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title: "Connect CATS and Commerce Layer - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Add Customer Address\" in Commerce Layer."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-commerce-layer"
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# Connect CATS and Commerce Layer

When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Add Customer Address** in [Commerce Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer), or **New Attachment** in Commerce Layer 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 Commerce Layer **13** triggers Commerce Layer **28** 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 Commerce Layer to do together?

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`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.

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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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### 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 Commerce Layer can do together

### From CATS to Commerce Layer

- When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Add Customer Address** in Commerce Layer
- When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Add Customer Password Reset** in Commerce Layer

### From Commerce Layer to CATS

- When **New Attachment** in Commerce Layer then **Create a Contact** in CATS
- When **New Customer** in Commerce Layer then **Create a Task** 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 Commerce Layer

## Triggers and actions 27 triggers · 50 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

**New Attachment**

Triggers when a new Attachment is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer**

Triggers when a new Customer is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer Address Event**

Triggers when a customer address is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer Password Reset Event**

Triggers when a customer password reset is requested.

- Trigger

**New Customer Subscription Event**

Triggers when a given customer_subscription event (one of create or destroy) is fired.

- Trigger

**New Price**

Triggers when a new Price is created.

- Trigger

**New Price Import**

Fires when a new price import is created in Commerce Layer.

- Trigger

**New Price List**

Triggers when a new Price List is created.

- Trigger

**New Shipping Category**

Triggers when a Shipping Category is created.

- Trigger

**New SKU**

Triggers when a new SKU is created.

- Trigger

**New SKU Import**

Triggers when a new SKU import is created.

- Trigger

**New Stock Item Import**

Triggers when a new Stock Item import is created.

- Trigger

**New Stock Transfer Event**

Triggers when a given stock transfer event (one of create, upocoming, picking, in_transit, complete, cancel is fired).

- Action

**Add Customer Address**

Adds an existing address to a customer's address book.

- Action

**Add Customer Password Reset**

Requests a password reset for a customer, returning the reset token to send them.

- Action

**Add Customer Subscription**

Subscribes a customer email to a list, identified by a reference such as a newsletter id.

- Action

**Add Stock Transfer**

Moves a quantity of a SKU from one stock location to another.

- Action

**Balance Change Gift Card**

Change balance of a gift card.

- Action

**Create Address**

Creates a postal address that can be attached to customers, orders and stock locations.

- Action

**Create Attachment**

Creates a new Attachment.

- Action

**Create Customer**

Creates a new Customer.

- Action

**Create Gift Card**

Creates a new Gift Card.

- Action

**Create Price Import**

Creates a new Price Import.

- Action

**Create Price List**

Creates a new Price List.

- Action

**Create SKU**

Creates a new SKU.

- Action

**Find Attachment**

Finds a Attachment by name.

- Action

**Find Customer**

Finds a customer by id or reference.

- Action

**Find Gift Card**

Finds a gift card by id or reference.

- Action

**Find Price**

Finds a price by price list.

- Action

**Find Price Import**

Finds a Price Import by status.

- Action

**Find Price List**

Finds a Price List by name.

- Action

**Find Shipping Category**

Finds an Shipping Category by name.

- Action

**Find SKU**

Finds an SKU by code.

- Action

**Find SKU Import**

Finds an SKU Import by status.

- Action

**Find Stock Item Import**

Finds a Stock Item Import by status.

- Action

**Get Address**

Retrieves one address by id.

- Action

**Get Customer Address**

Retrieves one customer address link by id.

- Action

**Get Customer Password Reset**

Retrieves a customer password reset by id, returning customer_email, reset_password_token and reset_password_at.

- Action

**Get Customer Subscription**

Retrieves one customer subscription by id.

- Action

**Get Stock Transfer**

Retrieves one stock transfer by id.

- Action

**Update Customer Reference**

Update customer data setting external identifier.

## 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)
- [ **Commerce Layer** Commerce Layer is a lightning fast, super flexible and ultra secure REST API that lets you build...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer)

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 Commerce Layer

- [ **ActiveCampaign to Commerce Layer** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-commerce-layer)
- [ **Airtable to Commerce Layer** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-commerce-layer)
- [ **Asana to Commerce Layer** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-commerce-layer)
- [ **ClickUp to Commerce Layer** 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-commerce-layer)
- [ **Brevo to Commerce Layer** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-commerce-layer)
- [ **Calendly to Commerce Layer** Calendly is a scheduling automation platform for eliminating the back-and-forth emails to find the perfect...](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-commerce-layer)

Questions

## CATS and Commerce Layer, 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 Commerce Layer when something happens in CATS?

Any of Commerce Layer's 28 actions, including Create Address, Create Attachment, Create Customer and Create Gift Card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Commerce Layer to CATS?

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

###

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

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 Commerce Layer 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.
