---
title: "Connect Clio and timelink - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Matter Status Updated\" fires in Clio, your agent runs \"Create Client\" in timelink, or \"New Time Entry\" in timelink to \"Create Calendar Entry\" in Clio."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-timelink"
---

# Connect Clio and timelink

When **Matter Status Updated** fires in [Clio](https://apiant.ai/connections/clio), your agent runs **Create Client** in [timelink](https://apiant.ai/connections/timelink), or **New Time Entry** in timelink to **Create Calendar Entry** in Clio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Clio **8** triggers Clio **38** actions timelink **3** triggers timelink **24** 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 timelink 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 timelink can do together

### From Clio to timelink

- When **Matter Status Updated** in Clio then **Create Client** in timelink
- When **New Activity** in Clio then **Create Project** in timelink

### From timelink to Clio

- When **New Time Entry** in timelink then **Create Calendar Entry** in Clio
- When **Updated Time Entry** in timelink then **Create Expense Entry (Activity)** 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 timelink

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 62 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

**Deleted Time Entry**

Triggers when a time entry is deleted.

- Trigger

**New Time Entry**

Triggers when a new time entry is created.

- Trigger

**Updated Time Entry**

Triggers when a time entry is updated.

- Action

**Create Client**

Creates a new client in timelink.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project in timelink, optionally assigned to a client.

- Action

**Create Service**

Creates a new service (a type of work you track time against) in timelink.

- Action

**Create Time Entry**

Creates a time entry for a user in timelink, optionally linked to a client, project and service.

- Action

**Delete client**

Deletes a client in timelink.

- Action

**Delete project**

Deletes a project in timelink.

- Action

**Delete service**

Deletes a service in timelink.

- Action

**Delete time entry**

Deletes a time entry from timelink.

- Action

**Find Client**

Finds clients whose details match the search text, optionally filtered by active status or ids.

- Action

**Find Project**

Searches projects by name or other text and returns the matching projects, optionally narrowed to one client or to active/inactive projects.

- Action

**Find Service**

Searches your timelink services by text, for example part of the service name, and returns the matching services.

- Action

**Find Time Entry**

Searches time entries by text and optional filters such as date range, client, project, service, user and billing status, returning the matching entries.

- Action

**Get client**

Returns a single client by its ID.

- Action

**Get project**

Returns a single timelink project by its ID, including its client, color, acronym and active/billable flags.

- Action

**Get service**

Returns a single service (activity type) by its ID, including name, color, acronym and billable/active status.

- Action

**Get time entry**

Returns a single time entry by its ID, including its client, project, service, description, billing flags and start/end times.

- Action

**Get user**

Returns a single timelink user by ID, including name, email, active status, timezone and language.

- Action

**List clients**

Returns the clients in your timelink account, optionally filtered by search text or active status.

- Action

**List services**

Returns the services (billable activities) in your timelink account, optionally filtered by text, active status or specific ids.

- Action

**List users**

Returns the users in your timelink company, optionally filtered by search text, active status or specific user ids.

- Action

**Update Client**

Updates an existing client in timelink. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Project**

Updates an existing project's name, client, color, billing and other details. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Service**

Updates an existing service in timelink, such as its name, color, billable or active status.

- Action

**Update Time Entry**

Updates an existing time entry in timelink, changing only the details you fill in, such as its times, description, client, project or service.

## 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)
- [ **timelink** timelink is a time recording tool that optionally uses a physical touch display as an input device.](https://apiant.ai/connections/timelink)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Clio

- [ **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](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)
- [ **Clio to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clio-to-google-calendar)

## More into timelink

- [ **HubSpot to timelink** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timelink)
- [ **Salesforce to timelink** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timelink)
- [ **Slack to timelink** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-timelink)
- [ **Google Sheets to timelink** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-timelink)
- [ **Gmail to timelink** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-timelink)
- [ **Google Calendar to timelink** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-timelink)

Questions

## Clio and timelink, answered

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### 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 timelink when something happens in Clio?

Any of timelink's 24 actions, including Create Client, Create Project, Create Service and Create Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from timelink to Clio?

Yes. When something happens in timelink, your agent can act in Clio too. This page covers both directions: timelink's triggers and Clio's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Clio or timelink?

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 timelink 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.
