--- title: "Connect Buddy Punch to Beebole - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Employee Created\" fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs \"Add task\" in Beebole." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-beebole" --- # Connect Buddy Punch to Beebole When **Employee Created** fires in [Buddy Punch](https://apiant.ai/connections/buddy-punch), your agent runs **Add task** in [Beebole](https://apiant.ai/connections/beebole). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buddy Punch **4** triggers Buddy Punch **15** actions Beebole **27** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Buddy Punch and Beebole 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 Buddy Punch can start in Beebole - When **Employee Created** in Buddy Punch then **Add task** in Beebole - When **Employee Updated** in Buddy Punch then **Create Project** in Beebole 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 Buddy Punch and Beebole ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **Employee Created** Triggers when a new employee is added to your Buddy Punch account. - Trigger **Employee Punched In** Triggers 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 Updated** Triggers when an employee in your Buddy Punch account is added or any of their details change. - Trigger **Punch in Changed** Triggers 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 Code** Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch department code. - Action **Assign Employee to Location** Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch location and returns the location. - Action **Create Department Code** Creates a new department code in Buddy Punch. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Create Location** Creates a new location in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Create Position** Creates a new position in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Find Employee** Finds employees in your Buddy Punch account whose email, username, employee ID or full name matches the value you search for. - Action **Get Department Code** Returns the details of a specific department code in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Get Location** Returns the details of a specific Buddy Punch location. - Action **Get Position** Returns a single Buddy Punch position by its ID. - Action **List Department Code Employees** Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch department code. - Action **List Location Employees** Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch location. - Action **Punch In** Punches an employee in on Buddy Punch, either the connected user or a chosen employee. - Action **Punch Out** Punches an employee out in Buddy Punch. Defaults to the connected user when no employee is given. - Action **Update Employee** Updates an existing employee in Buddy Punch, such as their name, email, username or active status. - Action **Add expense** GraphQL mutation addExpenseRecord(date, expenseTypeId, value, currency, personId, projectId, comment); one of personId/projectId required. - Action **Add task** GraphQL mutation to create a task (Tasks section of Mutations docs) - Action **Approve timesheet** GraphQL mutation approveTimesheet(id = submit event id). - Action **Create Multiple Time Entries** Create a time entry on multiple days (working time or absence) - Action **Create Person** Creates a new person (available license is required) - Action **Create Project** Create a new project - Action **Create Subproject** Create a new subproject - Action **Create Time Entry** Create a new time entry (work or absence) - Action **Deactivate Subproject** Mark a subprojects as inactive - Action **Delete expense** GraphQL mutation deleteExpenseRecord(id). - Action **Delete Multiple Time Entries** Delete time entries on multiple days (working time or absence) - Action **Find Absence** Find absence (to get absence ID) - Action **Find Company** Find company id from name - Action **Find expenses** GraphQL expense record queries (Expense records section of Queries docs) with filter. - Action **Find Group** Find a group in Beebole. It returns the group name with slashes (/) separating the upper levels - Action **Find Person** Find person by name - Action **Find Project** Finds a project in the system with or without pattern - Action **Find Subroject** Finds a subproject by name - Action **Find tasks** GraphQL queries getTasks/getTask(id) with filter, archived, categoryId. - Action **Find Time Entries** GraphQL query getTimeRecords with typed filter (person, project, task, date range) - Action **Get Pending Approvals** Get list of managers with pending approvals. - Action **List Untimed Employees** Lists active people who have no worked-time entries between the start and end times. - Action **Reject timesheet** GraphQL mutation rejectTimesheet(id, stage, comment). - Action **Run Report** Get data from existing time entries - Action **Submit timesheet** GraphQL mutation submitTimesheet(personId, startTime, endTime); returns approval event id. - Action **Update Company** Update company name - Action **Update Time Entry** ## Each app on its own - [ **Buddy Punch** Buddy Punch is an employee time tracking and scheduling app that lets your employees track their hours and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/buddy-punch) - [ **Beebole** Beebole is a project time tracking software for keeping track of your team’s time, billable hours, cost, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/beebole) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buddy Punch - [ **Buddy Punch to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-hubspot) - [ **Buddy Punch to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-salesforce) - [ **Buddy Punch to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-slack) - [ **Buddy Punch to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-google-sheets) - [ **Buddy Punch to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-gmail) - [ **Buddy Punch to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-google-calendar) ## More into Beebole - [ **HubSpot to Beebole** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-beebole) - [ **Salesforce to Beebole** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-beebole) - [ **Slack to Beebole** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-beebole) - [ **Google Sheets to Beebole** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-beebole) - [ **Gmail to Beebole** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-beebole) - [ **Google Calendar to Beebole** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-beebole) Questions ## Buddy Punch and Beebole, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Buddy Punch? Any of Buddy Punch's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Employee Created, Employee Updated, Punch in Changed and Employee Punched In. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Beebole when something happens in Buddy Punch? Any of Beebole's 27 actions, including Create Multiple Time Entries, Create Person, Create Project and Create Subproject. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Beebole to Buddy Punch? Beebole has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buddy Punch. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Beebole's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or Beebole? 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 Buddy Punch and Beebole 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.