Integration
Connect Paperless and timelink
When Document updated fires in Paperless, your agent runs Create Client in timelink, or New Time Entry in timelink to Create Document (From Template) in Paperless. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Paperless and timelink to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Paperless and timelink can do together
From Paperless to timelink
When Document updated in Paperless
then Create Client in timelink
When New document created in Paperless
then Create Project in timelink
From timelink to Paperless
When New Time Entry in timelink
then Create Document (From Template) in Paperless
When Updated Time Entry in timelink
then Update Document in Paperless
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 Paperless and timelink
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 30 actions
Trigger
Document updatedFires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event.
Trigger
New document createdFires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event.
Action
Create Document (From Template)Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away.
Action
Delete DocumentPermanently delete a document by ID.
Action
Get DocumentRetrieves a single Paperless document by its id.
Action
Get TemplateRetrieves a single Paperless template by its id.
Action
List TemplatesList all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document.
Action
Update DocumentUpdates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched.
Trigger
Deleted Time EntryTriggers when a time entry is deleted.
Trigger
New Time EntryTriggers when a new time entry is created.
Trigger
Updated Time EntryTriggers when a time entry is updated.
Action
Create ClientCreates a new client in timelink.
Action
Create ProjectCreates a new project in timelink, optionally assigned to a client.
Action
Create ServiceCreates a new service (a type of work you track time against) in timelink.
Action
Create Time EntryCreates a time entry for a user in timelink, optionally linked to a client, project and service.
Action
Delete clientDeletes a client in timelink.
Action
Delete projectDeletes a project in timelink.
Action
Delete serviceDeletes a service in timelink.
Action
Delete time entryDeletes a time entry from timelink.
Action
Find ClientFinds clients whose details match the search text, optionally filtered by active status or ids.
Action
Find ProjectSearches projects by name or other text and returns the matching projects, optionally narrowed to one client or to active/inactive projects.
Action
Find ServiceSearches your timelink services by text, for example part of the service name, and returns the matching services.
Action
Find Time EntrySearches time entries by text and optional filters such as date range, client, project, service, user and billing status, returning the matching entries.
Action
Get clientReturns a single client by its ID.
Action
Get projectReturns a single timelink project by its ID, including its client, color, acronym and active/billable flags.
Action
Get serviceReturns a single service (activity type) by its ID, including name, color, acronym and billable/active status.
Action
Get time entryReturns a single time entry by its ID, including its client, project, service, description, billing flags and start/end times.
Action
Get userReturns a single timelink user by ID, including name, email, active status, timezone and language.
Action
List clientsReturns the clients in your timelink account, optionally filtered by search text or active status.
Action
List servicesReturns the services (billable activities) in your timelink account, optionally filtered by text, active status or specific ids.
Action
List usersReturns the users in your timelink company, optionally filtered by search text, active status or specific user ids.
Action
Update ClientUpdates an existing client in timelink. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
Action
Update ProjectUpdates an existing project's name, client, color, billing and other details. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
Action
Update ServiceUpdates an existing service in timelink, such as its name, color, billable or active status.
Action
Update Time EntryUpdates an existing time entry in timelink, changing only the details you fill in, such as its times, description, client, project or service.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Paperless and timelink, answered
What can start an automation from Paperless?
Any of Paperless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Document updated and New document created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in timelink when something happens in Paperless?
Any of timelink's 24 actions, including Create Client, Create Project, Create Service and Create Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from timelink to Paperless?
Yes. When something happens in timelink, your agent can act in Paperless too. This page covers both directions: timelink's triggers and Paperless's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Paperless or timelink?
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 Paperless and timelink 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.