# Connect Dovetail and timeBuzzer

When **New Project** fires in [Dovetail](https://apiant.ai/connections/dovetail), your agent runs **Add Activity** in [timeBuzzer](https://apiant.ai/connections/timebuzzer), or **New Activity** in timeBuzzer to **Add Contact** in Dovetail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Dovetail **3** triggers Dovetail **4** actions timeBuzzer **1** trigger timeBuzzer **5** actions

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

## What do you want Dovetail and timeBuzzer to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Dovetail and timeBuzzer can do together

### From Dovetail to timeBuzzer

- When **New Project** in Dovetail then **Add Activity** in timeBuzzer
- When **New Published Insight** in Dovetail then **Create Tile** in timeBuzzer

### From timeBuzzer to Dovetail

- When **New Activity** in timeBuzzer then **Add Contact** in Dovetail
- When **New Activity** in timeBuzzer then **Add Data Point to Channel** in Dovetail

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 Dovetail and timeBuzzer

## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 9 actions

- Trigger

**New Project**

Triggers when a new project is created

- Trigger

**New Published Insight**

Triggers when a new insight is published.

- Trigger

**Updated Project**

Triggers when a project is updated.

- Action

**Add Contact**

Adds a contact to the contacts database.

- Action

**Add Data Point to Channel**

Adds a data point to a channel.

- Action

**Add Data to Project**

Adds data to an existing project.

- Action

**Add Insight to Project**

Adds an insight to an existing project.

- Trigger

**New Activity**

Triggers when a new activity is created.

- Action

**Add Activity**

Creates a time-tracking activity (time entry) for a user in timeBuzzer, linked to one or more tiles.

- Action

**Create Tile**

Create a new tile

- Action

**Edit Tile**

Edit an existing tile

- Action

**Find Tile**

Look for a specific Tile. Tiles are items like projects, customers, clients, tasks or whatever you have configured in the timeBuzzer admin section.

- Action

**Get Activity**

Returns a single timeBuzzer activity (time entry) by its id, including its start and end times, note, tiles and billed status.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Dovetail** Dovetail is an AI-first customer insights hub that combines feedback and research to create a single source...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dovetail)
- [ **timeBuzzer** timeBuzzer is a simple time tracker and timesheet app to track hours worked across projects in real time.](https://apiant.ai/connections/timebuzzer)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Dovetail

- [ **Dovetail to Minecraft Server Status** Minecraft Server Status pings a Minecraft server address and reports what it finds.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-minecraft-server-status)
- [ **Dovetail to TypeSafe** TypeSafe's Jev model answers typed questions about a piece of content and tells you how certain it is.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-typesafe)
- [ **Dovetail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-hubspot)
- [ **Dovetail to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-salesforce)
- [ **Dovetail to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-slack)
- [ **Dovetail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/dovetail-to-google-sheets)

## More into timeBuzzer

- [ **FreeAgent to timeBuzzer** FreeAgent is cloud accounting software for small businesses and freelancers — manage contacts, invoices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/freeagent-to-timebuzzer)
- [ **HigherGov to timeBuzzer** HigherGov is a market intelligence platform for federal, state, and local government contractors and grant...](https://apiant.ai/connect/highergov-to-timebuzzer)
- [ **Himalayas to timeBuzzer** Remote job board and search engine](https://apiant.ai/connect/himalayas-to-timebuzzer)
- [ **Modusign to timeBuzzer** Modusign is a simple electronic contract service that makes signing a contract and its storage at once at...](https://apiant.ai/connect/modusign-to-timebuzzer)
- [ **HubSpot to timeBuzzer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timebuzzer)
- [ **Salesforce to timeBuzzer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timebuzzer)

Questions

## Dovetail and timeBuzzer, answered

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### What can start an automation from Dovetail?

Any of Dovetail's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Published Insight and Updated Project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in timeBuzzer when something happens in Dovetail?

Any of timeBuzzer's 5 actions, including Create Tile, Add Activity, Edit Tile and Find Tile. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from timeBuzzer to Dovetail?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Dovetail or timeBuzzer?

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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### 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.
