--- title: "Connect Mendato to Railway - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in Mendato, your agent runs \"Get project\" in Railway." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-railway" --- # Connect Mendato to Railway When **New Employee** fires in [Mendato](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato), your agent runs **Get project** in [Railway](https://apiant.ai/connections/railway). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Mendato **2** triggers Mendato **25** actions Railway **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Mendato and Railway 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 Mendato can start in Railway - When **New Employee** in Mendato then **Get project** in Railway - When **New Subcontractor** in Mendato then **Add domain** in Railway 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 Mendato and Railway ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 40 actions - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee is added in Mendato. Optional filters limit which employees fire the trigger. - Trigger **New Subcontractor** Triggers when a new subcontractor is added in Mendato. - Action **Add employee** Creates a new employee in Mendato. - Action **Add material** GraphQL mutation createMaterial. - Action **Add object** GraphQL mutation createObject (cleaning object/property). - Action **Add order** Creates a new order (Auftrag) for an object, with the services to perform, and optionally the materials used and the employees or subcontractors assigned. - Action **Add prospect** Creates a new prospect (potential customer) in Mendato, optionally with contact persons and a first prospect object. - Action **Add quote** GraphQL mutation createQuote. - Action **Add supplier** GraphQL mutation createSupplier. - Action **Add ticket** Creates a ticket (a complaint, extra request, material demand or damage report) for an object in Mendato. - Action **Add time record** Creates a time record for an employee in Mendato, with start and end time, optional journey start, break duration and the object (site) worked at. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note (Gutschrift) for a subcontractor in Mendato, with its line items, dates and texts. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer (person or company) in Mendato with address, contact and billing details. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice for a customer in Mendato, with its line items, dates and texts, optionally completing and sending it right away. - Action **Create Subcontractor** Creates a new subcontractor - Action **Find Customer** Returns up to 100 customers whose number, name, email address or contact person matches the search text. - Action **Find employees by criteria** Returns the employees that match the given criteria, such as name or personnel number, status, city or ZIP, supervisor or driving licence. - Action **Find invoices by criteria** Returns up to 100 invoices that match the search text, statuses, date ranges, payment state, customer, order, service or object you specify. - Action **Find Subcontractor** Returns up to 100 subcontractors whose number, name or other details match the search text. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer by id, including contact details, address, email addresses, tax details, note and tags. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order (Auftrag) by its id, including its object, status, dates, staffing requirements and services. - Action **Get prospect** Returns a single prospect (lead) by its id, with address, contact details, outcome and contact persons. - Action **Get Quote** Returns a single quote (Angebot) by its id, including its number, status, dates, customer or prospect, texts and line items. - Action **Get Supplier** Returns a single supplier (Lieferant) by its id, with name, address, contact and tax details. - Action **Get time record** Returns a single time record by its id, including its date, start and end times, breaks, employee and object. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, address, contact details and email addresses. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Add domain** Adds a Railway-provided or custom domain to a service instance. - Action **Add service** Creates a new service in a project, from a GitHub repo, Docker image, or empty. - Action **Delete deployment** Removes a deployment from a Railway service's deployment history. - Action **Delete environment** Deletes a Railway environment and all of its deployments. - Action **Get deployment** Fetches a deployment by ID. - Action **Get project** Fetches a project by ID including its services. - Action **Get service** Fetches a service by ID. - Action **Get variables** Fetches variables for a service/environment. - Action **List deployments** Lists the deployments of a Railway service in an environment (up to the 100 most recent). - Action **List domains** Returns the custom domains and Railway-provided domains attached to a service in one environment, with each custom domain's DNS and certificate status. - Action **List environments** Lists all environments for a project. - Action **List projects** Lists all projects accessible to the token. - Action **Rollback deployment** Rolls a Railway service back to a previous deployment. - Action **Update service** Updates a Railway service's name or icon. - Action **Update variables** Creates or updates several variables at once for a Railway service, or the shared variables of an environment. ## Each app on its own - [ **Mendato** Mendato is a cloud-based software for cleaning companies that manages staff, shifts, time tracking, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/mendato) - [ **Railway** Cloud infrastructure platform for deploying and hosting applications, databases, and background jobs from...](https://apiant.ai/connections/railway) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Mendato - [ **Mendato to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-salesforce) - [ **Mendato to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-slack) - [ **Mendato to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-stripe) - [ **Mendato to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-shopify) - [ **Mendato to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Mendato to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mendato-to-pipedrive) ## More into Railway - [ **Slack to Railway** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-railway) - [ **JIRA to Railway** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-railway) - [ **HubSpot to Railway** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-railway) - [ **Salesforce to Railway** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-railway) - [ **Google Sheets to Railway** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-railway) - [ **Gmail to Railway** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-railway) Questions ## Mendato and Railway, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Mendato? Any of Mendato's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Employee and New Subcontractor. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Railway when something happens in Mendato? Any of Railway's 15 actions, including Update service, Update variables, Add domain and Add service. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Railway to Mendato? Railway has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Mendato. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Railway's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Mendato or Railway? 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 Mendato and Railway 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.