--- title: "Connect Clio and Personio - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Matter Status Updated\" fires in Clio, your agent runs \"Add project\" in Personio." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-personio" --- # Connect Clio and Personio When **Matter Status Updated** fires in [Clio](https://apiant.ai/connections/clio), your agent runs **Add project** in [Personio](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio), or **Employee Updated** in Personio to **Create Company Contact** in Clio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Clio **8** triggers Clio **38** actions Personio **7** triggers Personio **20** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Clio and Personio 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 Clio and Personio can do together ### From Clio to Personio - When **Matter Status Updated** in Clio then **Add project** in Personio - When **New Activity** in Clio then **Create Absence** in Personio ### From Personio to Clio - When **Employee Updated** in Personio then **Create Company Contact** in Clio - When **Employment Updated** in Personio then **Create Person Contact** in Clio 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 Clio and Personio ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 58 actions - Trigger **Matter Status Updated** Triggers when the status of a matter has changed. - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity is created. - Trigger **New Calendar Entry** Triggers when a new calendar entry is created. - Trigger **New Communication** Triggers when a new communication is created. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Matter** Triggers when a new matter is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **Task Status Updated** Triggers when the status of a task has changed. - Action **Create Calendar Entry** Creates a new calendar entry. - Action **Create Communication** Creates a new communication. - Action **Create Company Contact** Creates a company contact. - Action **Create Expense Entry (Activity)** Creates a new expense entry. - Action **Create Matter** Adds a new matter to Clio Manage. - Action **Create Matter Folder** Creates a new folder in a matter. - Action **Create Matter Note** Creates a new matter note. - Action **Create Person Contact** Creates a person contact. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task. - Action **Create Time Entry (Activity)** Creates a new time entry. - Action **Delete activity** Delete an activity. - Action **Delete calendar entry** Delete a calendar entry. - Action **Delete contact** Delete a contact. - Action **Delete matter** Delete a matter. - Action **Delete task** Delete a task. - Action **Find Company Contact** Returns the company contacts that match the search text. - Action **Find Matter** Returns the matters that match the specified search text and optional filters - Action **Find Newest Matter by Client Email** Returns the most recently created matter for the client with the given email address. - Action **Find Person Contact** Find a person contact by ID, name, title, email address, address, phone number, web site, instant messenger, custom fields, related matter name, or company name matching a given string. - Action **Find User** Find a user by name. - Action **Get activity** Fetches an activity (time or expense entry) by ID. An error occurs if the activity is not found. - Action **Get calendar entry** Returns one calendar entry by id, including summary, start and end times. - Action **Get communication** Returns one communication by id. - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a contact (person or company) by id. - Action **Get document** Retrieve document metadata by id. - Action **Get matter** Retrieve a matter by id. - Action **Get task** Retrieve a task by id. - Action **List activities** List all activities. - Action **List contacts** List all contacts. - Action **List practice areas** List practice areas. - Action **List tasks** List all tasks. - Action **List users** List firm users. - Action **Update activity** Update an activity. - Action **Update calendar entry** Update a calendar entry. - Action **Update Matter** Update an existing matter. - Action **Update Person Contact** Updates an existing person contact. - Action **Update Task** Updates a task. - Action **Upload Document to Matter** Uploads a file from a URL into a Clio matter's documents and marks it fully uploaded. - Trigger **Employee Updated** Triggers when an employee is updated. - Trigger **Employment Updated** Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are updated - Trigger **New Absence** Triggers when a new absence is created. - Trigger **New Candidate** Fires when a new recruiting candidate is added in Personio. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee is created. - Trigger **New Employment Created** Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are created - Trigger **New Open Position** Triggers when a new open position is created. - Action **Add project** /v2/projects - create a project. - Action **Create Absence** Creates a new absence. - Action **Create Attendance** Creates a new attendance. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee. - Action **Delete absence** /v2/absence-periods/{id} - delete an absence period. - Action **Delete attendance** /v2/attendance-periods/{id} - delete an attendance period. - Action **Delete person** /v2/persons/{id} - delete a person. - Action **Find Absence** Finds an absence by employee ID. - Action **Find Employee** Finds a employee based on email. - Action **Find Person** Finds a person by their Personio ID, name, last name and email, optionally including their absence information. - Action **Get Employment** Retrieves one employment of a person by id: position, status, type, working hours, org units, cost centers, supervisor, office, legal entity, dates. - Action **List absence types** /v2/absence-types - list absence types. - Action **List Compensations** Lists compensations filtered by person.id and a start_date/end_date window; returns id, amount, interval, type, effective_from per record. - Action **List legal entities** /v2/legal-entities - list legal entities. - Action **List org units** /v2/org-units - list org units. - Action **List projects** /v2/projects - list projects. - Action **Update absence** /v2/absence-periods/{id} - update an absence period. - Action **Update Attendance** Updates an existing attendance. - Action **Update Employee** Updates an existing employee. - Action **Update Employment** updates an employment (position, department, office, weekly hours, status, etc.); requires personio:persons:write. Fires the employment.updated webhook. ## Each app on its own - [ **Clio** Clio is a practice management platform that helps lawyers work more efficiently by making it easy to do...](https://apiant.ai/connections/clio) - [ **Personio** Personio is a holistic HR software for companies from 10 - 2000 employees.](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Clio - [ **Clio to PandaDoc** PandaDoc helps you build and deliver sales quotes and proposals and track presentations and close deals...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-pandadoc) - [ **Clio to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-hubspot) - [ **Clio to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-salesforce) - [ **Clio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-slack) - [ **Clio to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-google-sheets) - [ **Clio to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-gmail) ## More into Personio - [ **Elixmail to Personio** Elixmail is a French AI email and CRM suite. Trigger on new contacts and deals; send emails and create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/elixmail-to-personio) - [ **HubSpot to Personio** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-personio) - [ **Google Sheets to Personio** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-personio) - [ **Gmail to Personio** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-personio) - [ **Google Calendar to Personio** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-personio) - [ **Google Drive to Personio** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-personio) Questions ## Clio and Personio, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Clio? Any of Clio's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Matter Status Updated, New Activity, New Calendar Entry and New Communication. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Personio when something happens in Clio? Any of Personio's 20 actions, including Create Absence, Create Attendance, Create Employee and Update absence. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Personio to Clio? Yes. When something happens in Personio, your agent can act in Clio too. This page covers both directions: Personio's triggers and Clio's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Clio or Personio? 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 Clio and Personio 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.