# Connect EspoCRM and Timing

When **New contact** fires in [EspoCRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm), your agent runs **Create Project** in [Timing](https://apiant.ai/connections/timing), or **New Project** in Timing 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 Timing **4** triggers Timing **19** 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 Timing 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 EspoCRM and Timing can do together

### From EspoCRM to Timing

- When **New contact** in EspoCRM then **Create Project** in Timing
- When **New Lead** in EspoCRM then **Update Project** in Timing

### From Timing to EspoCRM

- When **New Project** in Timing then **Add contact** in EspoCRM
- When **New Team** in Timing 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 Timing

## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 35 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

**New Project**

Triggered when a new project is created in Timing.

- Trigger

**New Team**

Triggered when you are added to a new team in Timing.

- Trigger

**New Time Entry**

Triggered when a new time entry is logged in Timing.

- Trigger

**New Timer Started and Running**

Triggered when a new timer is started and is still running in Timing.

- Action

**Batch Update Time Entries**

Updates several Timing time entries at once — moves them to a project, retitles them, sets notes, billing status or custom fields. Anything left blank is left untouched on the entries.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project in Timing, optionally under a parent project, and returns the created project.

- Action

**Create Time Entry**

Logs a finished block of work in Timing between a start and end time, optionally against a project, and returns the created time entry.

- Action

**Delete Project**

Deletes a project in Timing, along with all of its child projects.

- Action

**Delete Time Entry**

Deletes a time entry in Timing.

- Action

**Find Project**

Searches your Timing projects by title and returns the first match, plus the full list of matches.

- Action

**Find Team**

Finds a team you belong to in Timing by its name and returns the first match, plus every team whose name matched.

- Action

**Get Activity Hierarchy**

Returns a readable breakdown of what you worked on in Timing over a date range, as tab-indented text grouped by project and app with durations.

- Action

**List Projects**

Returns the projects you can see in Timing, optionally filtered by title, team, or hiding archived ones.

- Action

**List Teams**

Returns all the Timing teams you are a member of.

- Action

**List Time Entries**

Returns your Timing time entries, optionally narrowed by date range, project, team member, search text or billing status.

- Action

**Show Latest Time Entry**

Returns your most recent time entry in Timing.

- Action

**Show Project**

Returns a single Timing project with its colour, notes, billing default, parent and child projects.

- Action

**Show Running Timer**

Returns the timer that is currently running in Timing. Errors with a not-found if no timer is running.

- Action

**Show Time Entry**

Returns a single Timing time entry with its times, duration, project, notes and billing status.

- Action

**Start Timer**

Starts a running timer in Timing, stopping any timer that is already running, and returns the new entry.

- Action

**Stop Timer**

Stops the timer that is currently running in Timing and returns the finished time entry.

- Action

**Update Project**

Updates a Timing project's name, colour, notes, archive state or billing default. Anything left blank keeps its current value.

- Action

**Update Time Entry**

Updates a Timing time entry — its times, project, title, notes or billing status. Anything left blank keeps its current value.

## Each app on its own

- [ **EspoCRM** EspoCRM is a highly customizable open source CRM software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/espocrm)
- [ **Timing** Timing is an automatic time tracking app for macOS.](https://apiant.ai/connections/timing)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **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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## More into Timing

- [ **Favro to Timing** Plan a wedding, build an award winning video game or even send a rocket into space.](https://apiant.ai/connect/favro-to-timing)
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- [ **HubSpot to Timing** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timing)
- [ **Salesforce to Timing** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timing)
- [ **Slack to Timing** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-timing)
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Questions

## EspoCRM and Timing, answered

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### 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.

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

Any of Timing's 19 actions, including Create Project, Create Time Entry, Update Project and Update Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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

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

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

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.
