--- title: "Connect Motion and PaintScout - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Motion, your agent runs \"Add deal\" in PaintScout, or \"Contact Created\" in PaintScout to \"Create Recurring Task\" in Motion." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-paintscout" --- # Connect Motion and PaintScout When **New Comment** fires in [Motion](https://apiant.ai/connections/motion), your agent runs **Add deal** in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), or **Contact Created** in PaintScout to **Create Recurring Task** in Motion. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Motion **4** triggers Motion **17** actions PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **25** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Motion and PaintScout 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 Motion and PaintScout can do together ### From Motion to PaintScout - When **New Comment** in Motion then **Add deal** in PaintScout - When **New or Updated Task** in Motion then **Add task** in PaintScout ### From PaintScout to Motion - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Create Recurring Task** in Motion - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Create Task** in Motion 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 Motion and PaintScout ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggered when a new comment is added to the selected task. - Trigger **New or Updated Task** Triggers when a task is created or updated in Motion. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is created in a Motion workspace. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is created in Motion. Can be limited to a workspace, project, assignee, label, name or status. - Action **Create Comment** Creates a new comment on a Motion task and returns the created comment. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in a Motion workspace, optionally from a project template, and returns the created project. - Action **Create Recurring Task** Creates a recurring task in a Motion workspace, assigned to a person and repeating on the frequency you choose. Returns the new recurring task. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in a Motion workspace, optionally with a due date, assignee, project, labels and auto-scheduling. Returns the new task. - Action **Delete Recurring Task** Deletes a recurring task in Motion by its ID. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a Motion task by its ID. - Action **Find Task** Returns the tasks whose name contains the specified text, optionally narrowed by workspace, project, assignee, label or status. - Action **Get Project** Returns a single Motion project by its ID, including its status, timestamps and custom field values. An error occurs if the project is not found. - Action **Get Task** Returns a Motion task by its ID, including its schedule, assignees, project, workspace and custom field values. An error occurs if the task is not found. - Action **List Comments** Returns all comments on a Motion task, including each comment's content, creation time and creator. - Action **List Projects** Returns all projects in a Motion workspace, including each project's status and custom field values. - Action **List Recurring Tasks** Returns all recurring tasks in a Motion workspace, including each task's assignee, project, status, priority and labels. - Action **List Tasks** Returns the tasks in Motion, across every page of results, optionally narrowed by workspace, project, assignee, label, name or status. - Action **Move Task** Moves a task to a different workspace, optionally assigning it to a user there, and returns the updated task. - Action **Set Project Custom Field Value** Sets the value of an existing custom field on a project and returns the value that was saved. - Action **Unassign Task** Removes the assignee from a Motion task, leaving the task unassigned. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing Motion task by ID and returns the updated task, including its title, schedule, status, priority, labels and assignee. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add event** Creates a scheduled event (such as a consultation or production job) on a PaintScout deal. - Action **Add invoice item** Adds a line item to an existing PaintScout invoice, with its name, price, hours, quantity, notes, files and materials. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add quote item** Adds a line item to an existing PaintScout quote, with its price, hours, quantity, notes, files and materials. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice in PaintScout, optionally with its contact, job address, line items, discount and tax, and returns the created invoice. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update invoice** Updates an existing PaintScout invoice — its status, contact, line items, notes, terms, discount, tax and other details. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Quote** Updates an existing PaintScout quote, such as its status, contact, job address, notes, discount or tags, and returns the updated quote. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. ## Each app on its own - [ **Motion** Motion uses artificial intelligence to optimize your and your team’s day.](https://apiant.ai/connections/motion) - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Motion - [ **Motion to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-salesforce) - [ **Motion to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-slack) - [ **Motion to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-stripe) - [ **Motion to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-shopify) - [ **Motion to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Motion to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-pipedrive) ## More into PaintScout - [ **HubSpot to PaintScout** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Sheets to PaintScout** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paintscout) - [ **Gmail to PaintScout** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Calendar to PaintScout** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paintscout) - [ **Google Drive to PaintScout** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-paintscout) - [ **Mailchimp to PaintScout** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-paintscout) Questions ## Motion and PaintScout, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Motion? Any of Motion's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New or Updated Task, New Project and New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PaintScout when something happens in Motion? Any of PaintScout's 25 actions, including Create Contact, Create Invoice, Create Quote and Update company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PaintScout to Motion? Yes. When something happens in PaintScout, your agent can act in Motion too. This page covers both directions: PaintScout's triggers and Motion's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Motion or PaintScout? 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 Motion and PaintScout 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.