--- title: "Connect My Hours to CarsXE - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in My Hours, your agent runs \"International VIN Decoder API\" in CarsXE." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-carsxe" --- # Connect My Hours to CarsXE When **New Project** fires in [My Hours](https://apiant.ai/connections/my-hours), your agent runs **International VIN Decoder API** in [CarsXE](https://apiant.ai/connections/carsxe). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. My Hours **3** triggers My Hours **20** actions CarsXE **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want My Hours and CarsXE 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 My Hours can start in CarsXE - When **New Project** in My Hours then **International VIN Decoder API** in CarsXE - When **New Project Task** in My Hours then **Vehicle Images API** in CarsXE 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 My Hours and CarsXE ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New Project** Fires when a new project is created in My Hours. - Trigger **New Project Task** Triggers when a new project task is added to the project. - Trigger **New Time Log** Fires once for each new time log recorded in My Hours within the last 7 days. - Action **Add tag** Create a tag. - Action **Add Task to Project** Adds a task to a selected project. - Action **Add team member** Add a team member. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new Client - Action **Create Project** Creates a new Project - Action **Create Time Log** Creates a new time log - Action **Delete time log** Delete a time log. - Action **Find Project** Finds a Project by name. - Action **Find Project Task** Finds a Project Task - Action **Get project** Get project details by id. - Action **Get Time Logs** View all time logs in a selected date period. - Action **List clients** List all clients. - Action **List tags** List all tags in the My Hours account, active or archived. - Action **List team members** List all team members. - Action **Start timer** Start a new timer. - Action **Stop timer** Stop a running timer. - Action **Update client** Edit a client. - Action **Update project** Edit a project. - Action **Update project task** Edit a project task. - Action **Update time log** Edit a time log. - Action **Get Lien & Theft** Checks a US vehicle's VIN for active lien and theft records, returning the vehicle's year, make, model and any reported events. - Action **Get Vehicle History** Returns a vehicle history report for a VIN, including title, brand, junk/salvage and insurance records. - Action **Get Vehicle Market Value** Returns the market value of a vehicle by VIN, including wholesale, retail, trade-in and auction values across condition tiers. - Action **Get Vehicle Specifications** Decodes a 17-character VIN and returns the vehicle's specifications, including attributes, colors, equipment and warranties. - Action **International VIN Decoder API** Decodes a non-US (international) VIN and returns the vehicle's attributes such as make and model. - Action **Search Vehicle by License Plate** Looks up a vehicle by its license plate (and country/state) and returns the decoded vehicle details such as make, model, year, trim and VIN. - Action **Vehicle Images API** Returns images of a vehicle by make and model, optionally filtered by year, trim, color, angle and size. - Action **Vehicle OBD Codes Decoder** Returns the plain-language diagnosis for an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code, such as P0115. - Action **Vehicle Recalls API** Returns the open safety recalls for a vehicle, looked up by its VIN. - Action **Year Make Model API** Returns vehicle data matched by year, make and model (and optionally trim), without needing a VIN. ## Each app on its own - [ **My Hours** My Hours is a simple and free time tracker, with insightful reports and invoicing features.](https://apiant.ai/connections/my-hours) - [ **CarsXE** CarsXE is a vehicle data platform that provides automotive history, market value, specs, and more to support...](https://apiant.ai/connections/carsxe) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from My Hours - [ **My Hours to Seam** Seam lets you control any smart lock or access system using a single API and dashboard.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-seam) - [ **My Hours to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-salesforce) - [ **My Hours to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-slack) - [ **My Hours to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-stripe) - [ **My Hours to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-shopify) - [ **My Hours to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into CarsXE - [ **HubSpot to CarsXE** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-carsxe) - [ **Salesforce to CarsXE** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-carsxe) - [ **Slack to CarsXE** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of CarsXE's 10 actions, including Get Lien & Theft, Get Vehicle History, Get Vehicle Market Value and Get Vehicle Specifications. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CarsXE to My Hours? CarsXE has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in My Hours. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CarsXE's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for My Hours or CarsXE? 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 My Hours and CarsXE 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.