---
title: "Connect Grist and Vacation Tracker - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Get user\" in Vacation Tracker."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-vacation-tracker"
---

# Connect Grist and Vacation Tracker

When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Get user** in [Vacation Tracker](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker), or **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker to **Create or Update Record** in Grist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions Vacation Tracker **7** triggers Vacation Tracker **13** actions

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

## What do you want Grist and Vacation Tracker 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 Grist and Vacation Tracker can do together

### From Grist to Vacation Tracker

- When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Get user** in Vacation Tracker
- When **New Record** in Grist then **Add leave** in Vacation Tracker

### From Vacation Tracker to Grist

- When **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker then **Create or Update Record** in Grist
- When **New Leave Added** in Vacation Tracker then **Create Record** in Grist

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 Grist and Vacation Tracker

## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 34 actions

- Trigger

**New or Updated Record**

Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Record (Instant)**

Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.

- Trigger

**New Record**

Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.

- Trigger

**New Record (Instant)**

Triggers when a new Record is created

- Action

**Add Column**

Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.

- Action

**Add Table**

Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.

- Action

**Create or Update Record**

Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.

- Action

**Create Record**

Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.

- Action

**Create Workspace**

Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.

- Action

**Delete Document**

Deletes a Grist document permanently.

- Action

**Delete Records**

Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.

- Action

**Delete Workspace**

Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.

- Action

**Find Record**

Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.

- Action

**Get Document**

Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.

- Action

**Get Org**

Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.

- Action

**Get Workspace**

Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.

- Action

**List Columns**

Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.

- Action

**List Orgs**

Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.

- Action

**List Tables**

Returns the tables in a Grist document.

- Action

**List Workspaces**

Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.

- Action

**Run SQL Query**

Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.

- Action

**Update Document**

Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.

- Action

**Update Record**

Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update Workspace**

Renames a Grist workspace.

- Trigger

**Leave Cancelled**

Triggers when a leave is cancelled in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Deleted**

Triggers when a leave is deleted in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Approved**

Triggers when a leave is approved in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Denied**

Triggers when an approver or admin denies a leave request.

- Trigger

**Leave Updated**

Triggers when an open or approved leave is changed, for example its dates, leave type or reason.

- Trigger

**New Leave Added**

Triggers when an approved leave is added for a user, or when a leave request is approved automatically.

- Trigger

**New Leave Request Created**

Triggers when a user requests a leave that needs approval.

- Action

**Add leave**

Creates a leave in Vacation Tracker: a leave request for the acting user, or an already approved leave for a user you manage.

- Action

**Cancel leave**

Cancels an open or approved leave.

- Action

**Delete leave**

Deletes a leave of a user the API key's owner manages and returns the deleted leave.

- Action

**Get department**

Returns a single department with its ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get leave**

Returns a single leave by its ID, including its dates, status, user and leave type.

- Action

**Get location**

Returns a single location with its name, time zone, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get user**

Returns a single Vacation Tracker user with their name, email, location, department, status and labels.

- Action

**List departments**

Returns every department in your Vacation Tracker company, with each department's ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**List leaves**

Returns the leaves that overlap a date range, optionally filtered by status.

- Action

**List leave types**

Returns all of the company's leave types, active and inactive, with their IDs, names and colors.

- Action

**List locations**

Returns every location in your Vacation Tracker company that the API key can see, with each location's name, time zone and default flag.

- Action

**List users**

Returns the users in your Vacation Tracker company, optionally filtered by status, location, department or label.

- Action

**Update leave**

Changes the dates, times, leave type, reason or substitute approver of an open or approved leave. Fields left blank keep their current value.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist)
- [ **Vacation Tracker** Vacation Tracker is a PTO tracker that helps teams track leave, see who’s off, and approve time off fast.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Grist

- [ **Grist to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-gmail)
- [ **Grist to Clickhouse** Column-oriented database for real-time analytical SQL queries at petabyte scale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-clickhouse)
- [ **Grist to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-mistral-ai)
- [ **Grist to OpusClip** OpusClip is a AI video tool that turns long videos into viral shorts with captions and transcripts.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-opusclip)
- [ **Grist to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-postman)
- [ **Grist to RuneScape** The RuneScape Wiki API exposes data for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-runescape)

## More into Vacation Tracker

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

Questions

## Grist and Vacation Tracker, answered

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### What can start an automation from Grist?

Any of Grist's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record, New or Updated Record (Instant), New Record and New Record (Instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Vacation Tracker when something happens in Grist?

Any of Vacation Tracker's 13 actions, including Update leave, Add leave, Get department and Get leave. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Vacation Tracker to Grist?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Vacation Tracker?

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 Grist and Vacation Tracker 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.
