--- title: "Connect PPM Express and Quilia - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in Quilia." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-quilia" --- # Connect PPM Express and Quilia When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [Quilia](https://apiant.ai/connections/quilia), or **Appointment Created** in Quilia to **Create Project Task** in PPM Express. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **8** actions Quilia **3** triggers Quilia **18** 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 Quilia 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 and Quilia can do together ### From PPM Express to Quilia - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Create Contact** in Quilia - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Update a Contact** in Quilia ### From Quilia to PPM Express - When **Appointment Created** in Quilia then **Create Project Task** in PPM Express - When **Appointment Updated** in Quilia then **Update Project Task** in PPM Express 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 Quilia ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 26 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. - Trigger **Appointment Created** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Quilia. - Trigger **Appointment Updated** Triggers when an appointment is updated in Quilia. - Trigger **New Client Activity** Triggers when a client performs an activity in Quilia, such as uploading a document to their case. - Action **Add New Client** Creates a new client in Quilia with their name, phone, email, address and date of birth. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact (such as a witness, adjustor, employer or medical provider) attached to a case or a client. - Action **Delete a Contact** Permanently deletes a company or people contact from your Quilia organization. - Action **Delete Case** Permanently deletes a case, including its members, documents and chat history. - Action **Delete Client** Permanently deletes a client from your firm, including their case memberships. - Action **Delete Documents** Deletes one or more Quilia documents, removing both the records and their stored files. - Action **Find a Document** Finds a document by its id and returns its type plus a secure download link that expires after 30 minutes. - Action **Find Client by Phone** Finds a client in your firm by phone number and returns the client record with the cases they belong to. - Action **Invite Clients to Case** Invites clients or staff to a Quilia case. Clients are texted an invite; staff are added as invited. Returns who was invited and who was skipped. - Action **List Clients** Returns the firm's clients, optionally filtered by name, email or phone. - Action **List Webhook Events** Returns the webhook events your Quilia firm can subscribe to, with their descriptions and payload schemas. - Action **Retrieve a Single Client** Returns a single client by id, including the cases the client belongs to. - Action **Retrieve Individual Case** Returns one case by its ID, including its status, type, dates, client, organization and case members. - Action **Simulate Webhook Event** Sends a sample Quilia webhook event to an endpoint URL so you can test a webhook integration. - Action **Update a Contact** Updates an existing Quilia contact (a company or a person). Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Case** Updates an existing case's status, type, opening date or custom CMS data. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Client Information** Updates an existing client's contact details, address and demographic information. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Upload Documents** Uploads a document file to a client's case in Quilia and returns the new document ids. ## 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) - [ **Quilia** Quilia is a platform that syncs client data to your tools, providing effortless integration and real-time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/quilia) 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 Quilia - [ **HubSpot to Quilia** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-quilia) - [ **Google Sheets to Quilia** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-quilia) - [ **Gmail to Quilia** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-quilia) - [ **Google Calendar to Quilia** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-quilia) - [ **Google Drive to Quilia** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-quilia) - [ **Mailchimp to Quilia** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-quilia) Questions ## PPM Express and Quilia, 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 Quilia when something happens in PPM Express? Any of Quilia's 18 actions, including Create Contact, Update a Contact, Update Case and Update Client Information. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Quilia to PPM Express? Yes. When something happens in Quilia, your agent can act in PPM Express too. This page covers both directions: Quilia's triggers and PPM Express's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or Quilia? 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 Quilia 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.