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title: "Connect CATS and Clio - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Create Company Contact\" in Clio, or \"Matter Status Updated\" in Clio to \"Create a Contact\" in CATS."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-clio"
---

# Connect CATS and Clio

When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Create Company Contact** in [Clio](https://apiant.ai/connections/clio), or **Matter Status Updated** in Clio to **Create a Contact** in CATS. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

CATS **14** triggers CATS **22** actions Clio **8** triggers Clio **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 CATS and Clio 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 CATS and Clio can do together

### From CATS to Clio

- When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Create Company Contact** in Clio
- When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Create Person Contact** in Clio

### From Clio to CATS

- When **Matter Status Updated** in Clio then **Create a Contact** in CATS
- When **New Activity** in Clio then **Log Candidate Activity** in CATS

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 CATS and Clio

## Triggers and actions 22 triggers · 60 actions

- Trigger

**Candidate Updated**

Triggers when a candidate is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Company Status Changed**

Triggers when a company's status is changed in CATS.

- Trigger

**Company Updated**

Triggers when a company is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Contact Status Changed**

Triggers when a contact's status changes in CATS.

- Trigger

**Contact Updated**

Triggers when a contact is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Custom Trigger**

Triggers when the CATS event you choose fires (any record type: candidate, company, contact, job, pipeline, activity or user).

- Trigger

**Job Status Changed**

Triggers when a job's status changes in CATS, returning the job with its previous and new status ids.

- Trigger

**New Activity**

Triggers when a new activity (call, email, meeting, note) is logged in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Candidate**

Triggers when a new candidate is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Company**

Triggers when a new company is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Job**

Triggers when a new job order is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Pipeline**

Triggers when a candidate is added to a job's pipeline in CATS.

- Trigger

**Pipeline Updated**

Triggers when a pipeline (a candidate's placement on a job) is updated in CATS.

- Action

**Add Candidate to Pipeline**

Adds a candidate to a job's pipeline in CATS and returns the new pipeline record's id.

- Action

**Change Company Status**

Changes the status of a company in CATS, optionally choosing which status-change triggers fire.

- Action

**Change Contact Status**

Changes the status of a contact in CATS, optionally choosing which status triggers fire.

- Action

**Change Job Status**

Changes the status of a job in CATS, optionally choosing which status triggers fire.

- Action

**Create a Candidate**

Creates a new candidate record in CATS with contact details, address, pay, skills and custom field values.

- Action

**Create a Company**

Creates a new company record in CATS and returns its ID.

- Action

**Create a Contact**

Creates a contact in CATS linked to a company and owner, and returns the new contact's ID.

- Action

**Create a Job**

Creates a new job order in CATS and returns its ID.

- Action

**Create a Task**

Creates a task in CATS, optionally linked to a candidate, contact, company or job and assigned to a user.

- Action

**Find a Candidate**

Searches CATS candidates by a keyword such as a name or email and returns the matching candidate records.

- Action

**Find a Company**

Searches CATS companies by text and returns the matching companies.

- Action

**Find a Contact**

Searches CATS contacts by text and returns the matching contacts.

- Action

**Find a Job**

Searches CATS jobs by text and returns the matching jobs.

- Action

**Find a User**

Finds CATS users whose email, username or name matches the search term.

- Action

**Get Activity**

Returns a single CATS activity (call, email, meeting, note) by its ID, including the record it is logged against.

- Action

**Get Pipeline**

Returns a single pipeline — a candidate's placement on a job — including its status, workflow and rating.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns a single CATS task by its ID, including its description, priority, due date, assignee, completion state and the record it concerns.

- Action

**Log Candidate Activity**

Logs an activity (call, email, meeting or other) against a candidate in CATS.

- Action

**Update Candidate**

Updates an existing candidate in CATS, including name, contact details, pay, availability and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Company**

Updates an existing company in CATS, including its name, owner, contact details, address and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates an existing contact in CATS, including name, owner, company, title, contact details, address and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Pipeline**

Updates the rating of a candidate's pipeline record on a job in CATS.

- Trigger

**Matter Status Updated**

Triggers when the status of a matter has changed.

- Trigger

**New Activity**

Triggers when a new activity is created.

- Trigger

**New Calendar Entry**

Triggers when a new calendar entry is created.

- Trigger

**New Communication**

Triggers when a new communication is created.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created.

- Trigger

**New Matter**

Triggers when a new matter is created.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is created.

- Trigger

**Task Status Updated**

Triggers when the status of a task has changed.

- Action

**Create Calendar Entry**

Creates a new calendar entry.

- Action

**Create Communication**

Creates a new communication.

- Action

**Create Company Contact**

Creates a company contact.

- Action

**Create Expense Entry (Activity)**

Creates a new expense entry.

- Action

**Create Matter**

Adds a new matter to Clio Manage.

- Action

**Create Matter Folder**

Creates a new folder in a matter.

- Action

**Create Matter Note**

Creates a new matter note.

- Action

**Create Person Contact**

Creates a person contact.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a new task.

- Action

**Create Time Entry (Activity)**

Creates a new time entry.

- Action

**Delete activity**

Delete an activity.

- Action

**Delete calendar entry**

Delete a calendar entry.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Delete a contact.

- Action

**Delete matter**

Delete a matter.

- Action

**Delete task**

Delete a task.

- Action

**Find Company Contact**

Returns the company contacts that match the search text.

- Action

**Find Matter**

Returns the matters that match the specified search text and optional filters

- Action

**Find Newest Matter by Client Email**

Returns the most recently created matter for the client with the given email address.

- Action

**Find Person Contact**

Find a person contact by ID, name, title, email address, address, phone number, web site, instant messenger, custom fields, related matter name, or company name matching a given string.

- Action

**Find User**

Find a user by name.

- Action

**Get activity**

Fetches an activity (time or expense entry) by ID. An error occurs if the activity is not found.

- Action

**Get calendar entry**

Returns one calendar entry by id, including summary, start and end times.

- Action

**Get communication**

Returns one communication by id.

- Action

**Get contact**

Retrieve a contact (person or company) by id.

- Action

**Get document**

Retrieve document metadata by id.

- Action

**Get matter**

Retrieve a matter by id.

- Action

**Get task**

Retrieve a task by id.

- Action

**List activities**

List all activities.

- Action

**List contacts**

List all contacts.

- Action

**List practice areas**

List practice areas.

- Action

**List tasks**

List all tasks.

- Action

**List users**

List firm users.

- Action

**Update activity**

Update an activity.

- Action

**Update calendar entry**

Update a calendar entry.

- Action

**Update Matter**

Update an existing matter.

- Action

**Update Person Contact**

Updates an existing person contact.

- Action

**Update Task**

Updates a task.

- Action

**Upload Document to Matter**

Uploads a file from a URL into a Clio matter's documents and marks it fully uploaded.

## Each app on its own

- [ **CATS** CATS is an applicant tracking system. Manage the entire tracking process from posting jobs to leading job...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats)
- [ **Clio** Clio is a practice management platform that helps lawyers work more efficiently by making it easy to do...](https://apiant.ai/connections/clio)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from CATS

- [ **CATS to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-hubspot)
- [ **CATS to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-salesforce)
- [ **CATS to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-slack)
- [ **CATS to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-google-sheets)
- [ **CATS to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-gmail)
- [ **CATS to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-google-calendar)

## More into Clio

- [ **capture to Clio** capture is a service that is your AI's long-term memory.](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-clio)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to Clio** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-clio)
- [ **Airtable to Clio** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-clio)
- [ **Asana to Clio** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-clio)
- [ **ClickUp to Clio** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-clio)
- [ **Brevo to Clio** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-clio)

Questions

## CATS and Clio, answered

###

### What can start an automation from CATS?

Any of CATS's 14 triggers in the catalog, including Candidate Updated, Company Status Changed, Company Updated and Contact Status Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Clio when something happens in CATS?

Any of Clio's 38 actions, including Create Calendar Entry, Create Communication, Create Company Contact and Create Expense Entry (Activity). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Clio to CATS?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for CATS or Clio?

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 CATS and Clio 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.
