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title: "Connect Busybusy and PaintScout - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Certifications: Certification Updated\" fires in Busybusy, your agent runs \"Add deal\" in PaintScout."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/busybusy-to-paintscout"
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# Connect Busybusy and PaintScout

When **Certifications: Certification Updated** fires in [Busybusy](https://apiant.ai/connections/busybusy), your agent runs **Add deal** in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), or **Contact Created** in PaintScout 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 PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** 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 PaintScout 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 PaintScout can do together

### From Busybusy to PaintScout

- When **Certifications: Certification Updated** in Busybusy then **Add deal** in PaintScout
- When **Certifications: New Certification Created** in Busybusy then **Add task** in PaintScout

### From PaintScout to Busybusy

- When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Create Project** in Busybusy
- When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Create Break Entry** 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 PaintScout

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 46 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

**Contact Created**

Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout.

- Trigger

**Invoice Sent**

Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent.

- Trigger

**Invoice Status Changed**

Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status.

- Trigger

**Quote Status Changed**

Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined.

- Trigger

**Quote Tag Added**

Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag.

- Action

**Add company**

Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags.

- Action

**Add deal**

Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note.

- Action

**Add task**

Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags.

- Action

**Create Quote**

Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags.

- Action

**Find companies**

Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company.

- Action

**Find deals**

Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source.

- Action

**Find Invoice**

Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range.

- Action

**Find Quote**

Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags.

- Action

**Get deal**

Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing.

- Action

**Get invoice**

Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs.

- Action

**Get quote**

Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links.

- Action

**Update company**

Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update deal**

Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update task**

Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status.

## 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)
- [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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## More into PaintScout

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- [ **Google Sheets to PaintScout** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paintscout)
- [ **Gmail to PaintScout** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paintscout)
- [ **Google Calendar to PaintScout** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paintscout)
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Questions

## Busybusy and PaintScout, 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 PaintScout when something happens in Busybusy?

Any of PaintScout's 19 actions, including Create Contact, Create Quote, Update company and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from PaintScout to Busybusy?

Yes. When something happens in PaintScout, your agent can act in Busybusy too. This page covers both directions: PaintScout's triggers and Busybusy's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Busybusy or PaintScout?

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 PaintScout 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.
