---
title: "Connect EspoCRM and Personio - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New contact\" fires in EspoCRM, your agent runs \"Add project\" in Personio, or \"Employee Updated\" in Personio to \"Add contact\" in EspoCRM."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-personio"
---

# Connect EspoCRM and Personio

When **New contact** fires in [EspoCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm), your agent runs **Add project** in [Personio](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio), or **Employee Updated** in Personio to **Add contact** in EspoCRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

EspoCRM **3** triggers EspoCRM **16** actions Personio **7** triggers Personio **20** actions

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

## What do you want EspoCRM and Personio 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 EspoCRM and Personio can do together

### From EspoCRM to Personio

- When **New contact** in EspoCRM then **Add project** in Personio
- When **New Lead** in EspoCRM then **Create Absence** in Personio

### From Personio to EspoCRM

- When **Employee Updated** in Personio then **Add contact** in EspoCRM
- When **Employment Updated** in Personio then **Add task** in EspoCRM

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 EspoCRM and Personio

## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 36 actions

- Trigger

**New contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New Lead**

Triggers when a new lead is created in EspoCRM.

- Trigger

**New opportunity**

Triggers when a new opportunity is created in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add account**

Creates a new account (company) in EspoCRM and returns its attributes.

- Action

**Add case**

Creates a new case (support ticket) in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact in EspoCRM.

- Action

**Add opportunity**

Creates a new opportunity (deal) in EspoCRM and returns the created record.

- Action

**Add task**

Creates a task in EspoCRM, optionally linked to an account, contact, lead, opportunity or case.

- Action

**Create Lead**

Creates a new lead in EspoCRM and returns the created lead record.

- Action

**Find accounts**

Finds EspoCRM accounts whose name matches the text you supply.

- Action

**Find contacts**

Finds contacts whose email address (or another chosen attribute) matches the value you supply, returning every matching contact.

- Action

**Find Lead**

Finds leads in EspoCRM matching a value on a chosen attribute (email address by default).

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns a single EspoCRM contact by its ID, with all its attributes including custom fields.

- Action

**Get Lead**

Returns a single EspoCRM lead by its ID, with all of its fields.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns one task by its ID, with its subject, status, dates, parent record and assignee.

- Action

**Update account**

Updates an existing account (company) in EspoCRM. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update contact**

Updates an existing contact in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Action

**Update Lead**

Updates an existing lead in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the updated lead.

- Action

**Update opportunity**

Updates an existing opportunity in EspoCRM, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Trigger

**Employee Updated**

Triggers when an employee is updated.

- Trigger

**Employment Updated**

Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are updated

- Trigger

**New Absence**

Triggers when a new absence is created.

- Trigger

**New Candidate**

Fires when a new recruiting candidate is added in Personio.

- Trigger

**New Employee**

Triggers when a new employee is created.

- Trigger

**New Employment Created**

Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are created

- Trigger

**New Open Position**

Triggers when a new open position is created.

- Action

**Add project**

/v2/projects - create a project.

- Action

**Create Absence**

Creates a new absence.

- Action

**Create Attendance**

Creates a new attendance.

- Action

**Create Employee**

Creates a new employee.

- Action

**Delete absence**

/v2/absence-periods/{id} - delete an absence period.

- Action

**Delete attendance**

/v2/attendance-periods/{id} - delete an attendance period.

- Action

**Delete person**

/v2/persons/{id} - delete a person.

- Action

**Find Absence**

Finds an absence by employee ID.

- Action

**Find Employee**

Finds a employee based on email.

- Action

**Find Person**

Finds a person by their Personio ID, name, last name and email, optionally including their absence information.

- Action

**Get Employment**

Retrieves one employment of a person by id: position, status, type, working hours, org units, cost centers, supervisor, office, legal entity, dates.

- Action

**List absence types**

/v2/absence-types - list absence types.

- Action

**List Compensations**

Lists compensations filtered by person.id and a start_date/end_date window; returns id, amount, interval, type, effective_from per record.

- Action

**List legal entities**

/v2/legal-entities - list legal entities.

- Action

**List org units**

/v2/org-units - list org units.

- Action

**List projects**

/v2/projects - list projects.

- Action

**Update absence**

/v2/absence-periods/{id} - update an absence period.

- Action

**Update Attendance**

Updates an existing attendance.

- Action

**Update Employee**

Updates an existing employee.

- Action

**Update Employment**

updates an employment (position, department, office, weekly hours, status, etc.); requires personio:persons:write. Fires the employment.updated webhook.

## Each app on its own

- [ **EspoCRM** EspoCRM is a highly customizable open source CRM software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm)
- [ **Personio** Personio is a holistic HR software for companies from 10 - 2000 employees.](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from EspoCRM

- [ **EspoCRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-hubspot)
- [ **EspoCRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-salesforce)
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- [ **EspoCRM to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/espocrm-to-google-calendar)

## More into Personio

- [ **HubSpot to Personio** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-personio)
- [ **Google Sheets to Personio** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-personio)
- [ **Gmail to Personio** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-personio)
- [ **Google Calendar to Personio** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-personio)
- [ **Google Drive to Personio** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-personio)
- [ **Mailchimp to Personio** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-personio)

Questions

## EspoCRM and Personio, answered

###

### What can start an automation from EspoCRM?

Any of EspoCRM's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New contact, New Lead and New opportunity. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Personio when something happens in EspoCRM?

Any of Personio's 20 actions, including Create Absence, Create Attendance, Create Employee and Update absence. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Personio to EspoCRM?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for EspoCRM or Personio?

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 EspoCRM and Personio 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.
