--- title: "Connect Productive.io and Trello - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New time entry\" fires in Productive.io, your agent runs \"Add Comment to Card\" in Trello." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-trello" --- # Connect Productive.io and Trello When **New time entry** fires in [Productive.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/productive-io), your agent runs **Add Comment to Card** in [Trello](https://apiant.ai/connections/trello), or **New board** in Trello 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 Trello **6** triggers Trello **112** 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 Trello 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Productive.io and Trello can do together ### From Productive.io to Trello - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add Comment to Card** in Trello - When **New time entry** in Productive.io then **Add Label to Card** in Trello ### From Trello to Productive.io - When **New board** in Trello then **Add Comment to Deal** in Productive.io - When **New card assigned to me** in Trello 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 Trello ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 146 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 **Any card due soon** Triggers when any card assigned to you is due within 24 hours. - Trigger **New board** Triggers when a new board is created in your account. - Trigger **New card assigned to me** Triggers when a new card is assigned to you. - Trigger **New card in list** Triggers when a new card is added to the specified list. - Trigger **New comment on any card within board** Triggers when a new comment is added to any card within the specified board. - Trigger **New list on board** Triggers when a new list is added to the specified board. - Action **Add a Member to a Board** Add a Member to a Board - Action **Add Comment to Card** Add a new comment to a Card - Action **Add Label to Card** Add a Label to a Card - Action **Add member to card** Adds a member to the specified card. - Action **Archive all Cards in List** Archive all Cards in List - Action **Archive or unarchive a list** Archive or unarchive a list - Action **Batch Requests** Performs up to 10 Trello GET API requests in one call and returns each route's response body. - Action **Create a Label** Create a Label - Action **Create a new Organization** Create a new Organization - Action **Create Attachment On Card** Create Attachment On Card - Action **Create Board** Creates a new Trello board. - Action **Create Card** Create a new Card - Action **Create Checkitem on Checklist** Create Checkitem on Checklist - Action **Create Checklist on Card** Create Checklist on a Card - Action **Create comment** Creates a new comment on the specified card. - Action **Create Label on Board** Create a Label on a Board - Action **Create Label on Card** Create a new Label on a Card - Action **Create List** Create a new List - Action **Delete a Board** Delete a Board - Action **Delete a Checklist** Delete a Checklist - Action **Delete a Checklist on a Card** Delete a Checklist on a Card - Action **Delete a comment on a Card** Delete a comment on a Card - Action **Delete a Label** Delete a Label - Action **Delete an Action** Delete an Action - Action **Delete an Attachment on a Card** Delete an Attachment on a Card - Action **Delete an Organization** Delete an Organization - Action **Delete Card** Delete a Card - Action **Delete Checkitem from Checklist** Delete Checkitem from Checklist - Action **Delete checkItem on a Card** Delete checkItem on a Card - Action **Delete Logo for Organization** Delete Logo for Organization - Action **Find boards by name** Searches your boards by name. Returns matching board ids and names. - Action **Find cards in board by name** Searches cards within the specified board by name. Returns matching card ids and names. - Action **Find custom field by name** Finds a custom field on the specified board by name. Requires an upgraded Trello plan. - Action **Get a Checkitem on a Checklist** Get a Checkitem on a Checklist - Action **Get a Checklist** Get a Checklist - Action **Get Actions for a List** Get Actions for a List - Action **Get Actions for Organization** Get Actions for Organization - Action **Get Actions of a Board** Get Actions of a Board - Action **Get Actions on a Card** Get Actions on a Card - Action **Get a Label** Get a Label - Action **Get a List** Get a List - Action **Get a Member** Get a Member - Action **Get a Member's Actions** Get a Member's Actions - Action **Get a Membership of an Organization** Get a Membership of an Organization - Action **Get an Action** Get an Action - Action **Get an Attachment on a Card** Get an Attachment on a Card - Action **Get an Organization** Get an Organization - Action **Get Attachments on a Card** Get Attachments on a Card - Action **Get Board** Get a Board - Action **Get Boards in an Organization** Get Boards in an Organization - Action **Get Boards that Member belongs to** Get Boards that Member belongs to - Action **Get Boards the Member has been invited to** Get Boards the Member has been invited to - Action **Get Card** Get a Card - Action **Get Cards in a List** Get Cards in a List - Action **Get Cards on a Board** Get Cards on a Board - Action **Get Cards the Member is on** Get Cards the Member is on - Action **Get checkItem on a Card** Get checkItem on a Card - Action **Get checkItems on a Card** Get checkItems on a Card - Action **Get Checkitems on a Checklist** Get Checkitems on a Checklist - Action **Get Checklists on a Board** Get Checklists on a Board - Action **Get Checklists on a Card** Get Checklists on a Card - Action **Get Custom Field Items for a Card** Get Custom Field Items for a Card - Action **Get Custom Fields for Board** Get Custom Fields for Board - Action **Get filtered Cards on a Board** Get filtered Cards on a Board - Action **Get filtered Lists on a Board** Get filtered Lists on a Board - Action **Get Labels on a Board** Get Labels on a Board - Action **Get Lists on a Board** Get Lists on a Board - Action **Get Memberships of a Board** Get Memberships of a Board - Action **Get Memberships of an Organization** Get Memberships of an Organization - Action **Get Member's Organizations** Get Member's Organizations - Action **Get Members who have voted on a Card** Get Members who have voted on a Card - Action **Get Organizations a Member has been invited to** Get Organizations a Member has been invited to - Action **Get Organizations new billable guests** Get Organizations new billable guests - Action **Get Tags of an Organization** Get Tags of an Organization - Action **Get the Board a List is on** Get the Board a List is on - Action **Get the Board for an Action** Get the Board for an Action - Action **Get the Board the Card is on** Get the Board the Card is on - Action **Get the Board the Checklist is on** Get the Board the Checklist is on - Action **Get the Card a Checklist is on** Get the Card a Checklist is on - Action **Get the Card for an Action** Get the Card for an Action - Action **Get the List for an Action** Get the List for an Action - Action **Get the List of a Card** Get the List of a Card - Action **Get the Member Creator of an Action** Get the Member Creator of an Action - Action **Get the Member of an Action** Get the Member of an Action - Action **Get the Members of a Board** Get the Members of a Board - Action **Get the Members of a Card** Get the Members of a Card - Action **Get the Members of an Organization** Get the Members of an Organization - Action **Get the Organization of an Action** Get the Organization of an Action - Action **Invite Member to Board via email** Invite Member to Board via email - Action **Mark Board as viewed** Mark Board as viewed - Action **Move all Cards in List** Move all Cards in List - Action **Move List to Board** Move List to Board - Action **Remove a Label from a Card** Remove a Label from a Card - Action **Remove a Member from a Card** Remove a Member from a Card - Action **Remove a Member from an Organization** Remove a Member from an Organization - Action **Remove a Member's Vote on a Card** Remove a Member's Vote on a Card - Action **Remove Member from Board** Remove Member from Board - Action **Update a Board** Update a Board - Action **Update a checkItem on a Card** Update a checkItem on a Card - Action **Update a Checklist** Update a Checklist - Action **Update a Comment Action** Update a Comment Action - Action **Update a Label** Update a Label - Action **Update a List** Update a List - Action **Update a Member of an Organization** Update a Member of an Organization - Action **Update an Action** Update an Action - Action **Update an Organization** Update an Organization - Action **Update an Organization's Members** Update an Organization's Members - Action **Update Card** Updates the specified card (name, description, list, position, due date, closed state, members, labels). - Action **Update Checkitem on Checklist on Card** Update Checkitem on Checklist on Card - Action **Update Comment Action on a Card** Update Comment Action on a Card - Action **Update logo for an Organization** Update logo for an Organization - Action **Update Membership of Member on a Board** Update Membership of Member on a Board ## 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) - [ **Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connections/trello) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-slack) - [ **Productive.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-stripe) - [ **Productive.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-shopify) - [ **Productive.io to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Productive.io to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/productive-io-to-zoom) ## More into Trello - [ **Salesforce to Trello** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-trello) - [ **Google Sheets to Trello** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-trello) - [ **Google Drive to Trello** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-trello) - [ **Mailchimp to Trello** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-trello) - [ **Shopify to Trello** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-trello) - [ **Pipedrive to Trello** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-trello) Questions ## Productive.io and Trello, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Productive.io? 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 Trello when something happens in Productive.io? Any of Trello's 112 actions, including Create a Label, Create a new Organization, Create Attachment On Card and Create Board. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Trello to Productive.io? Yes. When something happens in Trello, your agent can act in Productive.io too. This page covers both directions: Trello's triggers and Productive.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Productive.io or Trello? 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 Trello 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.