--- title: "Connect Motion and Pennylane - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Motion, your agent runs \"Create Company Customer V2\" in Pennylane." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/motion-to-pennylane" --- # Connect Motion and Pennylane When **New Comment** fires in [Motion](https://apiant.ai/connections/motion), your agent runs **Create Company Customer V2** in [Pennylane](https://apiant.ai/connections/pennylane), or **New Billing Subscription V2** in Pennylane 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 Pennylane **5** triggers Pennylane **35** 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 Pennylane 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Motion and Pennylane can do together ### From Motion to Pennylane - When **New Comment** in Motion then **Create Company Customer V2** in Pennylane - When **New or Updated Task** in Motion then **Create Customer Invoice V2** in Pennylane ### From Pennylane to Motion - When **New Billing Subscription V2** in Pennylane then **Create Recurring Task** in Motion - When **New Customer Invoice V2** in Pennylane 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 Pennylane ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 52 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 **New Billing Subscription V2** Triggers when a new billing subscription is created in Pennylane. - Trigger **New Customer Invoice V2** Triggers when a new customer invoice or credit note is created in Pennylane. - Trigger **New Customer V2** Triggers when a new customer (company or individual) is created in Pennylane. - Trigger **New Product V2** Triggers when a new product is created in Pennylane. - Trigger **New Quote V2** Triggers when a new quote is created in Pennylane. - Action **Add ledger entry** Creates a ledger entry (journal entry) in Pennylane with balanced debit and credit lines. - Action **Add supplier** Creates a supplier in Pennylane and returns the new supplier record. - Action **Create Company Customer V2** Creates a company customer in Pennylane with its billing address, contact and invoicing details, and returns the new customer. - Action **Create Customer Invoice V2** Creates a draft or finalized customer invoice (or credit note) in Pennylane for an existing customer. - Action **Create Individual Customer V2** Creates an individual (person) customer in Pennylane with their name, billing address and invoicing preferences. - Action **Create Product V2** Creates a product in Pennylane with its label, price before tax and VAT rate, and returns the created product. - Action **Create Quote V2** Creates a quote for a customer in Pennylane, with its line items, dates and optional discount. - Action **Finalize customer invoice** Finalizes a draft customer invoice or credit note in Pennylane, assigning its number and locking it from further edits. - Action **Get Billing Subscription V2** Returns one billing subscription, including its schedule, status, customer and invoice settings. - Action **Get supplier** Returns a single supplier from Pennylane by its id, including contact, address, payment terms and ledger account. - Action **Get supplier invoice** Returns a single supplier invoice from Pennylane by its ID, including amounts, dates, supplier, and payment status. - Action **Get transaction** Returns a single bank transaction by its id, including amount, currency, date, bank account, categories and linked customer or supplier. - Action **List bank accounts** Returns the company's bank accounts with their currency, balance, journal and ledger account. - Action **List billing subscriptions** Returns the billing subscriptions in the Pennylane company, optionally filtered by status, customer or start date. - Action **List categories** Returns the analytical categories defined in the Pennylane company, optionally filtered by group, label or code. - Action **List customer invoices** Returns customer invoices and credit notes, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List customers** Returns a list of company and individual customers in Pennylane, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List ledger accounts** Returns the company's ledger accounts (chart of accounts), up to 1000 per call, optionally filtered by number, id or enabled status. - Action **List ledger entries** Returns the ledger entries of your Pennylane company, optionally filtered by id, date or journal and sorted by id or date. - Action **List products** Returns the products in the Pennylane company, optionally filtered by label, reference or id. - Action **List quotes** Returns the quotes in your Pennylane company, optionally filtered by customer or status. - Action **List supplier invoices** Returns the supplier invoices in your Pennylane company, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List suppliers** Returns the suppliers in your Pennylane company, optionally filtered and sorted. - Action **List transactions** Returns the bank transactions in your Pennylane company, optionally filtered by bank account, journal, date or id. - Action **Retrieve Customer V2** Returns one customer (company or individual) by its Pennylane id, including contact details, addresses and billing settings. - Action **Retrieve Invoice V2** Returns one customer invoice or credit note, including its amounts, status, customer and links to its lines and payments. - Action **Retrieve Product V2** Returns one Pennylane product by its id, including price, VAT rate, unit, ledger account and custom field values. - Action **Retrieve Quote V2** Returns a single quote by its ID, including amounts, status, customer and dates. - Action **Update Billing Subscription V2** Updates a billing subscription in Pennylane: stop or resume it, change its invoicing mode, payment terms, schedule, customer or invoice content. - Action **Update Company Customer V2** Updates an existing company customer in Pennylane and returns the updated customer. - Action **Update customer invoice** Updates a customer invoice in Pennylane. Draft invoices accept all fields; finalized invoices accept only label, external reference, transaction reference, invoice line imputation/performance dates and installments. - Action **Update Individual Customer V2** Updates an individual (person) customer in Pennylane and returns the updated customer. - Action **Update Product V2** Updates an existing product in Pennylane, such as its label, price, VAT rate or custom fields. - Action **Update Quote V2** Updates an existing quote in Pennylane — its dates, customer, texts, discount, language and invoice lines — and returns the updated quote. - Action **Update supplier** Updates an existing supplier in Pennylane and returns the updated supplier. ## Each app on its own - [ **Motion** Motion uses artificial intelligence to optimize your and your team’s day.](https://apiant.ai/connections/motion) - [ **Pennylane** Pennylane centralizes all your cash flows and connects with your financial tools to ease and automate...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pennylane) 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 Pennylane - [ **HubSpot to Pennylane** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pennylane) - [ **Google Sheets to Pennylane** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pennylane) - [ **Gmail to Pennylane** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pennylane) - [ **Google Calendar to Pennylane** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pennylane) - [ **Google Drive to Pennylane** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-pennylane) - [ **Mailchimp to Pennylane** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-pennylane) Questions ## Motion and Pennylane, 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 Pennylane when something happens in Motion? Any of Pennylane's 35 actions, including Create Company Customer V2, Create Customer Invoice V2, Create Individual Customer V2 and Create Product V2. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pennylane to Motion? Yes. When something happens in Pennylane, your agent can act in Motion too. This page covers both directions: Pennylane's triggers and Motion's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Motion or Pennylane? 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 Pennylane 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.