--- title: "Connect Buddy Punch and inMobile - SMS gateway - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Employee Created\" fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs \"Create or Update Contact\" in inMobile - SMS gateway." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buddy-punch-to-inmobile-sms-gateway" --- # Connect Buddy Punch and inMobile - SMS gateway When **Employee Created** fires in [Buddy Punch](https://apiant.ai/connections/buddy-punch), your agent runs **Create or Update Contact** in [inMobile - SMS gateway](https://apiant.ai/connections/inmobile-sms-gateway), or **New email event** in inMobile - SMS gateway to **Create Department Code** in Buddy Punch. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buddy Punch **4** triggers Buddy Punch **15** actions inMobile - SMS gateway **4** triggers inMobile - SMS gateway **15** 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 inMobile - SMS gateway 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Buddy Punch and inMobile - SMS gateway can do together ### From Buddy Punch to inMobile - SMS gateway - When **Employee Created** in Buddy Punch then **Create or Update Contact** in inMobile - SMS gateway - When **Employee Updated** in Buddy Punch then **Send email** in inMobile - SMS gateway ### From inMobile - SMS gateway to Buddy Punch - When **New email event** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Create Department Code** in Buddy Punch - When **New incoming RCS message** in inMobile - SMS gateway then **Create Employee** in Buddy Punch 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 inMobile - SMS gateway ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 30 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. - Trigger **New email event** Triggers when a new email event occurs on a message you sent, such as delivered, opened, clicked, bounced or unsubscribed. - Trigger **New incoming RCS message** Triggers when a new RCS message is received by one of your inMobile RCS agents, including text, file, location and suggestion responses. - Trigger **New incoming SMS message** Triggers when a new SMS message is received on one of your inMobile numbers. - Trigger **New SMS status report** Triggers when a delivery status report arrives for a sent SMS message. inMobile hands out each report only once, so a report collected by this trigger can't be retrieved again through the API. - Action **Add list** Creates a new recipient list in your inMobile account and returns its id, name and creation time. - Action **Add Mobile Number to Blacklist** Adds a mobile number to the inMobile blacklist so it no longer receives messages, and returns the created blacklist entry. - Action **Add recipient** Creates a recipient with a phone number and optional contact details on an inMobile SMS list, and returns the new recipient. - Action **Cancel SMS message** Cancels scheduled SMS messages that have not been sent yet and returns a result for each message. - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a recipient on an inMobile list, or updates the existing recipient on that list with the same phone number. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact (recipient) from an inMobile list. - Action **Find recipient by number** Returns the recipient on an inMobile list that has the specified phone number, and reports whether one was found. - Action **List lists** Returns all recipient lists in the inMobile account, with each list's id, name and creation time. - Action **List recipients** Returns all recipients in an inMobile list, including their phone numbers and fields. - Action **Parse phone numbers** Checks a list of phone numbers and returns, for each one, whether it is valid along with its cleaned number, country code and local number. - Action **Remove Mobile Number From Blacklist** Removes a mobile number from your inMobile blacklist, so it can receive messages again. - Action **Send email** Sends an email with a subject and HTML body to up to 100 recipients through inMobile, optionally scheduled for later, and returns the message id and accepted recipients. - Action **Send RCS text message** Sends a text-only RCS message from one of your RCS agents to a mobile number, with optional suggested replies and actions. Returns the message id and the parsed recipient number. - Action **Send SMS Message** Sends one SMS text message to a mobile number, immediately or at a scheduled time, and returns the message ID and how many SMS parts it uses. - Action **Update recipient** Updates an existing recipient on an inMobile list. Only the details you fill in are changed; anything left blank keeps its current value. ## 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) - [ **inMobile - SMS gateway** inMobile is a powerful SMS gateway. inMobile makes it easy for you to send personalized SMS messages, manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inmobile-sms-gateway) 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 inMobile - SMS gateway - [ **HubSpot to inMobile - SMS gateway** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **Google Sheets to inMobile - SMS gateway** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **Gmail to inMobile - SMS gateway** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **Google Calendar to inMobile - SMS gateway** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **Google Drive to inMobile - SMS gateway** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) - [ **ActiveCampaign to inMobile - SMS gateway** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-inmobile-sms-gateway) Questions ## Buddy Punch and inMobile - SMS gateway, 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 inMobile - SMS gateway when something happens in Buddy Punch? Any of inMobile - SMS gateway's 15 actions, including Create or Update Contact, Send email, Send RCS text message and Send SMS Message. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from inMobile - SMS gateway to Buddy Punch? Yes. When something happens in inMobile - SMS gateway, your agent can act in Buddy Punch too. This page covers both directions: inMobile - SMS gateway's triggers and Buddy Punch's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or inMobile - SMS gateway? 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 inMobile - SMS gateway 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.