--- title: "Connect Buy Me a Coffee to Buddy Punch - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Member\" fires in Buy Me a Coffee, your agent runs \"Create Department Code\" in Buddy Punch." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-buddy-punch" --- # Connect Buy Me a Coffee to Buddy Punch When **New Member** fires in [Buy Me a Coffee](https://apiant.ai/connections/buy-me-a-coffee), your agent runs **Create Department Code** in [Buddy Punch](https://apiant.ai/connections/buddy-punch). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buy Me a Coffee **3** triggers Buddy Punch **4** triggers Buddy Punch **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Buy Me a Coffee and Buddy Punch 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Buy Me a Coffee can start in Buddy Punch - When **New Member** in Buy Me a Coffee then **Create Department Code** in Buddy Punch - When **New Support** in Buy Me a Coffee 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 Buy Me a Coffee and Buddy Punch ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers ยท 15 actions - Trigger **Cancelled Membership** Triggered instantly when a member cancels their membership. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the membership.cancelled event. - Trigger **New Member** Triggered instantly when someone starts a membership. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the membership.started event. - Trigger **New Support** Triggered instantly when someone buys you a coffee. Create a webhook in your Buy Me a Coffee dashboard under Integrations, paste in the address APIANT gives you, and select the donation.created event. - Trigger **Employee Created** Triggers when a new employee is added to your Buddy Punch account. - Trigger **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. - Trigger **Employee Updated** Triggers when an employee in your Buddy Punch account is added or any of their details change. - Trigger **Punch in Changed** Triggers 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 Code** Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch department code. - Action **Assign Employee to Location** Assigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch location and returns the location. - Action **Create Department Code** Creates a new department code in Buddy Punch. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Create Location** Creates a new location in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Create Position** Creates a new position in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Find Employee** Finds employees in your Buddy Punch account whose email, username, employee ID or full name matches the value you search for. - Action **Get Department Code** Returns the details of a specific department code in your Buddy Punch account. - Action **Get Location** Returns the details of a specific Buddy Punch location. - Action **Get Position** Returns a single Buddy Punch position by its ID. - Action **List Department Code Employees** Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch department code. - Action **List Location Employees** Returns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch location. - Action **Punch In** Punches an employee in on Buddy Punch, either the connected user or a chosen employee. - Action **Punch Out** Punches an employee out in Buddy Punch. Defaults to the connected user when no employee is given. - Action **Update Employee** Updates an existing employee in Buddy Punch, such as their name, email, username or active status. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buy Me a Coffee** A free, fast, and beautiful way to fund your creativity.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buy-me-a-coffee) - [ **Buddy Punch** Buddy Punch is an employee time tracking and scheduling app that lets your employees track their hours and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/buddy-punch) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buy Me a Coffee - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-vercel) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Roboflow** Roboflow is an end to end suite of computer vision tools.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-roboflow) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-hubspot) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-salesforce) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-slack) - [ **Buy Me a Coffee to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/buy-me-a-coffee-to-google-sheets) ## More into Buddy Punch - [ **ActiveCampaign to Buddy Punch** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-buddy-punch) - [ **Airtable to Buddy Punch** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-buddy-punch) - [ **Asana to Buddy Punch** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-buddy-punch) - [ **Brevo to Buddy Punch** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-buddy-punch) - [ **2Chat to Buddy Punch** 2Chat is a conversational commerce automation tool for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/2chat-to-buddy-punch) - [ **3Scribe to Buddy Punch** 3Scribe is the most accurate, automated text transcription available.](https://apiant.ai/connect/3scribe-to-buddy-punch) Questions ## Buy Me a Coffee and Buddy Punch, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Buy Me a Coffee? Any of Buy Me a Coffee's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Member, New Support and Cancelled Membership. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Buddy Punch when something happens in Buy Me a Coffee? Any of Buddy Punch's 15 actions, including Create Department Code, Create Employee, Create Location and Create Position. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Buddy Punch to Buy Me a Coffee? Buddy Punch has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buy Me a Coffee. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Buddy Punch's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buy Me a Coffee or Buddy Punch? 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 Buy Me a Coffee and Buddy Punch without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Buddy Punch 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.