--- title: "Connect CATS and Recruiterflow - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Update candidate\" in Recruiterflow." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-recruiterflow" --- # Connect CATS and Recruiterflow When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Update candidate** in [Recruiterflow](https://apiant.ai/connections/recruiterflow), or **Deal Stage Changed** in Recruiterflow 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 Recruiterflow **6** triggers Recruiterflow **19** 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 Recruiterflow 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 CATS and Recruiterflow can do together ### From CATS to Recruiterflow - When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Update candidate** in Recruiterflow - When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Add contact** in Recruiterflow ### From Recruiterflow to CATS - When **Deal Stage Changed** in Recruiterflow then **Create a Contact** in CATS - When **New Candidate Created** in Recruiterflow then **Create a Candidate** 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 Recruiterflow ## Triggers and actions 20 triggers · 41 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 **Deal Stage Changed** Triggers when a deal moves to a new pipeline stage in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Candidate Created** Triggers when a new candidate is added to Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is added in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **New Deal Created** Triggers when a new deal is created in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **Placement Record Created** Triggers when a new placement record is created in Recruiterflow. - Trigger **Placement Record Updated** Triggers when a placement record is created or edited in Recruiterflow. - Action **Add call** Logs a call in Recruiterflow against candidates, clients, contacts, deals or jobs. - Action **Add candidate note** Adds a note to a candidate record in Recruiterflow. - Action **Add candidate to job** Adds a candidate to a job's pipeline, under the Sourced stage by default or as Applied. - Action **Add contact** Creates a contact in Recruiterflow and returns the new contact's id. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in Recruiterflow with its amount, stage, owner, linked contacts and custom field values. - Action **Get candidate** Returns a candidate's full profile, including contact details, jobs, files, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get client** Returns a client company's full details, including contacts, open and closed jobs, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get contact** Returns a contact's full record, including company, notes and custom fields. - Action **Get deal** Returns the details of a single Recruiterflow deal, including its pipeline stage, owner, client company, amount and custom fields. - Action **List candidates** Returns all candidates in the Recruiterflow account, optionally with their files and notes. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Recruiterflow account with their details and custom fields. - Action **List jobs** Returns the jobs in your Recruiterflow account, optionally only open ones, with their details and custom fields. - Action **List users** Returns all users in the Recruiterflow account, with their names, emails and roles. - Action **Update candidate** Updates an existing candidate in Recruiterflow. Any field you fill in replaces that field's current value; fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update candidate stage** Moves a candidate to a stage in a job's pipeline in Recruiterflow. - Action **Update client** Updates an existing client company in Recruiterflow, including its details, location, tags and custom fields. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact in Recruiterflow. Only the fields you fill in are changed; a filled-in field replaces its existing value. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing Recruiterflow deal's name, amount, stage, dates, owner, linked contacts and custom fields. - Action **Update job** Updates an existing job in Recruiterflow, such as its title, status, openings, salary range, locations, hiring team or custom fields. ## Each app on its own - [ **CATS** CATS is an applicant tracking system. 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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 Recruiterflow - [ **HubSpot to Recruiterflow** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Sheets to Recruiterflow** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Gmail to Recruiterflow** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Calendar to Recruiterflow** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Google Drive to Recruiterflow** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-recruiterflow) - [ **Mailchimp to Recruiterflow** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-recruiterflow) Questions ## CATS and Recruiterflow, 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 Recruiterflow when something happens in CATS? Any of Recruiterflow's 19 actions, including Update candidate, Update candidate stage, Update client and Update contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Recruiterflow to CATS? Yes. When something happens in Recruiterflow, your agent can act in CATS too. This page covers both directions: Recruiterflow's triggers and CATS's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CATS or Recruiterflow? 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 Recruiterflow 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.