--- title: "Connect Busybusy and Karlia - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Certifications: Certification Updated\" fires in Busybusy, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Karlia." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-karlia" --- # Connect Busybusy and Karlia When **Certifications: Certification Updated** fires in [Busybusy](https://apiant.ai/connections/busybusy), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Karlia](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia), or **New Contact** in Karlia to **Create Project** in Busybusy. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Busybusy **6** triggers Busybusy **27** actions Karlia **21** triggers Karlia **38** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Busybusy and Karlia 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Busybusy and Karlia can do together ### From Busybusy to Karlia - When **Certifications: Certification Updated** in Busybusy then **Create Contact** in Karlia - When **Certifications: New Certification Created** in Busybusy then **Create Customer** in Karlia ### From Karlia to Busybusy - When **New Contact** in Karlia then **Create Project** in Busybusy - When **New Equipment** in Karlia then **Create Equipment** in Busybusy 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 Busybusy and Karlia ## Triggers and actions 27 triggers · 65 actions - Trigger **Certifications: Certification Updated** Triggers when a certification is created or updated in Busybusy. - Trigger **Certifications: New Certification Created** Triggers when a new certification type is created in Busybusy. - Trigger **Employee Created** Triggers when a new employee (member) is added to your busybusy organization. - Trigger **Employee Updated** Triggers when an employee in busybusy is created or changed. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a new project is created in busybusy. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a project or subproject is created or changed in Busybusy, including when it is unarchived. - Action **Archive Employee** Archives an employee (member) in busybusy by setting their archived date. - Action **Archive Project** Archives a project in Busybusy by setting its archived date. - Action **Certifications: Create Certification** Creates a certification type in your Busybusy organization that employees can later be certified against. - Action **Certifications: Create Employee Certification** Records that an employee holds a certification, with its issue, renewal and expiry dates. - Action **Certifications: Delete Certification** Deletes a certification from your Busybusy organization by marking it deleted. - Action **Certifications: Renew Employee Certification** Renews an employee's certification record in busybusy by setting a new renewal date and, optionally, a new expiration date. - Action **Certifications: Search Certifications** Searches certifications in Busybusy by name, ID or date filters and returns the matching certifications. - Action **Certifications: Update Certification** Updates an existing certification's name, description, renewal period or documentation settings. - Action **Certifications: Update Employee Certification** Updates an employee's certification record in busybusy, such as its issue, renewal or expiration date or the employee it belongs to. - Action **Create Break Entry** Creates a break on an existing busybusy time entry, with its start time and optional end time. - Action **Create Budget** Creates a cost budget for a busybusy project, optionally scoped to a cost code or piece of equipment. - Action **Create Cost Code Group** Creates a cost code group in busybusy for organizing cost codes. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee (member) in your busybusy organization. - Action **Create Equipment** Creates a piece of equipment in busybusy with its name, model, serial number and tracking options. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in busybusy. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry (clock-in record) for an employee in busybusy, optionally against a project, cost code and equipment. - Action **Search Break Entries** Returns the break entries that match the filters you supply, such as a time entry, start time or paid status. - Action **Search Employee (Single)** Finds a single employee by ID and returns the first matching employee record. - Action **Search Employees (Multiple)** Returns the employees that match the filters you supply, such as name, username, employee number or group. - Action **Search Projects (Multiple)** Returns all projects matching the given title, parent project, ID or dates. - Action **Unarchive Cost Code** Restores an archived cost code so it is active again. - Action **Unarchive Employee** Restores an archived employee in busybusy so they are active again. - Action **Unarchive Project** Restores an archived project in Busybusy so it is active again. - Action **Update Cost Code** Updates an existing cost code's title, code, unit, group, insurance classes or custom fields. - Action **Update Employee** Updates an existing busybusy employee's name, username, contact details, position, employee number or group. - Action **Update Equipment** Updates an existing piece of equipment in busybusy, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project's name, parent project, or archive date in busybusy. - Trigger **Delete Equipment** Triggers when an equipement is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Event** Triggers when an event is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Note** Triggers when a note is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Opportunity** Triggers when an opportunity is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Product** Triggers when a product is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project** Triggers when a project is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Subtask** Triggers when a project subtask is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Task** Triggers when a project task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Task** Triggers when a task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Ticket** Triggers when a ticket is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Time** Triggers when a time is deleted. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Equipment** Triggers when a new equipment is created. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Project Subtask** Triggers when a new project subtask is created. - Trigger **New Project Task** Triggers when a new project task is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new ticket is created. - Trigger **New Time** Triggers when a new time is created. - Action **Create Contact** Adds a new contact to a Karlia customer or supplier. - Action **Create Customer** Create a Customer. - Action **Create Event** Create an Event. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note in Karlia, optionally linked to a customer, opportunity, project or ticket. - Action **Create Opportunity** Create an Opportunity. - Action **Create Product** Create a Product. - Action **Create Project Subtask** Creates a subtask under a task in a Karlia project, with optional status, dates, time estimate and assignee. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task inside a Karlia project. - Action **Create Supplier** Create a Supplier. - Action **Create Task** Create a Task. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a ticket in a Karlia ticketing pipeline. - Action **Create Time** Create a Time. - Action **Delete Equipment** Deletes a piece of equipment from Karlia. - Action **Delete Event** Delete an event (calendar appointment) in Karlia. - Action **Delete Note** Delete a note in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Opportunity** Deletes an opportunity. - Action **Delete Product** Delete a product in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project** Delete a project in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Subtask** Deletes a subtask from a project task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a Karlia project. - Action **Delete Task** Delete a task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Time** Delete a time entry in Karlia. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 Karlia contacts that match the specified search criteria (email, name, phone, customer/supplier, and more). - Action **Find Customer** Returns the Karlia customers that match the search criteria you supply, plus the first match on its own. - Action **Find Supplier** Returns the Karlia suppliers that match the specified search criteria. - Action **Get Contact** Show contact details - Action **Get Customer** Show customer details - Action **Get Opportunity** Show opportunity details - Action **Get Product** Show product details - Action **Get Project Subtask** Returns one subtask of a Karlia project task, including its status, dates, time estimate and assignees. - Action **Get Supplier** Show supplier details - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieve one Karlia ticket by its ID. - Action **Get Time** Get one time entry from Karlia by its ID. - Action **List Projects** Lists the projects in your Karlia account. - Action **List Project Tasks** Lists the tasks of one Karlia project. - Action **List Webhook Events** Lists the event names a Karlia webhook can subscribe to. - Action **Update/Create Customer** Updates a Karlia customer when a Customer ID is given; otherwise creates a new customer. ## Each app on its own - [ **Busybusy** Busybusy is the perfect time tracking & job costing app built BY construction companies FOR construction...](https://apiant.ai/connections/busybusy) - [ **Karlia** Karlia is the first CRM software to integrate your complete mailboxes with tracking, scheduled mailings...](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Busybusy - [ **Busybusy to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-hubspot) - [ **Busybusy to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-salesforce) - [ **Busybusy to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-slack) - [ **Busybusy to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-google-sheets) - [ **Busybusy to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-gmail) - [ **Busybusy to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-google-calendar) ## More into Karlia - [ **Channels to Karlia** Channels is a data-driven phone system that lets you make and take calls directly in the browser.](https://apiant.ai/connect/channels-to-karlia) - [ **HubSpot to Karlia** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-karlia) - [ **Google Sheets to Karlia** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-karlia) - [ **Gmail to Karlia** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-karlia) - [ **Google Calendar to Karlia** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-karlia) - [ **Google Drive to Karlia** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-karlia) Questions ## Busybusy and Karlia, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Busybusy? Any of Busybusy's 6 triggers in the catalog, including Certifications: Certification Updated, Certifications: New Certification Created, Employee Created and Employee Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Karlia when something happens in Busybusy? Any of Karlia's 38 actions, including Create Contact, Create Customer, Create Event and Create Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Karlia to Busybusy? Yes. When something happens in Karlia, your agent can act in Busybusy too. This page covers both directions: Karlia's triggers and Busybusy's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Busybusy or Karlia? 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 Busybusy and Karlia 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.