# Connect Personio and Trigger

When **Employee Updated** fires in [Personio](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio), your agent runs **Add task activity** in [Trigger](https://apiant.ai/connections/trigger), or **New Company** in Trigger 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 Trigger **1** trigger Trigger **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 Trigger to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Trigger can do together

### From Personio to Trigger

- When **Employee Updated** in Personio then **Add task activity** in Trigger
- When **Employment Updated** in Personio then **Create New Task** in Trigger

### From Trigger to Personio

- When **New Company** in Trigger then **Add project** in Personio
- When **New Company** in Trigger 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 Trigger

## Triggers and actions 8 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 Company**

Triggers when a new company is added to your Trigger account.

- Action

**Add task activity**

Adds an activity (a note or a time log) to a task in Trigger.

- Action

**Create New Company**

Creates a new company (client) in your Trigger account.

- Action

**Create New Project**

Creates a new project under a company in Trigger.

- Action

**Create New Task**

Creates a new task in a Trigger project.

- Action

**Delete task**

Deletes a task in Trigger.

- Action

**Get company**

Returns a single company by its ID.

- Action

**Get project**

Returns a single project of a company by its ID.

- Action

**Get task**

Returns a single task by its ID.

- Action

**List users**

Returns all users of the connected Trigger account.

- Action

**Update company**

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

- Action

**Update project**

Updates an existing project's name, description, status, due date, billing and visibility settings. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update task**

Updates an existing task in a Trigger project.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Personio** Personio is a holistic HR software for companies from 10 - 2000 employees.](https://apiant.ai/connections/personio)
- [ **Trigger** Trigger is cloud software for project management, collaboration, and time tracking.](https://apiant.ai/connections/trigger)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Personio

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- [ **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 Trigger

- [ **HubSpot to Trigger** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-trigger)
- [ **Salesforce to Trigger** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-trigger)
- [ **Slack to Trigger** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-trigger)
- [ **Google Sheets to Trigger** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-trigger)
- [ **Gmail to Trigger** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-trigger)
- [ **Google Calendar to Trigger** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-trigger)

Questions

## Personio and Trigger, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Trigger when something happens in Personio?

Any of Trigger's 12 actions, including Create New Company, Create New Project, Create New Task and Update company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Trigger to Personio?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Personio or Trigger?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
