--- title: "Connect Clockify to Pdforge - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Client\" fires in Clockify, your agent runs \"Add template\" in Pdforge." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-pdforge" --- # Connect Clockify to Pdforge When **New Client** fires in [Clockify](https://apiant.ai/connections/clockify), your agent runs **Add template** in [Pdforge](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdforge). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Clockify **7** triggers Clockify **24** actions Pdforge **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 Clockify and Pdforge 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) Clockify records who worked on what, and Pdforge turns that record into a document. Joining them means a new client, project, task or time entry in Clockify can feed a Pdforge template, Markdown or HTML and come back as a finished PDF with a download link. The agent builds the whole run and tests every scenario before it goes live. Example flows ## What Clockify can start in Pdforge - When **New Client** in Clockify then **Add template** in Pdforge - When **New Project** in Clockify then **Convert HTML to PDF** in Pdforge 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 Clockify and Pdforge ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 37 actions - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is added to a workspace. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is added to a workspace. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is added to a workspace. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is added to a project on a specified workspace. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is added. - Trigger **New Timer Started** Triggers when a new entry is started and running. - Trigger **New Workspace** Triggers when a new workspace is created. - Action **Create Client** Creates a client on a specified workspace. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project on a specified workspace. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a tag on a specified workspace. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task on a specified project. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a new time entry on a specified workspace. - Action **Delete Client** Delete a client from a workspace. - Action **Delete Project** Delete a project from a workspace. - Action **Delete Tag** Delete a tag from a workspace. - Action **Delete Task** Delete a task from a project. - Action **Delete Time Entry** Delete a time entry from a workspace. - Action **Find Client** Finds a client by name on a specified workspace. - Action **Find Project** Finds a project by name on a specified workspace. - Action **Find Running Timer** Finds a currently running time entry on a specified workspace. - Action **Find Tag** Finds a tag on a specified workspace. - Action **Find Task** Finds a task by name on a specified project and workspace. - Action **Find Time Entry** Finds a time entry by description, start datetime or end datetime. - Action **List Workspaces** List all workspaces the authenticated user belongs to. - Action **Start Timer** Starts a new time entry. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops currently running time entry on a specified workspace. - Action **Update Client** Update a client's name/note/archived status. - Action **Update Project** Update a project's name/color/client/billable status/dates. - Action **Update Tag** Update a tag's name/archived status on a workspace. - Action **Update Task** Update a task's name/status/assignee/estimate on a project. - Action **Update Time Entry** Update a time entry's start/end/description/project/task/billable/tags on a workspace. - Action **Add template** Starts AI creation of a new PDF template from a text prompt (and optional reference file). Creation runs asynchronously and usually takes a couple of minutes; the returned template id can be used to check its status. - Action **Compress PDF** Compresses a PDF from a public URL to reduce its file size, returning a signed download URL for the compressed file. - Action **Convert HTML to PDF** Converts HTML into a PDF (or PNG) synchronously and returns a temporary signed URL to the generated file. If rendering takes longer than 30 seconds, the job is queued and a request id and status URL are returned instead. - Action **Convert Markdown to PDF** Convert Markdown text (headings, lists, tables, code blocks) into a styled PDF document. - Action **Generate PDF from template** Generates a PDF (or PNG) from one of your PDF Noodle templates and waits for it to finish, returning a temporary download link. - Action **Get PDF status** Retrieve the status of a single PDF generation request, and its download link once rendering succeeds. - Action **Get template** Retrieves a template's full details, or its creation status if it is still being created with AI. - Action **Get template variables** Retrieves the variable schema for a template: every data placeholder (including nested objects and arrays) that can be supplied when generating a PDF from it. - Action **Get tool status** Retrieve the status of a PDF tool operation (merge, split, compress, markdown to PDF, metadata update) using the request id returned by an async request or a synchronous request that timed out. - Action **List templates** Lists every template available in your pdf noodle account, with each template's id and display name. - Action **Merge PDFs** Combine two or more publicly accessible PDF files into a single PDF, merged in the order given. Returns a temporary download link to the merged file, or a request id to check later when the merge runs in the background. - Action **Split PDF** Split a single PDF into multiple smaller PDFs by page ranges or regular intervals. - Action **Update PDF metadata** Updates the embedded metadata (title, author, subject, keywords and more) of a PDF at a public URL and returns a link to the updated file. The original PDF content is preserved. ## Each app on its own - [ **Clockify** Clockify is a completely free time tracking software for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clockify) - [ **Pdforge** No-code builder and API for generating PDF documents/reports at scale for SaaS apps.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdforge) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Clockify - [ **Clockify to Kimai** Time-tracking platform for project-driven teams, with invoicing, expense tracking, and reporting.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-kimai) - [ **Clockify to Nvidia** API platform for deploying GPU-accelerated AI models, including inference microservices and a container...](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-nvidia) - [ **Clockify to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-postman) - [ **Clockify to SHARE** A free, open, dataset about research and scholarly activities. Free, credential-less public API.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-share) - [ **Clockify to SharpAPI** Real-time sports betting odds from 20+ sportsbooks with +EV detection](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-sharpapi) - [ **Clockify to Snov.io** Snov.io is an easy and powerful CRM. Find leads, manage your database, and send converting automated emails.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clockify-to-snov-io) ## More into Pdforge - [ **HubSpot to Pdforge** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdforge) - [ **Salesforce to Pdforge** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdforge) - [ **Slack to Pdforge** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdforge) - [ **Google Sheets to Pdforge** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdforge) - [ **Gmail to Pdforge** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdforge) - [ **Google Calendar to Pdforge** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdforge) Questions ## Clockify and Pdforge, answered ### ### Can a PDF link be written back into Clockify? Yes. After Pdforge returns a download link, the agent can use Update Time Entry, Update Task or Update Project in Clockify so the link sits on the record it belongs to. That way the document is found where the work was logged. ### ### Can something in Pdforge start a run in Clockify? No, Pdforge has no triggers listed, so every run begins in Clockify with events like New Time Entry, New Project, New Task or New Client. Pdforge is used for the actions that follow, such as generating, merging or compressing a PDF. ### ### What can start an automation from Clockify? Any of Clockify's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Client, New Project, New Task and New Time Entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Pdforge when something happens in Clockify? Any of Pdforge's 13 actions, including Add template, Convert HTML to PDF, Convert Markdown to PDF and Generate PDF from template. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pdforge to Clockify? Pdforge has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Clockify. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Pdforge's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Clockify or Pdforge? 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 Clockify and Pdforge 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.