--- title: "Connect Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New time entry\" fires in Productive.io, your agent runs \"Add rows\" in Smartsheet via API Token." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-smartsheet-via-api-token" --- # Connect Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token When **New time entry** fires in [Productive.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io), your agent runs **Add rows** in [Smartsheet via API Token](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token), or **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token to **Add Comment to Deal** in Productive.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Productive.io **1** trigger Productive.io **34** actions Smartsheet via API Token **9** triggers Smartsheet via API Token **94** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token can do together ### From Productive.io to Smartsheet via API Token - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add rows** in Smartsheet via API Token - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Create a discussion on a row** in Smartsheet via API Token ### From Smartsheet via API Token to Productive.io - When **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add Comment to Deal** in Productive.io - When **New row** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Add comment to task** in Productive.io 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 Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 128 actions - Trigger **New time entry** Triggers when a new time entry is tracked in Productive. - Action **Add Comment to Deal** Adds a comment to a deal in Productive. - Action **Add comment to task** Adds a comment to a task in Productive. - Action **Add expense** Creates a new expense in Productive, optionally allocated to a budget service. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client company in Productive. - Action **Add time entry** Creates a time entry in Productive, logging minutes a person worked on a service (and optionally a task) on a given date. - Action **Create Booking** Creates a booking that schedules a person's time on a service or an absence event over a date range in Productive. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company (client) in Productive with its billing, invoicing and contact details. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact (person) in Productive, linked to a client company. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a new deal in Productive with a name, owner, deal type and date, plus optional value, company, contact and other deal details. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Productive with a name, type, project manager and workflow, optionally linked to a client company. - Action **Create Service** Creates a service (a billable line of work) on a Productive deal or budget. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task in a Productive project task list, with optional assignee, dates, estimates, tags and recurrence. - Action **Create Task List** Creates a task list inside a project folder in Productive. - Action **Delete task** Permanently deletes a task in Productive. - Action **Find Company** Finds companies in Productive by name or company code and returns the matches. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts (client people) in Productive by search text, email or company, returning the matches and the first one. - Action **Find Deal** Finds deals in Productive by name, number or company and returns the matches. - Action **Find invoices by criteria** Returns invoices matching an invoice number and/or company, with the first match and a count. - Action **Find projects by criteria** Finds projects matching a name, client company, project manager or status, returning the matches and the first one. - Action **Find Task** Finds tasks matching a title, number, search text, project, task list, assignee or status, and returns the first match plus the full list. - Action **Find time entries by criteria** Returns time entries matching the criteria you give, such as person, service, task or date range. - Action **Find User** Finds users (team members) in your Productive organization by name or email and returns the matches. - Action **Get Booking** Returns a single booking (resource-planning allocation of a person to a service or event) by its ID, including dates, hours and custom fields. - Action **Get Comment** Returns a single comment by its ID, including its body, timestamps and the task, deal or other record it was posted on. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single expense by its ID, including amounts, dates, approval status, custom fields and related records. - Action **Get Service** Returns a single service (a budget or deal line item) by its ID, including its attributes and custom field values. - Action **Get Task List** Returns a single task list by its ID, including its name, position, archive status and its project, board and folder. - Action **Update booking** Updates an existing booking in Productive, such as its dates, booked time, note or assigned service. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing company in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Deal** Updates an existing deal or budget in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update project** Updates an existing project in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed. - Action **Update time entry** Updates an existing time entry in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in. - Trigger **List contacts** List contacts - Trigger **List dashboards** List dashboards - Trigger **List org groups** List org groups - Trigger **List reports** List reports - Trigger **List sheets** List sheets - Trigger **List workspaces** List workspaces - Trigger **New favorite** Triggers when a new item is added to your favorites. - Trigger **New row** Polling trigger: fires when a new row is added to the specified sheet. Each row carries a stable id for deduplication. - Trigger **New search result** Triggers when a new item matches your search query. - Action **Add columns** Add columns - Action **Add favorites** Add favorites - Action **Add image to cell** Add image to cell - Action **Add rows** Add one or more rows to a sheet. Provide an array of row objects with cells. - Action **Add summary fields** Add summary fields - Action **Attach file or URL to comment** Attach file or URL to comment - Action **Attach file or URL to row** Attach file or URL to row - Action **Attach file or URL to sheet** Attach file or URL to sheet - Action **Attach new version** Attach new version - Action **Copy folder** Copy folder - Action **Copy rows to another sheet** Copy rows to another sheet - Action **Copy sheet** Copy sheet - Action **Copy workspace** Copy workspace - Action **Create a comment** Create a comment - Action **Create a discussion on a row** Create a discussion on a row - Action **Create an update request** Create an update request - Action **Create cross-sheet references** Create cross-sheet references - Action **Create discussion** Create discussion - Action **Create folder** Create a folder in the user's Home. - Action **Create folder in workspace** Create folder in workspace - Action **Create proof** Create proof - Action **Create proof discussion** Create proof discussion - Action **Create proof request** Create proof request - Action **Create sheet** Creates a new sheet with the given name and columns in the user's home "Sheets" area. To create a sheet inside a specific folder or workspace, use Create sheet in folder or Create sheet in workspace. - Action **Create sheet in folder** Create sheet in folder - Action **Create sheet in workspace** Create sheet in workspace - Action **Create workspace** Create workspace - Action **Delete a comment** Delete a comment - Action **Delete a discussion** Delete a discussion - Action **Delete an update request** Delete an update request - Action **Delete attachment** Delete attachment - Action **Delete column** Delete column - Action **Delete favorites** Removes one or more objects of a given type from the user's Smartsheet favorites. Accepts a single object ID or a comma-separated list. - Action **Delete folder** Delete folder - Action **Delete report** Delete report - Action **Delete rows** Delete rows - Action **Delete sent update request** Delete sent update request - Action **Delete sheet** Delete a sheet by id. - Action **Delete summary fields** Delete summary fields - Action **Delete workspace** Delete workspace - Action **Edit a comment** Edit a comment - Action **Get a comment** Get a comment - Action **Get an update request** Get an update request - Action **Get attachment** Get attachment - Action **Get column** Get column - Action **Get contact** Get contact - Action **Get cross-sheet reference** Get cross-sheet reference - Action **Get discussion** Get discussion - Action **Get folder metadata** Get folder metadata - Action **Get proof** Get proof - Action **Get report** Get report - Action **Get row** Get a single row from a sheet by row id. - Action **Get sent update request** Get sent update request - Action **Get sheet** Get a sheet by id, including its rows and columns. - Action **Get sheet summary** Get sheet summary - Action **Get summary fields** Get summary fields - Action **Get user** Get user - Action **Get workspace** Retrieves a Smartsheet workspace by ID, including its sheets, folders, reports, sights, templates, permalink, and access level. - Action **Is favorite** Is favorite - Action **List attachments** List attachments - Action **List columns** List all columns of a sheet. - Action **List contents** List contents - Action **List cross-sheet references** List cross-sheet references - Action **List discussion attachments** List discussion attachments - Action **List discussions** List discussions - Action **List discussions with a row** List discussions with a row - Action **List folder children** List folder children - Action **List folders** List the folders in the user's Home. - Action **List proof attachments** List proof attachments - Action **List proofs** List proofs - Action **List row attachments** List row attachments - Action **List sheet rows** Convenience read: returns the rows of a sheet (the full sheet object with rows and columns). - Action **List sheets** List all sheets the user has access to. - Action **Lists sent update requests** Lists sent update requests - Action **List update requests** List update requests - Action **List workspace children** List workspace children - Action **List workspaces** List all workspaces the user has access to. - Action **Move folder** Move folder - Action **Move rows to another sheet** Move rows to another sheet - Action **Move sheet** Move sheet - Action **Search** Search across all sheets the user can access for the given text. - Action **Search sheet** Search a specific sheet for the given text. - Action **Send report via email** Send report via email - Action **Send rows via email** Send rows via email - Action **Send sheet via email** Send sheet via email - Action **Sort rows in sheet** Sort rows in sheet - Action **Update an update request** Update an update request - Action **Update column** Update column - Action **Update folder** Update folder - Action **Update proof status** Update proof status - Action **Update rows** Update one or more existing rows in a sheet. Provide an array of row objects each with an id and cells. - Action **Update sheet** Update sheet - Action **Update summary fields** Update summary fields - Action **Update workspace** Update workspace ## Each app on its own - [ **Productive.io** Productive is a project management tool that includes everything you need to run a profitable agency.](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io) - [ **Smartsheet via API Token** Smartsheet is a work management and collaboration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Productive.io - [ **Productive.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-salesforce) - [ **Productive.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Productive.io's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New time entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Smartsheet via API Token when something happens in Productive.io? Any of Smartsheet via API Token's 94 actions, including Create a comment, Create a discussion on a row, Create an update request and Create cross-sheet references. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Smartsheet via API Token to Productive.io? Yes. When something happens in Smartsheet via API Token, your agent can act in Productive.io too. This page covers both directions: Smartsheet via API Token's triggers and Productive.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Productive.io or Smartsheet via API Token? 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 Productive.io and Smartsheet via API Token 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.