecks whether an email address looks valid and deliverable.
Trigger
Employee CreatedTriggers when a new employee is added to your Buddy Punch account.
Trigger
Employee Punched InTriggers when an employee punches in, returning the punch with the employee, punch-in time, approval status and hours. Watches the current pay period's time cards.
Trigger
Employee UpdatedTriggers when an employee in your Buddy Punch account is added or any of their details change.
Trigger
Punch in ChangedTriggers when an employee's punch-in in the current pay period is recorded or changed (time, approval status or notes).
Action
Assign Employee to Department CodeAssigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch department code.
Action
Assign Employee to LocationAssigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch location and returns the location.
Action
Create Department CodeCreates a new department code in Buddy Punch.
Action
Create EmployeeCreates a new employee in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Create LocationCreates a new location in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Create PositionCreates a new position in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Find EmployeeFinds employees in your Buddy Punch account whose email, username, employee ID or full name matches the value you search for.
Action
Get Department CodeReturns the details of a specific department code in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Get LocationReturns the details of a specific Buddy Punch location.
Action
Get PositionReturns a single Buddy Punch position by its ID.
Action
List Department Code EmployeesReturns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch department code.
Action
List Location EmployeesReturns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch location.
Action
Punch InPunches an employee in on Buddy Punch, either the connected user or a chosen employee.
Action
Punch OutPunches an employee out in Buddy Punch. Defaults to the connected user when no employee is given.
Action
Update EmployeeUpdates an existing employee in Buddy Punch, such as their name, email, username or active status.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Bento and Buddy Punch, answered
What can start an automation from Bento?
Any of Bento's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Tag. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Buddy Punch when something happens in Bento?
Any of Buddy Punch's 15 actions, including Create Department Code, Create Employee, Create Location and Create Position. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Buddy Punch to Bento?
Yes. When something happens in Buddy Punch, your agent can act in Bento too. This page covers both directions: Buddy Punch's triggers and Bento's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Bento or Buddy Punch?
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 Bento and Buddy Punch 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.