Integration
Connect Buddy Punch to ShipEngine
When Employee Created fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs Add batch in ShipEngine. 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 ShipEngine to do together?
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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 ShipEngine
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Add batch in ShipEngine
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 ShipEngine
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 29 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 batch
Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together.
- Add label
Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links.
- Add shipment
Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches.
- Add warehouse
Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address.
- Calculate rates
Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment.
- Get batch
Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms.
- Get label
Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label.
- Get manifest
Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form.
- Get shipment
Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags.
- List carriers
Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options.
- List shipments
Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range.
- List warehouses
Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address.
- Update shipment
Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment.
- Validate an Address
Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found.
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 ShipEngine, 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 ShipEngine when something happens in Buddy Punch?
Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from ShipEngine to Buddy Punch?
ShipEngine has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buddy Punch. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ShipEngine's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or ShipEngine?
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 ShipEngine 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.