--- title: "Connect PPM Express to CycleCalcs - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Find places\" in CycleCalcs." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-cyclecalcs" --- # Connect PPM Express to CycleCalcs When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Find places** in [CycleCalcs](https://apiant.ai/connections/cyclecalcs). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **8** actions CycleCalcs **8** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PPM Express and CycleCalcs 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 PPM Express can start in CycleCalcs - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Find places** in CycleCalcs - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Get angular separation** in CycleCalcs 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 PPM Express and CycleCalcs ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **Idea Created** Triggers when a Idea is created. - Trigger **Key Date Created** Triggers when a Key Date is created. - Trigger **Key Date Updated** Triggers when a Key Date is updated. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a Project is created. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a Project is updated. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a Task is created. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a Task is deleted. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a Task is updated. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio. - Action **Create Project Key Date** Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project** Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project. - Action **Update Project Key Date** Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project Task** Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task. - Action **Find places** Looks up a place by name or reverse-looks-up by coordinates against the self-hosted GeoNames index, returning name, region, country, coordinates, timezone, and a stable place_id for use in other calls. - Action **Get angular separation** Returns the angular separation between two named targets at an instant, plus the minima of that separation across a window. - Action **Get body positions** Returns where a given body is, in a given reference frame, with atmospheric refraction stated, for a location/date. - Action **Get dark observing window** Returns the genuinely dark, moonless observing window of a night (astronomical night intersected with the Moon being down), ranked across up to 62 nights with a trend. - Action **Get planet positions** Returns all eight planets in one request: place, brightness, apparent size, retrograde state, next station, and whether each is worth observing tonight. - Action **Get rise and set times** Returns rise, transit, set, and lower-transit times for a named celestial object at a location/date, with explicit circumpolar/never-rises status. - Action **Get sun times** Returns the full solar day for a location/date: sunrise, sunset, twilight boundaries, azimuth, day length, and polar-day/night status. - Action **Get twilight times** Returns civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight plus day/night as non-overlapping intervals tiling the whole day for a location/date. ## Each app on its own - [ **PPM Express** PPM Express is Product Portfolio Management platform to easily integrate and orchestrate your existing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express) - [ **CycleCalcs** CycleCalcs computes astronomical event data for a given location and date.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cyclecalcs) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PPM Express - [ **PPM Express to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-salesforce) - [ **PPM Express to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-slack) - [ **PPM Express to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-stripe) - [ **PPM Express to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-shopify) - [ **PPM Express to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PPM Express to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-trello) ## More into CycleCalcs - [ **SureCart to CycleCalcs** The new way to sell on WordPress. A simple yet powerful e-commerce platform designed to grow your business...](https://apiant.ai/connect/surecart-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **HubSpot to CycleCalcs** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Salesforce to CycleCalcs** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Slack to CycleCalcs** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Google Sheets to CycleCalcs** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Gmail to CycleCalcs** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-cyclecalcs) Questions ## PPM Express and CycleCalcs, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PPM Express? Any of PPM Express's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Idea Created, Key Date Created, Key Date Updated and Project Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CycleCalcs when something happens in PPM Express? Any of CycleCalcs's 8 actions, including Find places, Get angular separation, Get body positions and Get dark observing window. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CycleCalcs to PPM Express? CycleCalcs has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PPM Express. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CycleCalcs's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or CycleCalcs? 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 PPM Express and CycleCalcs 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.