Integration
Connect Buddy Punch to Shift4
When Employee Created fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs Add customer in Shift4. 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 Buddy Punch and Shift4 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 can start in Shift4
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Add customer in Shift4
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 Shift4
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 36 actions
- Employee Created
Triggers when a new employee is added to your Buddy Punch account.
- 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.
- Employee Updated
Triggers when an employee in your Buddy Punch account is added or any of their details change.
- Punch in Changed
Triggers when an employee's punch-in in the current pay period is recorded or changed (time, approval status or notes).
- Assign Employee to Department Code
Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch department code.
- Assign Employee to Location
Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch location and returns the location.
- Create Department Code
Creates a new department code in Buddy Punch.
- Create Employee
Creates a new employee in your Buddy Punch account.
- Create Location
Creates a new location in your Buddy Punch account.
- Create Position
Creates a new position in your Buddy Punch account.
- Find Employee
Finds employees in your Buddy Punch account whose email, username, employee ID or full name matches the value you search for.
- Get Department Code
Returns the details of a specific department code in your Buddy Punch account.
- Get Location
Returns the details of a specific Buddy Punch location.
- Get Position
Returns a single Buddy Punch position by its ID.
- List Department Code Employees
Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch department code.
- List Location Employees
Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch location.
- Punch In
Punches an employee in on Buddy Punch, either the connected user or a chosen employee.
- Punch Out
Punches an employee out in Buddy Punch. Defaults to the connected user when no employee is given.
- Update Employee
Updates an existing employee in Buddy Punch, such as their name, email, username or active status.
- Add card
Saves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details.
- Add charge
Creates a new charge to a customer or card.
- Add customer
Creates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card.
- Add plan
Creates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to.
- Add refund
Refunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged.
- Add subscription
Creates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan.
- Delete card
Deletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default.
- Delete customer
Deletes an existing Shift4 customer.
- Delete plan
Deletes a plan by ID.
- Delete subscription
Cancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID.
- Get charge
Fetches a charge by ID.
- Get customer
Fetches a customer by ID.
- Get dispute
Fetches a dispute by ID.
- Get plan
Fetches a plan by ID.
- Get refund
Retrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id.
- Get subscription
Fetches a subscription by ID.
- List cards
Lists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first.
- List refunds
Returns all refunds.
- Update charge
Updates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged.
- Update customer
Updates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
- Update subscription
Updates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged.
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 Shift4, 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 Shift4 when something happens in Buddy Punch?
Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Shift4 to Buddy Punch?
Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buddy Punch. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or Shift4?
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 Shift4 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.