---
title: "Connect Commerce Layer to When I Work - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Attachment\" fires in Commerce Layer, your agent runs \"Create User\" in When I Work."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-when-i-work"
---

# Connect Commerce Layer to When I Work

When **New Attachment** fires in [Commerce Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer), your agent runs **Create User** in [When I Work](https://apiant.ai/connections/when-i-work). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Commerce Layer **13** triggers Commerce Layer **28** actions When I Work **22** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Commerce Layer and When I Work 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 Commerce Layer can start in When I Work

- When **New Attachment** in Commerce Layer then **Create User** in When I Work
- When **New Customer** in Commerce Layer then **Update user** in When I Work

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 Commerce Layer and When I Work

## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 50 actions

- Trigger

**New Attachment**

Triggers when a new Attachment is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer**

Triggers when a new Customer is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer Address Event**

Triggers when a customer address is created.

- Trigger

**New Customer Password Reset Event**

Triggers when a customer password reset is requested.

- Trigger

**New Customer Subscription Event**

Triggers when a given customer_subscription event (one of create or destroy) is fired.

- Trigger

**New Price**

Triggers when a new Price is created.

- Trigger

**New Price Import**

Fires when a new price import is created in Commerce Layer.

- Trigger

**New Price List**

Triggers when a new Price List is created.

- Trigger

**New Shipping Category**

Triggers when a Shipping Category is created.

- Trigger

**New SKU**

Triggers when a new SKU is created.

- Trigger

**New SKU Import**

Triggers when a new SKU import is created.

- Trigger

**New Stock Item Import**

Triggers when a new Stock Item import is created.

- Trigger

**New Stock Transfer Event**

Triggers when a given stock transfer event (one of create, upocoming, picking, in_transit, complete, cancel is fired).

- Action

**Add Customer Address**

Adds an existing address to a customer's address book.

- Action

**Add Customer Password Reset**

Requests a password reset for a customer, returning the reset token to send them.

- Action

**Add Customer Subscription**

Subscribes a customer email to a list, identified by a reference such as a newsletter id.

- Action

**Add Stock Transfer**

Moves a quantity of a SKU from one stock location to another.

- Action

**Balance Change Gift Card**

Change balance of a gift card.

- Action

**Create Address**

Creates a postal address that can be attached to customers, orders and stock locations.

- Action

**Create Attachment**

Creates a new Attachment.

- Action

**Create Customer**

Creates a new Customer.

- Action

**Create Gift Card**

Creates a new Gift Card.

- Action

**Create Price Import**

Creates a new Price Import.

- Action

**Create Price List**

Creates a new Price List.

- Action

**Create SKU**

Creates a new SKU.

- Action

**Find Attachment**

Finds a Attachment by name.

- Action

**Find Customer**

Finds a customer by id or reference.

- Action

**Find Gift Card**

Finds a gift card by id or reference.

- Action

**Find Price**

Finds a price by price list.

- Action

**Find Price Import**

Finds a Price Import by status.

- Action

**Find Price List**

Finds a Price List by name.

- Action

**Find Shipping Category**

Finds an Shipping Category by name.

- Action

**Find SKU**

Finds an SKU by code.

- Action

**Find SKU Import**

Finds an SKU Import by status.

- Action

**Find Stock Item Import**

Finds a Stock Item Import by status.

- Action

**Get Address**

Retrieves one address by id.

- Action

**Get Customer Address**

Retrieves one customer address link by id.

- Action

**Get Customer Password Reset**

Retrieves a customer password reset by id, returning customer_email, reset_password_token and reset_password_at.

- Action

**Get Customer Subscription**

Retrieves one customer subscription by id.

- Action

**Get Stock Transfer**

Retrieves one stock transfer by id.

- Action

**Update Customer Reference**

Update customer data setting external identifier.

- Action

**Add location**

Creates a new schedule (location) in the When I Work account and returns the created schedule.

- Action

**Add position**

Creates a position, such as Dishwasher or Server, in the When I Work account.

- Action

**Add time entry**

Creates a time entry on a user's timesheet in When I Work and returns the new entry.

- Action

**Add time off request**

Creates a time off request for a user, covering a start and end time, with an optional time off type and paid hours.

- Action

**Clock in**

Clocks a user in, starting a time entry for them. Returns the time entry, the user and the punches recorded on it.

- Action

**Clock out**

Clocks a When I Work user out and returns the time entry the clock-out belongs to.

- Action

**Create User**

Creates a new user in the When I Work account and returns the created user, optionally sending them an invitation.

- Action

**Delete shift**

Deletes a shift by its ID, optionally notifying the assigned user and removing later shifts in a repeating series. This cannot be undone.

- Action

**Delete user**

Deletes a user from the When I Work account, optionally deleting their future shifts as well. When I Work allows this to be reversed.

- Action

**Get account**

Returns the When I Work account for the connected login, including its company name, plan status, enabled features and settings. For a parent account, also returns its child accounts.

- Action

**Get shift**

Returns a single shift by its ID, including its breaks and any repeating series it belongs to. An error occurs if the shift is not found.

- Action

**Get user**

Returns a single When I Work user by ID, including their contact details, role, positions, schedules and pay information.

- Action

**List locations**

Returns all the schedules (locations) in the When I Work account, optionally only those not yet confirmed.

- Action

**List positions**

Returns all the positions in the When I Work account, optionally including deleted ones.

- Action

**List shifts**

Returns the shifts in a date range, optionally narrowed to a user or schedule, and optionally including open, unpublished or repeating shifts.

- Action

**List sites**

Returns all the sites in the When I Work account, optionally including deleted sites.

- Action

**List time entries**

Returns the time entries (timesheet records) in a date range, optionally limited to specific users, entries still clocked in, or entries updated since a given time.

- Action

**List time off requests**

Returns the time off requests that fall within a date range, optionally narrowed by user, schedule, status or type.

- Action

**List users**

Returns the users in the When I Work account, optionally narrowed by schedule or by a search on name or email, and optionally including pending or deleted users.

- Action

**Publish shifts**

Publishes a group of shifts so they become visible on the schedule, and returns the shifts that were published. It does not notify the assigned users.

- Action

**Update shift**

Updates an existing shift on the schedule, such as its times, assigned user, position, breaks or notes, and returns the updated shift.

- Action

**Update user**

Updates an existing user's contact details, role, positions, schedules, pay and access settings, and can reactivate a deleted user. Returns the updated user.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Commerce Layer** Commerce Layer is a lightning fast, super flexible and ultra secure REST API that lets you build...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer)
- [ **When I Work** When I Work is the easiest way to schedule, manage attendance, and communicate with your staff from your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/when-i-work)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Commerce Layer

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

## More into When I Work

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

Questions

## Commerce Layer and When I Work, answered

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### What can start an automation from Commerce Layer?

Any of Commerce Layer's 13 triggers in the catalog, including New Attachment, New Customer, New Customer Address Event and New Customer Password Reset Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in When I Work when something happens in Commerce Layer?

Any of When I Work's 22 actions, including Create User, Update shift, Update user and Add location. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from When I Work to Commerce Layer?

When I Work has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Commerce Layer. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads When I Work's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Layer or When I Work?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Commerce Layer and When I Work 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
