--- title: "Connect Commerce Tools and PPM Express - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New customer\" fires in Commerce Tools, your agent runs \"Create Project Task\" in PPM Express." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-ppm-express" --- # Connect Commerce Tools and PPM Express When **New customer** fires in [Commerce Tools](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-tools), your agent runs **Create Project Task** in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), or **Idea Created** in PPM Express to **Add customer** in Commerce Tools. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Commerce Tools **2** triggers Commerce Tools **21** actions PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **8** 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 Tools and PPM Express 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 Tools and PPM Express can do together ### From Commerce Tools to PPM Express - When **New customer** in Commerce Tools then **Create Project Task** in PPM Express - When **New order** in Commerce Tools then **Update Project Task** in PPM Express ### From PPM Express to Commerce Tools - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Add customer** in Commerce Tools - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Add order from cart** in Commerce Tools 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 Tools and PPM Express ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New customer** Triggers when a new customer is created in your commercetools project. - Trigger **New order** Triggers when a new order is created in the commercetools project. - Action **Add cart** Creates a new shopping cart in your commercetools project, optionally with line items, customer, addresses and discount codes. - Action **Add category** Creates a category in your commercetools project for organizing products. - Action **Add customer** Creates a customer in your commercetools project and returns the new customer record. - Action **Add order from cart** Creates an order from an existing cart, optionally setting its order number and initial order, payment and shipment states. - Action **Add product** Creates a product in your commercetools project with its product type, name, slug and optional variants, prices, categories and attributes. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes a customer, optionally erasing all of their related personal data. Returns the deleted customer. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from the catalog and returns the product as it was when deleted. - Action **Find categories** Finds categories in your commercetools project that match a filter, such as a key, slug or name. - Action **Find customers** Finds customers matching a filter condition, such as an email address or last name. - Action **Find inventory entries** Returns the inventory entries (stock quantities per SKU and supply channel) that match a filter. - Action **Find orders** Finds orders in the commercetools project that match a filter condition. - Action **Find products** Finds products in your commercetools project that match a filter condition, such as a product key or name. - Action **Get cart** Returns a cart by its id, including its line items, totals, addresses and state. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer by its id, including addresses and custom fields. - Action **Get order** Returns an order by its id, including line items, totals, state and custom fields. - Action **Get product** Returns a product by its id, including its current and staged data, variants and prices. - Action **Update cart** Updates a cart by applying one or more update actions, such as adding line items or setting the shipping address, and returns the updated cart. - Action **Update customer** Applies one or more update actions to an existing customer, such as changing their email, name or addresses, and returns the updated customer. - Action **Update inventory entry** Updates an inventory entry, for example adding, removing or setting its stock quantity, and returns the updated entry. - Action **Update order** Updates an order by applying one or more update actions, such as changing its order, shipment or payment state. - Action **Update product** Updates a product by applying one or more update actions, and returns the updated product. - Trigger **Idea Created** Triggers when a Idea is created. - Trigger **Key Date Created** Triggers when a Key Date is created. - Trigger **Key Date Updated** Triggers when a Key Date is updated. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a Project is created. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a Project is updated. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a Task is created. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a Task is deleted. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a Task is updated. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio. - Action **Create Project Key Date** Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project** Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project. - Action **Update Project Key Date** Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project Task** Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task. ## Each app on its own - [ **Commerce Tools** Headless commerce platform providing APIs for product catalog, cart, order, and inventory management across...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-tools) - [ **PPM Express** PPM Express is Product Portfolio Management platform to easily integrate and orchestrate your existing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Commerce Tools - [ **Commerce Tools to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-hubspot) - [ **Commerce Tools to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-salesforce) - [ **Commerce Tools to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-slack) - [ **Commerce Tools to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-google-sheets) - [ **Commerce Tools to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-gmail) - [ **Commerce Tools to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-tools-to-google-calendar) ## More into PPM Express - [ **HubSpot to PPM Express** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ppm-express) - [ **Google Sheets to PPM Express** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-ppm-express) - [ **Gmail to PPM Express** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ppm-express) - [ **Google Calendar to PPM Express** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ppm-express) - [ **Google Drive to PPM Express** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-ppm-express) - [ **Mailchimp to PPM Express** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-ppm-express) Questions ## Commerce Tools and PPM Express, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Commerce Tools? Any of Commerce Tools's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New customer and New order. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PPM Express when something happens in Commerce Tools? Any of PPM Express's 8 actions, including Create Idea, Create Project, Create Project Key Date and Create Project Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PPM Express to Commerce Tools? Yes. When something happens in PPM Express, your agent can act in Commerce Tools too. This page covers both directions: PPM Express's triggers and Commerce Tools's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Tools or PPM Express? 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 Commerce Tools and PPM Express 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.