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title: "Connect PaintScout and Productive.io - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Productive.io."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-productive-io"
---

# Connect PaintScout and Productive.io

When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Productive.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io), or **New time entry** in Productive.io to **Add deal** in PaintScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions Productive.io **1** trigger Productive.io **34** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want PaintScout and Productive.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 PaintScout and Productive.io can do together

### From PaintScout to Productive.io

- When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Create Contact** in Productive.io
- When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Add invoice** in Productive.io

### From Productive.io to PaintScout

- When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add deal** in PaintScout
- When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add task** in PaintScout

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 PaintScout and Productive.io

## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 53 actions

- 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 note**

Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note.

- 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 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 task**

Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status.

- Trigger

**New time entry**

Triggers when a new time entry is tracked in Productive.

- Action

**Add Comment to Deal**

Adds a comment to a deal in Productive.

- Action

**Add comment to task**

Adds a comment to a task in Productive.

- Action

**Add expense**

Creates a new expense in Productive, optionally allocated to a budget service.

- Action

**Add invoice**

Creates a new invoice for a client company in Productive.

- Action

**Add time entry**

Creates a time entry in Productive, logging minutes a person worked on a service (and optionally a task) on a given date.

- Action

**Create Booking**

Creates a booking that schedules a person's time on a service or an absence event over a date range in Productive.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company (client) in Productive with its billing, invoicing and contact details.

- Action

**Create Contact**

Creates a contact (person) in Productive, linked to a client company.

- Action

**Create Deal**

Creates a new deal in Productive with a name, owner, deal type and date, plus optional value, company, contact and other deal details.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project in Productive with a name, type, project manager and workflow, optionally linked to a client company.

- Action

**Create Service**

Creates a service (a billable line of work) on a Productive deal or budget.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a task in a Productive project task list, with optional assignee, dates, estimates, tags and recurrence.

- Action

**Create Task List**

Creates a task list inside a project folder in Productive.

- Action

**Delete task**

Permanently deletes a task in Productive.

- Action

**Find Company**

Finds companies in Productive by name or company code and returns the matches.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds contacts (client people) in Productive by search text, email or company, returning the matches and the first one.

- Action

**Find Deal**

Finds deals in Productive by name, number or company and returns the matches.

- Action

**Find invoices by criteria**

Returns invoices matching an invoice number and/or company, with the first match and a count.

- Action

**Find projects by criteria**

Finds projects matching a name, client company, project manager or status, returning the matches and the first one.

- Action

**Find Task**

Finds tasks matching a title, number, search text, project, task list, assignee or status, and returns the first match plus the full list.

- Action

**Find time entries by criteria**

Returns time entries matching the criteria you give, such as person, service, task or date range.

- Action

**Find User**

Finds users (team members) in your Productive organization by name or email and returns the matches.

- Action

**Get Booking**

Returns a single booking (resource-planning allocation of a person to a service or event) by its ID, including dates, hours and custom fields.

- Action

**Get Comment**

Returns a single comment by its ID, including its body, timestamps and the task, deal or other record it was posted on.

- Action

**Get Expense**

Returns a single expense by its ID, including amounts, dates, approval status, custom fields and related records.

- Action

**Get Service**

Returns a single service (a budget or deal line item) by its ID, including its attributes and custom field values.

- Action

**Get Task List**

Returns a single task list by its ID, including its name, position, archive status and its project, board and folder.

- Action

**Update booking**

Updates an existing booking in Productive, such as its dates, booked time, note or assigned service. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update company**

Updates an existing company in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates an existing contact (person) in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Deal**

Updates an existing deal or budget in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in.

- Action

**Update project**

Updates an existing project in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update Task**

Updates an existing task in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update time entry**

Updates an existing time entry in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in.

## Each app on its own

- [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout)
- [ **Productive.io** Productive is a project management tool that includes everything you need to run a profitable agency.](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **PaintScout to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-pipedrive)

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- [ **Google Sheets to Productive.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-productive-io)
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Questions

## PaintScout and Productive.io, answered

###

### What can start an automation from PaintScout?

Any of PaintScout's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Invoice Status Changed, Quote Status Changed and Quote Tag Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Productive.io when something happens in PaintScout?

Any of Productive.io's 34 actions, including Create Booking, Create Company, Create Contact and Create Deal. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Productive.io to PaintScout?

Yes. When something happens in Productive.io, your agent can act in PaintScout too. This page covers both directions: Productive.io's triggers and PaintScout's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Productive.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 PaintScout and Productive.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.
