--- title: "Connect BriefTape to TMetric - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New news story\" fires in BriefTape, your agent runs \"Add invoice\" in TMetric." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-tmetric" --- # Connect BriefTape to TMetric When **New news story** fires in [BriefTape](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape), your agent runs **Add invoice** in [TMetric](https://apiant.ai/connections/tmetric). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BriefTape **1** trigger BriefTape **4** actions TMetric **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want BriefTape and TMetric 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 BriefTape can start in TMetric - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Add invoice** in TMetric - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Create Task** in TMetric 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 BriefTape and TMetric ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 actions - Trigger **New news story** Triggered when a new news story is created - Action **Find news stories by ticker** Finds the AI-summarized SEC filing news stories tagged with a stock ticker. - Action **Get story** Retrieves one news story, including its source filing link. - Action **List categories** Lists all active news story categories with their story counts. - Action **List news stories** Lists the latest AI-summarized news stories, optionally filtered by ticker or category. - Action **Add invoice** Create a new invoice. - Action **Add project** Create a new project in the workspace. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in a specified TMetric account. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry in a specified account. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from a TMetric workspace. - Action **Delete time entry** Delete a time entry. - Action **Get task** Gets a single TMetric task by its id. - Action **Get user** Gets the profile of the currently authenticated TMetric user, including the workspaces they belong to. - Action **List clients** Returns a list of all clients in a TMetric workspace. - Action **List invoices** Lists the invoices in a TMetric workspace. - Action **List tasks** Returns a list of all tasks in a TMetric workspace. - Action **List time entries** Retrieve a list of time entries for the workspace. - Action **Start Timer** Starts a running timer in TMetric by adding a time entry that has a start time and no end time. Stop it with Stop Timer. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops the timer currently running in a TMetric workspace, ending its time entry now or at the time you give. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing TMetric task by ID. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else on the task is kept as it is. - Action **Update time entry** Modify an existing time entry. ## Each app on its own - [ **BriefTape** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape) - [ **TMetric** Work time tracker for freelancers and teams. Simple tracking, lots of integrations, billable rates, budgets...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tmetric) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from BriefTape - [ **BriefTape to EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-early) - [ **BriefTape to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-hubspot) - [ **BriefTape to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-salesforce) - [ **BriefTape to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-slack) - [ **BriefTape to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-google-sheets) - [ **BriefTape to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-gmail) ## More into TMetric - [ **HubSpot to TMetric** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tmetric) - [ **Salesforce to TMetric** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tmetric) - [ **Slack to TMetric** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tmetric) - [ **Google Sheets to TMetric** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tmetric) - [ **Gmail to TMetric** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tmetric) - [ **Google Calendar to TMetric** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-tmetric) Questions ## BriefTape and TMetric, answered ### ### What can start an automation from BriefTape? Any of BriefTape's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New news story. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TMetric when something happens in BriefTape? Any of TMetric's 16 actions, including Create Task, Create Time Entry, Update task and Update time entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TMetric to BriefTape? TMetric has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BriefTape. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TMetric's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or TMetric? 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 BriefTape and TMetric 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.