--- title: "Connect CATS to Hacknplan - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Add project\" in Hacknplan." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-hacknplan" --- # Connect CATS to Hacknplan When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Add project** in [Hacknplan](https://apiant.ai/connections/hacknplan). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CATS **14** triggers CATS **22** actions Hacknplan **21** 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 Hacknplan 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 can start in Hacknplan - When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Add project** in Hacknplan - When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Add user to work item** in Hacknplan 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 Hacknplan ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 43 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. - Action **Add board** Creates a new board (sprint) in a HacknPlan project. - Action **Add design element** Creates a new design element in a HacknPlan project's game design model. - Action **Add project** Creates a new HacknPlan project. - Action **Add user to work item** Assigns a project member to a HacknPlan work item. - Action **Add work item** Creates a new work item (task or user story) in a HacknPlan project. - Action **Add work item comment** Adds a comment to a work item in a HacknPlan project and returns the created comment. - Action **Add work item subtask** Creates a new subtask on a HacknPlan work item and returns the work item's subtasks. - Action **Add work log** Logs time worked on a HacknPlan work item, with an optional comment. - Action **Delete work item** Deletes a work item from a HacknPlan project. - Action **Find work items by criteria** Returns the work items in a Hacknplan project that match the given search text and filters such as board, milestone, stage or assignee. - Action **Get design element** Returns a single design element from a HacknPlan project's game design model, optionally with its full child hierarchy. - Action **Get project** Returns a HacknPlan project, including its name, description, owner, workspace and enabled modules. - Action **Get work item** Returns a single work item from a HacknPlan project, including its category, stage, board, assigned users and tags. - Action **List boards** Returns the boards (sprints) in a HacknPlan project, optionally including closed ones. - Action **List categories** Returns the work item categories defined in a HacknPlan project. - Action **List projects** Returns all the HacknPlan projects the connected user is a member of. - Action **List project users** Returns the users who are members of a HacknPlan project, with their role and permissions. - Action **List stages** Returns the stages (workflow columns) defined in a HacknPlan project. - Action **List work item comments** Returns the comments posted on a HacknPlan work item, with each comment's author, text and dates. - Action **List work item subtasks** Returns the subtasks of a HacknPlan work item, with each subtask's title, completion state and position. - Action **Update work item** Updates an existing work item in a HacknPlan project. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## 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) - [ **Hacknplan** Project management platform for game development teams, with kanban boards, sprints, and design docs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/hacknplan) 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 Hacknplan - [ **HubSpot to Hacknplan** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-hacknplan) - [ **Salesforce to Hacknplan** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-hacknplan) - [ **Slack to Hacknplan** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-hacknplan) - [ **Google Sheets to Hacknplan** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-hacknplan) - [ **Gmail to Hacknplan** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-hacknplan) - [ **Google Calendar to Hacknplan** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-hacknplan) Questions ## CATS and Hacknplan, 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 Hacknplan when something happens in CATS? Any of Hacknplan's 21 actions, including Update work item, Add board, Add design element and Add project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Hacknplan to CATS? Hacknplan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in CATS. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Hacknplan's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CATS or Hacknplan? 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 Hacknplan 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.