---
title: "Connect McTime and ShipStation - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Organization\" fires in McTime, your agent runs \"Create or Update Order\" in ShipStation."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-shipstation"
---

# Connect McTime and ShipStation

When **New Organization** fires in [McTime](https://apiant.ai/connections/mctime), your agent runs **Create or Update Order** in [ShipStation](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation), or **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation to **Add User** in McTime. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

McTime **1** trigger McTime **16** actions ShipStation **1** trigger ShipStation **18** actions

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

## What do you want McTime and ShipStation 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 McTime and ShipStation can do together

### From McTime to ShipStation

- When **New Organization** in McTime then **Create or Update Order** in ShipStation
- When **New Organization** in McTime then **Mark Order as Shipped** in ShipStation

### From ShipStation to McTime

- When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Add User** in McTime
- When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Create Client** in McTime

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 McTime and ShipStation

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 34 actions

- Trigger

**New Organization**

Triggered when a new organization is created in McTime.

- Action

**Add Assignment**

Adds a user to an organization with a role (or edits an existing assignment when an Assignment ID is given) in McTime.

- Action

**Add User**

Create (or edit, per vendor's add-or-edit semantics) a user.

- Action

**Create Client**

Creates a new client (an organization of type "client") in McTime.

- Action

**Create Organization**

Creates a new organization (project, client, branch, etc.) in McTime.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project in McTime. Projects are McTime organization units of type "project" that time entries can be booked against.

- Action

**Delete User**

Deletes a McTime user by ID. All of the user's time entries and payroll results are deleted too.

- Action

**Find Client**

Returns up to 50 McTime clients whose name contains the specified text.

- Action

**Find Organization**

Returns up to 50 organizations whose name contains the specified text.

- Action

**Find Project**

Returns up to 50 McTime projects whose name contains the specified text.

- Action

**Get Time Entry**

Retrieve a single McTime time entry by its ID.

- Action

**Get User**

Retrieves a single McTime user by id, including roles, address, export ids and employment details.

- Action

**List Assignments**

Lists a McTime user's assignments to organizations, grouped by role.

- Action

**List Time Entries**

Retrieve time entries within a date range, optionally filtered by user IDs.

- Action

**List Users**

Retrieves the users the authenticated McTime user is allowed to see, optionally filtered by user ids, organization, role and active status. Returns at most 20 users per page.

- Action

**Start Clocking**

Starts a running clock (stopwatch) for a McTime user. One user can have only one running clock at a time.

- Action

**Stop Clocking**

Stops the running McTime clock for a user, turning it into a normal time entry.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Order**

Polling trigger: fires when an order is created or modified.

- Action

**Add Warehouse**

Create a new warehouse location.

- Action

**Create or Update Order**

Create a new order or update an existing one (upsert by orderNumber/orderKey).

- Action

**Delete Order**

Delete (deactivate) an order by its ShipStation order ID.

- Action

**Get Customer**

Retrieve a single customer by customer ID.

- Action

**Get Order**

Retrieve a single order by its ShipStation order ID.

- Action

**Get Product**

Retrieve a single product by ID.

- Action

**Get Rates**

Get shipping rate estimates for a carrier between two locations and package.

- Action

**Get Store**

Retrieve details of a single store by ID.

- Action

**Get Warehouse**

Retrieve details of a single warehouse by ID.

- Action

**List Carriers**

List the shipping carriers connected to the account.

- Action

**List Customers**

List customers in the ShipStation account.

- Action

**List Orders**

List orders, optionally filtered by status, customer, or modified date.

- Action

**List Products**

List products in the ShipStation catalog.

- Action

**List Stores**

Retrieve the list of stores connected to the account.

- Action

**List Warehouses**

List the ship-from warehouse locations configured in the account.

- Action

**Mark Order as Shipped**

Mark an order as shipped with a carrier code and tracking number.

- Action

**Update Product**

Update an existing product's details (SKU, name, price, weight, etc).

- Action

**Update Warehouse**

Update an existing warehouse's name/address/return address.

## Each app on its own

- [ **McTime** McTime is an easy to use Time Tracking and Payroll Software which helps teams become more productive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mctime)
- [ **ShipStation** ShipStation order, shipment, and fulfillment management.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from McTime

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- [ **McTime to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-stripe)
- [ **McTime to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-shopify)
- [ **McTime to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-quickbooks-online)
- [ **McTime to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-pipedrive)
- [ **McTime to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mctime-to-notion)

## More into ShipStation

- [ **Erpnext to ShipStation** Open-source ERP system for accounting, inventory, manufacturing, sales, projects, and CRM.](https://apiant.ai/connect/erpnext-to-shipstation)
- [ **Slack to ShipStation** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shipstation)
- [ **Google Calendar to ShipStation** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipstation)
- [ **Google Drive to ShipStation** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-shipstation)
- [ **Pipedrive to ShipStation** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-shipstation)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to ShipStation** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-shipstation)

Questions

## McTime and ShipStation, answered

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### What can start an automation from McTime?

Any of McTime's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Organization. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in ShipStation when something happens in McTime?

Any of ShipStation's 18 actions, including Create or Update Order, Update Product, Update Warehouse and Add Warehouse. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ShipStation to McTime?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for McTime or ShipStation?

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 McTime and ShipStation 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.
