--- title: "Connect PPM Express to UK Carbon Intensity - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Find regional carbon intensity by postcode\" in UK Carbon Intensity." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-uk-carbon-intensity" --- # Connect PPM Express to UK Carbon Intensity When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Find regional carbon intensity by postcode** in [UK Carbon Intensity](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-carbon-intensity). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **8** actions UK Carbon Intensity **9** 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 UK Carbon Intensity 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 UK Carbon Intensity - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Find regional carbon intensity by postcode** in UK Carbon Intensity - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Get carbon intensity by date** in UK Carbon Intensity 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 UK Carbon Intensity ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 17 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 regional carbon intensity by postcode** Get carbon intensity data for the GB region matching a given postcode, optionally over a date range. - Action **Find regional carbon intensity by region ID** Get carbon intensity data for a specific GB region by its region ID, optionally over a date range. - Action **Get carbon intensity by date** Get the national carbon intensity data for a specific date, optionally narrowed to a half-hour settlement period. - Action **Get carbon intensity factors** Get the CO2 emission factors used per generation fuel type in carbon intensity calculations. - Action **Get carbon intensity statistics for a date range** Get average, min and max national carbon intensity statistics over a date range, optionally broken into blocks. - Action **Get current national carbon intensity** Get the current forecast and actual carbon intensity for Great Britain's national grid. - Action **Get national carbon intensity for a date range** Get national carbon intensity data across a from/to date range or a rolling forward/past window. - Action **Get national generation mix** Get the national electricity generation mix by fuel type, currently or over a date range. - Action **Get regional carbon intensity** Get current regional carbon intensity data for all GB regions, or for England, Scotland, or Wales. ## 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) - [ **UK Carbon Intensity** The Carbon Intensity API is the official National Grid service reporting the carbon intensity of electricity...](https://apiant.ai/connections/uk-carbon-intensity) 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 UK Carbon Intensity - [ **HubSpot to UK Carbon Intensity** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-uk-carbon-intensity) - [ **Salesforce to UK Carbon Intensity** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-uk-carbon-intensity) - [ **Slack to UK Carbon Intensity** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-uk-carbon-intensity) - [ **Google Sheets to UK Carbon Intensity** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-uk-carbon-intensity) - [ **Gmail to UK Carbon Intensity** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-uk-carbon-intensity) - [ **Google Calendar to UK Carbon Intensity** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-uk-carbon-intensity) Questions ## PPM Express and UK Carbon Intensity, 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 UK Carbon Intensity when something happens in PPM Express? Any of UK Carbon Intensity's 9 actions, including Find regional carbon intensity by postcode, Find regional carbon intensity by region ID, Get carbon intensity by date and Get carbon intensity factors. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from UK Carbon Intensity to PPM Express? UK Carbon Intensity has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PPM Express. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads UK Carbon Intensity's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or UK Carbon Intensity? 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 UK Carbon Intensity 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.