Integration
Connect Buddy Punch and Runn
When Employee Created fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs Create Client in Runn, or New Assignment in Runn to Create Department Code in Buddy Punch. 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Buddy Punch and Runn 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.
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.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 Buddy Punch and Runn can do together
From Buddy Punch to Runn
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Create Client in Runn
When Employee Updated in Buddy Punch
then Create Project in Runn
From Runn to Buddy Punch
When New Assignment in Runn
then Create Department Code in Buddy Punch
When New Client in Runn
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 Runn
Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 28 actions
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.
Trigger
New AssignmentTriggers when a new assignment is created in Runn, optionally limited to one person, role or project.
Trigger
New ClientTriggers when a new client is created in Runn.
Trigger
New ContractTriggers when a new contract is added to a person in Runn.
Trigger
New Holiday GroupTriggers when a new holiday group is added to your Runn account.
Trigger
New PersonTriggers when a new person is added in Runn.
Trigger
New ProjectTriggers when a new project is created in Runn.
Trigger
New Rate CardTriggers when a new rate card is created in Runn.
Trigger
New RoleTriggers when a new role is created in Runn.
Trigger
New SkillTriggers when a new skill is created in Runn.
Trigger
New TeamTriggers when a new team is created in Runn.
Trigger
New UserTriggers when a new user is added to your Runn account.
Action
Assign a ManagerAdds a Runn user as a manager of a person or placeholder, keeping any managers they already have. Returns the updated person.
Action
Create AssignmentCreates an assignment that schedules a person or placeholder on a project in a role for a date range, with the same number of minutes on each working day.
Action
Create ClientCreates a new client in Runn with a name and, optionally, a website and links to external systems.
Action
Create ContractAdds a new contract to a person in Runn, setting their role, dates, employment type, cost and working hours.
Action
Create PersonCreates a person in Runn, along with their first contract (role, employment type, cost and working hours).
Action
Create ProjectCreates a project in Runn for a client, optionally setting its budget, pricing model, rate card, team and managers, or duplicating it from an existing template project.
Action
Create RoleCreates a role in Runn, with optional default hourly cost, standard charge-out rate and external references.
Action
Create SkillCreates a new skill in Runn that can be assigned to people and placeholders.
Action
Create Timesheet (Actual)Records the time a person actually spent on a project for one day, creating the actual or overwriting an existing one for the same date, person, project, role and workstream.
Action
Find ClientReturns Runn clients whose name contains the text you enter (case-insensitive), with each client's id, website, archived status and external references.
Action
Find PersonFinds people in Runn by email, first name, last name or external id, returning every match and the first matching person.
Action
Find ProjectReturns the projects whose name contains the text you give (ignoring case), optionally narrowed by external ID or last-modified date.
Action
Find RoleFinds roles in Runn whose name contains the text you give, ignoring case. Returns the matching roles, how many matched, and the first match.
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
Buddy Punch and Runn, 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 Runn when something happens in Buddy Punch?
Any of Runn's 13 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Client, Create Contract and Create Person. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Runn to Buddy Punch?
Yes. When something happens in Runn, your agent can act in Buddy Punch too. This page covers both directions: Runn's triggers and Buddy Punch's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or Runn?
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 Runn 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.