Integration
Connect Buddy Punch and Watermelon
When Employee Created fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs Add Contact in Watermelon, or New Contact in Watermelon 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.
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What do you want Buddy Punch and Watermelon 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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
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 Watermelon can do together
From Buddy Punch to Watermelon
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Add Contact in Watermelon
When Employee Updated in Buddy Punch
then Sends a Message in Watermelon
From Watermelon to Buddy Punch
When New Contact in Watermelon
then Create Department Code in Buddy Punch
When New Conversation in Watermelon
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 Watermelon
Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 23 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
Archive ConversationTriggers when a Watermelon conversation is archived.
Trigger
Handover Conversation AgentTriggers when a Watermelon conversation is handed over to a human agent (its assigned agent changes).
Trigger
Handover Conversation TeamTriggers when a Watermelon conversation is handed over to a team (its assigned team changes).
Trigger
New ContactTriggers when a new contact is added in Watermelon.
Trigger
New ConversationTriggers when a new conversation starts in Watermelon.
Trigger
Updated ContactTriggers when a Watermelon contact is created or updated.
Action
Add ContactCreates a new contact in Watermelon and returns its ID.
Action
Find ContactReturns a Watermelon contact by its ID.
Action
Find ConversationReturns a Watermelon conversation by its ID.
Action
Get conversationReturns a single conversation by its ID, including its messages, tags, channel and status.
Action
Get messageReturns a single message by its ID, including its text, type, conversation and read status.
Action
Search ContactsSearches Watermelon contacts for a value such as a name, email or phone number and returns the matches.
Action
Sends a MessageSends a message in a Watermelon conversation, or starts a new conversation when no conversation ID is given, and returns the message ID.
Action
Updates an Existing ContactUpdates an existing Watermelon contact's name, email or phone number.
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 Watermelon, 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 Watermelon when something happens in Buddy Punch?
Any of Watermelon's 8 actions, including Add Contact, Find Contact, Find Conversation and Get conversation. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Watermelon to Buddy Punch?
Yes. When something happens in Watermelon, your agent can act in Buddy Punch too. This page covers both directions: Watermelon's triggers and Buddy Punch's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or Watermelon?
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 Watermelon 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.