--- title: "Connect CATS to Lusha Connect - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Contact Lookalikes\" in Lusha Connect." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-lusha-connect" --- # Connect CATS to Lusha Connect When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Contact Lookalikes** in [Lusha Connect](https://apiant.ai/connections/lusha-connect). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CATS **14** triggers CATS **22** actions Lusha Connect **13** 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 Lusha Connect 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 Lusha Connect - When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Contact Lookalikes** in Lusha Connect - When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Company Lookalikes** in Lusha Connect 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 Lusha Connect ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 35 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 **Company Lookalikes** Returns companies similar to a set of seed companies you supply by domain or LinkedIn URL, using Lusha's AI-powered recommendations. - Action **Contact Lookalikes** Returns contacts similar to a set of 5–100 seed contacts, using Lusha's AI-powered lookalike recommendations. Results are lightweight previews; enrich them to reveal emails and phone numbers. - Action **Enrich Companies** Returns full company profiles (firmographics, industry codes, locations, and optional employee breakdowns, competitors, intent and parent companies) for up to 100 Lusha company IDs found with Find companies. - Action **Enrich Contacts** Reveals emails and phone numbers for up to 100 Lusha contacts previously found with Search Contacts, returning their full profiles. - Action **Enrich Contacts by Lusha ID** Reveals emails and phone numbers for up to 100 contacts using the Lusha contact IDs returned by Search Contacts. - Action **Find companies** Looks up companies in Lusha by name, domain or Lusha company ID and returns a preview of each match, including what can be revealed with Enrich Companies. - Action **Find prospecting companies** Searches Lusha's company database by firmographic filters (size, revenue, industry, location, technologies, intent, signals) and returns matching company previews with their Lusha IDs. - Action **Find prospecting contacts** Searches Lusha's contact database for people matching your contact and company filters, returning lightweight previews with Lusha contact IDs you can pass to Enrich Contacts. - Action **Get account usage** Returns your Lusha account's credit balance, rate-limit standing, plan details and per-action credit pricing. - Action **Get Company Signals** Returns hiring, headcount, web traffic, IT spend, intent and news signal events for up to 100 Lusha companies. - Action **Search and Enrich Companies** Finds up to 100 companies by name, domain or Lusha ID and returns their full firmographic profiles in one call. - Action **Search and Enrich Contacts** Finds up to 100 contacts by email, LinkedIn URL, Lusha ID or name and company, and reveals their emails and phone numbers in one call. - Action **Search Contacts** Looks up up to 100 contacts by Lusha ID, LinkedIn URL, email, or name and company, and returns a preview of each match plus what can be revealed with Enrich Contacts. ## 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) - [ **Lusha Connect** Lusha Connect is a tool that Instantly enrich contacts & companies data, automate outreach, and streamline...](https://apiant.ai/connections/lusha-connect) 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 Lusha Connect - [ **HubSpot to Lusha Connect** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Salesforce to Lusha Connect** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Slack to Lusha Connect** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Google Sheets to Lusha Connect** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Gmail to Lusha Connect** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-lusha-connect) - [ **Google Calendar to Lusha Connect** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-lusha-connect) Questions ## CATS and Lusha Connect, 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 Lusha Connect when something happens in CATS? Any of Lusha Connect's 13 actions, including Company Lookalikes, Contact Lookalikes, Enrich Companies and Enrich Contacts. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Lusha Connect to CATS? Lusha Connect has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in CATS. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lusha Connect's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CATS or Lusha Connect? 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 Lusha Connect 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.