--- title: "Connect Personio and SurveyMonkey - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Employee Updated\" fires in Personio, your agent runs \"Add Contact List\" in SurveyMonkey." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-surveymonkey" --- # Connect Personio and SurveyMonkey When **Employee Updated** fires in [Personio](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio), your agent runs **Add Contact List** in [SurveyMonkey](https://apiant.ai/connections/surveymonkey), or **New Response Notification** in SurveyMonkey to **Add project** in Personio. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Personio **7** triggers Personio **20** actions SurveyMonkey **2** triggers SurveyMonkey **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Personio and SurveyMonkey 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 Personio and SurveyMonkey can do together ### From Personio to SurveyMonkey - When **Employee Updated** in Personio then **Add Contact List** in SurveyMonkey - When **Employment Updated** in Personio then **Create Contact** in SurveyMonkey ### From SurveyMonkey to Personio - When **New Response Notification** in SurveyMonkey then **Add project** in Personio - When **New Response Notification With Answers** in SurveyMonkey then **Create Absence** in Personio 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 Personio and SurveyMonkey ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 32 actions - Trigger **Employee Updated** Triggers when an employee is updated. - Trigger **Employment Updated** Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are updated - Trigger **New Absence** Triggers when a new absence is created. - Trigger **New Candidate** Fires when a new recruiting candidate is added in Personio. - Trigger **New Employee** Triggers when a new employee is created. - Trigger **New Employment Created** Triggers when one or more Employment details of a Person are created - Trigger **New Open Position** Triggers when a new open position is created. - Action **Add project** /v2/projects - create a project. - Action **Create Absence** Creates a new absence. - Action **Create Attendance** Creates a new attendance. - Action **Create Employee** Creates a new employee. - Action **Delete absence** /v2/absence-periods/{id} - delete an absence period. - Action **Delete attendance** /v2/attendance-periods/{id} - delete an attendance period. - Action **Delete person** /v2/persons/{id} - delete a person. - Action **Find Absence** Finds an absence by employee ID. - Action **Find Employee** Finds a employee based on email. - Action **Find Person** Finds a person by their Personio ID, name, last name and email, optionally including their absence information. - Action **Get Employment** Retrieves one employment of a person by id: position, status, type, working hours, org units, cost centers, supervisor, office, legal entity, dates. - Action **List absence types** /v2/absence-types - list absence types. - Action **List Compensations** Lists compensations filtered by person.id and a start_date/end_date window; returns id, amount, interval, type, effective_from per record. - Action **List legal entities** /v2/legal-entities - list legal entities. - Action **List org units** /v2/org-units - list org units. - Action **List projects** /v2/projects - list projects. - Action **Update absence** /v2/absence-periods/{id} - update an absence period. - Action **Update Attendance** Updates an existing attendance. - Action **Update Employee** Updates an existing employee. - Action **Update Employment** updates an employment (position, department, office, weekly hours, status, etc.); requires personio:persons:write. Fires the employment.updated webhook. - Trigger **New Response Notification** Triggers a notification when your survey is completed. - Trigger **New Response Notification With Answers** Fires when a response to the chosen survey is completed, and delivers the full response including every question's answers. - Action **Add Collector** Creates a collector (weblink, email, SMS or website popup) for a survey. - Action **Add Contact List** Creates a new contact list in the SurveyMonkey account. - Action **Add Survey** Creates a new survey in SurveyMonkey: a blank survey, or a copy of an existing survey or template. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in your SurveyMonkey address book, ready to receive email or SMS survey invitations. - Action **Find Collector** Returns the collectors on a survey whose name matches the specified name. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search text in the chosen contact field (email by default). - Action **Find Survey** Returns up to 1000 surveys whose title matches the specified search text. - Action **Get Contact** Returns one SurveyMonkey contact by its id, with name, email, phone number and custom fields. - Action **Get Response** Retrieves one survey response in full, including the answers to every question. - Action **Get Survey** Returns a survey's full details, including its pages and questions. - Action **List Contact Lists** Lists the contact lists in your SurveyMonkey account. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing SurveyMonkey contact. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields are left as they are. ## Each app on its own - [ **Personio** Personio is a holistic HR software for companies from 10 - 2000 employees.](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio) - [ **SurveyMonkey** SurveyMonkey is the easiest way to create surveys and get answers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/surveymonkey) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Personio - [ **Personio to Google Chat** Google Chat is a communication software developed by Google built for teams that provides direct messages...](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-google-chat) - [ **Personio to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-salesforce) - [ **Personio to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-slack) - [ **Personio to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-stripe) - [ **Personio to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-shopify) - [ **Personio to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/personio-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into SurveyMonkey - [ **HubSpot to SurveyMonkey** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-surveymonkey) - [ **Salesforce to SurveyMonkey** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-surveymonkey) - [ **Slack to SurveyMonkey** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-surveymonkey) - [ **Google Sheets to SurveyMonkey** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-surveymonkey) - [ **Gmail to SurveyMonkey** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-surveymonkey) - [ **Google Calendar to SurveyMonkey** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-surveymonkey) Questions ## Personio and SurveyMonkey, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Personio? Any of Personio's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Employee Updated, Employment Updated, New Absence and New Candidate. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SurveyMonkey when something happens in Personio? Any of SurveyMonkey's 12 actions, including Create Contact, Update Contact, Add Collector and Add Contact List. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SurveyMonkey to Personio? Yes. When something happens in SurveyMonkey, your agent can act in Personio too. This page covers both directions: SurveyMonkey's triggers and Personio's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Personio or SurveyMonkey? 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 Personio and SurveyMonkey 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.