--- title: "Connect PPM Express and Teamleader Focus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Add invoice\" in Teamleader Focus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-teamleader-focus" --- # Connect PPM Express and Teamleader Focus When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Add invoice** in [Teamleader Focus](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamleader-focus), or **New Company** in Teamleader Focus 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 Teamleader Focus **5** triggers Teamleader Focus **20** 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 Teamleader Focus 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 Teamleader Focus can do together ### From PPM Express to Teamleader Focus - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Add invoice** in Teamleader Focus - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Add task** in Teamleader Focus ### From Teamleader Focus to PPM Express - When **New Company** in Teamleader Focus then **Create Project Task** in PPM Express - When **New Contact** in Teamleader Focus 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 Teamleader Focus ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 28 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 **Deal Accepted** Triggers when a deal is accepted. - Trigger **Invoice Paid** Fires when a payment is registered on a Teamleader Focus invoice (vendor event invoice.paymentRegistered). - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new Company is added. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal is created. - Action **Add invoice** Drafts a new invoice in Teamleader Focus. - Action **Add quotation** Creates a quotation on a Teamleader Focus deal. - Action **Add task** Create a task. - Action **Book Invoice** Books a draft Teamleader Focus invoice, giving it an invoice number and making it outstanding. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a new deal. - Action **Find Company** Returns up to 100 companies that match the specified search term, email, VAT number, tags or other criteria. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the specified search term, email, company, tags, status or ids. - Action **Find deals** Returns up to 100 deals that match the specified search term and filters, including their custom field values. - Action **Get company** Get details for a single company in Teamleader Focus. - Action **Get contact** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get deal** Get details for a single deal. - Action **Get Invoice** Returns one Teamleader Focus invoice with its customer, lines, totals and status. - Action **Get Task** Returns one Teamleader Focus task with its title, description, due date, work type and assignee. - Action **Link Contact to Company** Links an existing contact to an existing company, optionally setting the contact's position and whether they are a decision maker there. - Action **Update company** Update an existing company in Teamleader Focus. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact. - Action **Update deal** Update a deal. - Action **Win deal** Marks a Teamleader Focus deal as won. ## 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) - [ **Teamleader Focus** Teamleader Focus incorporates CRM, project management and invoicing into one simple and intelligent tool...](https://apiant.ai/connections/teamleader-focus) 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 Teamleader Focus - [ **HubSpot to Teamleader Focus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-teamleader-focus) - [ **Salesforce to Teamleader Focus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-teamleader-focus) - [ **Slack to Teamleader Focus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-teamleader-focus) - [ **Google Sheets to Teamleader Focus** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-teamleader-focus) - [ **Gmail to Teamleader Focus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-teamleader-focus) - [ **Google Calendar to Teamleader Focus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-teamleader-focus) Questions ## PPM Express and Teamleader Focus, 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 Teamleader Focus when something happens in PPM Express? Any of Teamleader Focus's 20 actions, including Create Company, Create Contact, Create Deal and Update company. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Teamleader Focus to PPM Express? Yes. When something happens in Teamleader Focus, your agent can act in PPM Express too. This page covers both directions: Teamleader Focus's triggers and PPM Express's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or Teamleader Focus? 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 Teamleader Focus 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.