--- title: "Connect Cliniko and Harpoon - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or updated attendee\" fires in Cliniko, your agent runs \"Add Invoice\" in Harpoon, or \"New Client\" in Harpoon to \"Create contact\" in Cliniko." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-harpoon" --- # Connect Cliniko and Harpoon When **New or updated attendee** fires in [Cliniko](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko), your agent runs **Add Invoice** in [Harpoon](https://apiant.ai/connections/harpoon), or **New Client** in Harpoon to **Create contact** in Cliniko. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cliniko **17** triggers Cliniko **36** actions Harpoon **9** triggers Harpoon **46** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Cliniko and Harpoon 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 Cliniko and Harpoon can do together ### From Cliniko to Harpoon - When **New or updated attendee** in Cliniko then **Add Invoice** in Harpoon - When **New or updated business** in Cliniko then **Add Lead Source** in Harpoon ### From Harpoon to Cliniko - When **New Client** in Harpoon then **Create contact** in Cliniko - When **New Contact** in Harpoon then **Update contact** in Cliniko 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 Cliniko and Harpoon ## Triggers and actions 26 triggers · 82 actions - Trigger **Cancelled individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is cancelled. - Trigger **New cancelled attendee** Triggered when an attendee is cancelled. - Trigger **New or updated attendee** Triggered when an attendee is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated business** Triggered when a business is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated communication** Triggered when a communication is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Triggered when a contact is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated daily availability** Triggered when a daily availability is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated group appointment** Triggered when a group appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Triggered when an invoice is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient** Triggered when a patient is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient case** Triggered when a patient case is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated practitioner** Triggered when a practitioner is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated treatment notes** Triggered when treatment notes is created or updated. - Trigger **Patient added or removed for group appointment in date range** Triggered when a patient is added or removed for a group appointment within the specified date range. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated contacts** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated patients** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Archive patient** Archives a patient. An error will occur if the patient is not found. - Action **Create contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create patient** Creates a new patient. - Action **Find Appointment by Patient Id** Returns appointment details for the specified patient if the Patient ID exists. - Action **Find cancelled appointment** Searches for a cancelled appointment. If no matching appointment is found, an error occurs. - Action **Find contact by email** Returns details of the contact having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find patient by email** Returns details of the patient having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find Patient by Email and Date of Birth** Finds the single active patient whose email and date of birth both match, returning the patient ID and the match count. - Action **Get appointment** Returns details of the specified appointment. - Action **Get appointments by practitioner ID** Returns appointment details by practitioner ID. - Action **Get appointment type** Returns details of the specified appointment type. - Action **Get appointment type billable item** Returns details for a billable item. - Action **Get billable item** Returns details of the specified billable item. - Action **Get business** Returns details of the specified business. - Action **Get cancelled appointment** Returns details of the specified cancelled appointment. - Action **Get contact** Returns details of the specified contact. - Action **Get group appointment** Returns details of the specified group appointment. - Action **Get group appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified group appointment. - Action **Get individual appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified individual appointment. - Action **Get invoice** Returns details of the specified invoice. - Action **Get patient** Returns details of the specified patient. - Action **Get patient attachment** Returns a patient attachment from Cliniko, including its filename, file type and description. - Action **Get patient case** Returns details of the specified patient case. - Action **Get patient referral source** Returns the referral source for the specified patient. - Action **Get practitioner** Returns details of the specified practitioner. An error occurs if not found. - Action **Get practitioner availabilities** Returns availability information for the specified practitioner. - Action **List Appointments in Date Range** Returns every individual appointment that starts within a given time window, with the total count. - Action **List invoices for patient case** Emits all invoice IDs for the specified patient case. - Action **List Patients** Returns Cliniko patients, optionally filtered (e.g. updated after a date) and sorted, with the total count. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a contact** An action for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using contact email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a patient** An action for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using patient email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Update contact** Updates a contact. - Action **Update patient** Updates a patient. - Action **Update patient custom field** Updates the value of the specified custom field for the specified patient. - Action **Update patient referral** Sets or changes a patient's referral source. Choose the referral source type; supply a Referrer ID only for types that take one (e.g. Patient or Contact). - Action **Upload patient attachment** Uploads a file, such as a PDF, to a patient's record in Cliniko as an attachment. - Trigger **New Client** Triggered when a new client is created in Harpoon. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggered when a new contact is created in Harpoon. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggered when a new expense is created in your Harpoon account. - Trigger **New Expense Category** Triggered when a new expense category is created in Harpoon. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggered when a new invoice is created in Harpoon. - Trigger **New Payment** Triggered when a new payment is recorded in your Harpoon account. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is created in Harpoon. - Trigger **New Task Category** Triggered when a new task category is added in your Harpoon account. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggered when a new time entry is logged in Harpoon. - Action **Add Credit Entry** Creates a new credit entry on a client's account in Harpoon, recording an amount, a date and an optional note or originating invoice. Returns the credit entry that was created. - Action **Add Invoice** Creates a new invoice in Harpoon for a client or project, with an invoice number, issue date, and optional line items. Returns the invoice that was created. - Action **Add Lead Source** Creates a new lead source in Harpoon, so new clients can be tagged with where they came from. Returns the lead source that was created. - Action **Add Note** Adds a note to a client, project or invoice in Harpoon. Returns the note that was created. - Action **Add Team** Creates a new team in your Harpoon account. Harpoon populates the new team from your account details; the API accepts no team attributes on creation. - Action **Clone Time Entry** Creates a copy of an existing time entry in Harpoon. The copy keeps the original's project, task and description, and starts with today's date and zero hours logged. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person under a Harpoon client, with their name, email address, and phone number. Returns the contact that was created. - Action **Create Expense** Records a one-off expense in Harpoon with its date, amount, and vendor, optionally attributed to a client, project, or expense category. Returns the expense that was created. - Action **Create Expense Category** Creates a new expense category in your Harpoon account so expenses can be grouped under it. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Harpoon for a client, with its budget, rate, and start and end dates. Returns the project that was created. - Action **Create Time Entry** Logs hours worked in Harpoon for a team member on a given date, optionally against a client or project. Returns the time entry that was created. - Action **Delete Client** Deletes a client from your Harpoon account. - Action **Delete Expense** Permanently deletes an expense from your Harpoon account. - Action **Delete Invoice** Permanently removes an invoice from Harpoon. Returns Harpoon's confirmation that the invoice was deleted. - Action **Delete Note** Deletes a note from your Harpoon account. - Action **Delete Recurring Expense** Deletes a recurring expense template from Harpoon by its id, so it stops generating new expenses. - Action **Delete Recurring Invoice** Stops and removes a recurring invoice schedule in Harpoon so it no longer generates invoices. Returns Harpoon's confirmation that it was deleted. - Action **Delete Time Entry** Deletes a time entry from your Harpoon account. - Action **Get Client** Returns a single client from your Harpoon account, including its name, contact details and other stored attributes. - Action **Get Client Credits** Returns a client's credit entries in Harpoon, along with the credit still available on the account. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single Harpoon contact, including their name, email address, phone number, and the client they belong to. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single estimate from your Harpoon account, including its client, line items, totals and status. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single expense from your Harpoon account, including its amount, date, vendor, category and the client or project it is attached to. - Action **Get Expense Category** Returns a single Harpoon expense category with every detail it carries, including its name and budget settings. - Action **Get Invoice** Fetches one invoice from Harpoon by its id, with its client, line items and payment totals. An error occurs if the invoice is not found. - Action **Get Lead Source** Returns a single lead source from your Harpoon account. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single project from your Harpoon account, including its client, budget and status. - Action **Get Recurring Expense** Fetches one recurring expense template from Harpoon by its id, with its vendor, amount, frequency and schedule. An error occurs if it is not found. - Action **Get Recurring Invoice** Returns a single recurring invoice schedule from Harpoon, including its client, frequency, dates, and line items. - Action **Get Task** Returns a single task category from your Harpoon account, including its name and hourly rate. - Action **Get Team** Returns a single team from your Harpoon account, including its name, email address, phone, address, owner and whether it is active. - Action **Get Time Entry** Returns a single tracked time entry from your Harpoon account, including its date, hours, client, project and notes. - Action **List Contacts** Returns the contacts in your Harpoon account, including each contact's name, email address and phone number. - Action **List Estimates** Returns the estimates in a Harpoon account, optionally narrowed to a year, client, project, status, or search text. - Action **List Expense Categories** Returns the expense categories set up in Harpoon, each with its budget settings. - Action **List Expenses** Returns the expenses in your Harpoon account, optionally narrowed by date range, client, project, category, billing status or search text. - Action **List Invoices** Returns the invoices in your Harpoon account, optionally narrowed by year, client, project, status or a search term. - Action **List Projects** Returns the projects in a Harpoon account, with their client, budget, rate, and dates. - Action **List Teams** Returns the teams in your Harpoon account, along with the total number of teams found. - Action **List Time Entries** Returns time entries from your Harpoon account — either the timers running now or logged history for a date range — optionally narrowed by client, project, task, team member or billing status. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing invoice in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project in Harpoon — its name, client, billing type, status, dates, budget and task rates. Returns the updated project. - Action **Update Recurring Expense** Updates a recurring expense in Harpoon — its vendor, amount, frequency, category, dates, and status. Anything left blank keeps its current value. Returns the updated recurring expense. - Action **Update Recurring Invoice** Updates an existing recurring invoice template in your Harpoon account. Only the values you supply are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in Harpoon — its date, hours, description, project, task or billing state. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cliniko** Cliniko is a practice management platform — manage patients, appointments, invoices, contacts, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko) - [ **Harpoon** Harpoon is a financial planning, scheduling, time-tracking, invoicing, and budgeting platform for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/harpoon) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cliniko - [ **Cliniko to JIRA** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-jira) - [ **Cliniko to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-zoom) - [ **Cliniko to SendGrid** SendGrid by Twilio — email delivery and marketing platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-sendgrid) - [ **Cliniko to Intercom** Intercom is a customer communications platform for support, engagement, and marketing.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-intercom) - [ **Cliniko to Freshdesk** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-freshdesk) - [ **Cliniko to Klaviyo** Klaviyo is a marketing automation platform for email and SMS.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cliniko-to-klaviyo) ## More into Harpoon - [ **Google Calendar to Harpoon** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-harpoon) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Harpoon** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-harpoon) - [ **Notion to Harpoon** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-harpoon) - [ **Airtable to Harpoon** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-harpoon) - [ **Asana to Harpoon** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-harpoon) - [ **ClickUp to Harpoon** 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-harpoon) Questions ## Cliniko and Harpoon, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Cliniko? Any of Cliniko's 17 triggers in the catalog, including New cancelled attendee, New or updated attendee, New or updated business and New or updated communication. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Harpoon when something happens in Cliniko? Any of Harpoon's 46 actions, including Create Contact, Create Expense, Create Expense Category and Create Project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Harpoon to Cliniko? Yes. When something happens in Harpoon, your agent can act in Cliniko too. This page covers both directions: Harpoon's triggers and Cliniko's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cliniko or Harpoon? 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 Cliniko and Harpoon 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.