--- title: "Connect My Hours to respond.io - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in My Hours, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in respond.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/my-hours-to-respond-io" --- # Connect My Hours to respond.io When **New Project** fires in [My Hours](https://apiant.ai/connections/my-hours), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [respond.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/respond-io). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. My Hours **3** triggers My Hours **20** actions respond.io **28** 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 respond.io 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 respond.io - When **New Project** in My Hours then **Create Contact** in respond.io - When **New Project Task** in My Hours then **Create or Update Contact** in respond.io 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 respond.io ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 48 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 **Add Comment** Adds an internal comment to a contact's conversation. - Action **Add Space Tag** Creates a tag in the workspace. - Action **Add Tags** Adds tags to a contact. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact. Allow a short delay before acting on the new contact, as respond.io processes it first. - Action **Create Custom Field** Creates a contact custom field. - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a contact, or updates it when one with that email or phone already exists. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact. - Action **Delete Space Tag** Deletes a workspace tag. - Action **Find Contact** Finds a contact by ID, email or phone number. - Action **Find Contact Channels** Returns the channels a contact is connected through. - Action **Find Custom Field** Finds a contact custom field by ID. - Action **Find Message** Finds a message of a contact by its ID. - Action **Find User** Finds a workspace user by ID. - Action **Get All Channels** Returns every channel in the workspace. - Action **Get All Closing Notes** Returns the closing note categories of the workspace. - Action **Get All Custom Fields** Returns every contact custom field in the workspace. - Action **Get All Message Templates** Returns the message templates of a channel, such as WhatsApp templates. - Action **Get All Users** Returns every user in the workspace. - Action **Get Many Contacts** Returns the contacts matching a search text and filter conditions. - Action **Get Many Messages** Returns the messages of a contact's conversation. - Action **Merge Contacts** Merges two contacts into one, keeping the field values you give. - Action **Open or Close Conversation** Opens or closes a contact's conversation, with an optional closing note. - Action **Remove Contact Lifecycle** Removes a contact's lifecycle stage. - Action **Remove Tags** Removes tags from a contact. - Action **Send Message** Sends a text message or a file to a contact. - Action **Update Contact** Updates a contact's fields. Fields left blank keep their current value. - Action **Update Contact Lifecycle** Sets a contact's lifecycle stage. - Action **Update Space Tag** Updates a workspace tag. ## 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) - [ **respond.io** respond.io unifies customer communication across instant messaging, web chat, and email for organizations...](https://apiant.ai/connections/respond-io) 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 respond.io - [ **HubSpot to respond.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-respond-io) - [ **Salesforce to respond.io** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-respond-io) - [ **Slack to respond.io** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-respond-io) - [ **Google Sheets to respond.io** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-respond-io) - [ **Gmail to respond.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-respond-io) - [ **Google Calendar to respond.io** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-respond-io) Questions ## My Hours and respond.io, answered ### ### What can start an automation from My Hours? Any of My Hours's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Project Task and New Time Log. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in respond.io when something happens in My Hours? Any of respond.io's 28 actions, including Create Contact, Create Custom Field, Create or Update Contact and Send Message. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from respond.io to My Hours? respond.io has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in My Hours. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads respond.io's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for My Hours or respond.io? 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 respond.io 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.