--- title: "Connect Intervals and Karbon - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New client\" fires in Intervals, your agent runs \"Add client group\" in Karbon, or \"New work item\" in Karbon to \"Add invoice\" in Intervals." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-karbon" --- # Connect Intervals and Karbon When **New client** fires in [Intervals](https://apiant.ai/connections/intervals), your agent runs **Add client group** in [Karbon](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon), or **New work item** in Karbon to **Add invoice** in Intervals. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Intervals **6** triggers Intervals **38** actions Karbon **1** trigger Karbon **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Intervals and Karbon 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 Intervals and Karbon can do together ### From Intervals to Karbon - When **New client** in Intervals then **Add client group** in Karbon - When **New invoice** in Intervals then **Create Organization Contact** in Karbon ### From Karbon to Intervals - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Add invoice** in Intervals - When **New work item** in Karbon then **Add task** in Intervals 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 Intervals and Karbon ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 54 actions - Trigger **New client** Polling trigger: fires when a new client is created in Intervals. - Trigger **New invoice** Polling trigger: fires when a new invoice is created in Intervals. - Trigger **New milestone** Polling trigger: fires when a new milestone is created in Intervals. - Trigger **New person** Polling trigger: fires when a new person is added in Intervals. - Trigger **New project** Polling trigger: fires when a new project is created in Intervals. - Trigger **New task** Polling trigger: fires when a new task is created in Intervals. - Action **Add client** Create a new client. - Action **Add expense** Create a new expense. - Action **Add invoice** Create a new invoice. - Action **Add milestone** Create a new milestone. - Action **Add person** Create a new person (team member). - Action **Add project** Create a new project. - Action **Add task** Create a new task. - Action **Add time entry** Log a new time entry against a task. - Action **Add timer** Start a new timer for a task. - Action **Delete client** Delete a client. - Action **Delete expense** Delete an expense. - Action **Delete invoice** Delete an invoice. - Action **Delete milestone** Delete a milestone. - Action **Delete person** Delete a person. - Action **Delete project** Delete a project. - Action **Delete task** Delete a task. - Action **Delete time entry** Delete a logged time entry. - Action **Delete timer** Delete a timer. - Action **Get client** Retrieve a single client by id. - Action **Get expense** Retrieve a single expense by id. - Action **Get invoice** Retrieve a single invoice by id. - Action **Get milestone** Retrieve a single milestone by id. - Action **Get person** Retrieve a single person by id. - Action **Get project** Retrieve a single project by id. - Action **Get task** Retrieve a single task by id. - Action **Get time entry** Retrieve a single logged time entry by id. - Action **Get timer** Retrieve a single timer by id. - Action **List milestones** Retrieve all milestones in the Intervals account. - Action **List tasks** Retrieve all tasks in the Intervals account. - Action **Update client** Update an existing client's details. - Action **Update expense** Update an existing expense. - Action **Update invoice** Update an existing invoice. - Action **Update milestone** Update an existing milestone. - Action **Update person** Update an existing person's details. - Action **Update project** Update an existing project's details. - Action **Update task** Update an existing task's details. - Action **Update time entry** Update an existing logged time entry. - Action **Update timer** Update a timer (e.g. stop or adjust it). - Trigger **New work item** Triggers when a new work item is created in Karbon. - Action **Add client group** Creates a new client group in Karbon, optionally with members, owner, manager and client team. - Action **Add note** Creates a note in Karbon, optionally assigned to a user and linked to work items, contacts, organizations or client groups. - Action **Add work item** Creates a new work item for a client in Karbon. - Action **Create Organization Contact** Creates a new Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Create Person Contact** Creates a new person Contact in Karbon and returns the created Contact record. - Action **Find an Organization Contact** Finds Organization contacts in Karbon matching a full name, email address, external key or contact type, and returns the matching organizations. - Action **Find a Person Contact** Finds person contacts in Karbon by email address, full name, phone number, contact type or external key, and returns the matches. - Action **Get work item** Returns the details of a single Karbon work item, including its client, dates, status, fee settings and role assignments. - Action **List invoices** Returns the invoices in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by invoice status and sorted. - Action **List timesheets** Returns a list of timesheets from your Karbon account, optionally filtered by date, user, work item or status, with their time entries if requested. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by name or email address. - Action **List work items** Returns the work items in your Karbon account, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **Update client group** Renames an existing Karbon client group by changing its full name. - Action **Update Organization Contact** Updates the name or privacy level of an existing Organization contact in Karbon. - Action **Update Person Contact** Updates the name details or privacy level of an existing Person Contact in Karbon. - Action **Update work item** Updates a Karbon work item's title, description, dates, assignee, work type, role assignments or status. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Intervals** Intervals is cloud-based time tracking and task management with powerful reporting.](https://apiant.ai/connections/intervals) - [ **Karbon** Karbon is the collaborative practice management platform for accounting firms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/karbon) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Intervals - [ **Intervals to Asana** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-asana) - [ **Intervals to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-salesforce) - [ **Intervals to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-slack) - [ **Intervals to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-google-drive) - [ **Intervals to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-mailchimp) - [ **Intervals to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/intervals-to-stripe) ## More into Karbon - [ **eSputnik to Karbon** ESputnik is a marketing automation service made to embody the toughest ideas of enterprise level solutions...](https://apiant.ai/connect/esputnik-to-karbon) - [ **HubSpot to Karbon** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-karbon) - [ **Google Sheets to Karbon** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-karbon) - [ **Gmail to Karbon** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-karbon) - [ **Google Calendar to Karbon** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-karbon) - [ **Google Drive to Karbon** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-karbon) Questions ## Intervals and Karbon, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Intervals? Any of Intervals's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New client, New invoice, New milestone and New person. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Karbon when something happens in Intervals? Any of Karbon's 16 actions, including Create Organization Contact, Create Person Contact, Update client group and Update Organization Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Karbon to Intervals? Yes. When something happens in Karbon, your agent can act in Intervals too. This page covers both directions: Karbon's triggers and Intervals's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Intervals or Karbon? 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 Intervals and Karbon 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.