Integration
Connect Productive.io and Zendesk Messaging
When New time entry fires in Productive.io, your agent runs Send Message in Zendesk Messaging, or New Conversation Message in Zendesk Messaging to Add Comment to Deal in Productive.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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What Productive.io and Zendesk Messaging can do together
From Productive.io to Zendesk Messaging
When New time entry in Productive.io
then Send Message in Zendesk Messaging
From Zendesk Messaging to 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 Zendesk Messaging
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 37 actions
- New time entry
Triggers when a new time entry is tracked in Productive.
- Add Comment to Deal
Adds a comment to a deal in Productive.
- Add comment to task
Adds a comment to a task in Productive.
- Add expense
Creates a new expense in Productive, optionally allocated to a budget service.
- Add invoice
Creates a new invoice for a client company in Productive.
- 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.
- Create Booking
Creates a booking that schedules a person's time on a service or an absence event over a date range in Productive.
- Create Company
Creates a new company (client) in Productive with its billing, invoicing and contact details.
- Create Contact
Creates a contact (person) in Productive, linked to a client company.
- 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.
- Create Project
Creates a new project in Productive with a name, type, project manager and workflow, optionally linked to a client company.
- Create Service
Creates a service (a billable line of work) on a Productive deal or budget.
- Create Task
Creates a task in a Productive project task list, with optional assignee, dates, estimates, tags and recurrence.
- Create Task List
Creates a task list inside a project folder in Productive.
- Delete task
Permanently deletes a task in Productive.
- Find Company
Finds companies in Productive by name or company code and returns the matches.
- Find Contact
Finds contacts (client people) in Productive by search text, email or company, returning the matches and the first one.
- Find Deal
Finds deals in Productive by name, number or company and returns the matches.
- Find invoices by criteria
Returns invoices matching an invoice number and/or company, with the first match and a count.
- Find projects by criteria
Finds projects matching a name, client company, project manager or status, returning the matches and the first one.
- 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.
- Find time entries by criteria
Returns time entries matching the criteria you give, such as person, service, task or date range.
- Find User
Finds users (team members) in your Productive organization by name or email and returns the matches.
- 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.
- Get Comment
Returns a single comment by its ID, including its body, timestamps and the task, deal or other record it was posted on.
- Get Expense
Returns a single expense by its ID, including amounts, dates, approval status, custom fields and related records.
- Get Service
Returns a single service (a budget or deal line item) by its ID, including its attributes and custom field values.
- Get Task List
Returns a single task list by its ID, including its name, position, archive status and its project, board and folder.
- Update booking
Updates an existing booking in Productive, such as its dates, booked time, note or assigned service. Fields left blank are not changed.
- Update company
Updates an existing company in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
- Update Contact
Updates an existing contact (person) in Productive. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
- Update Deal
Updates an existing deal or budget in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in.
- Update project
Updates an existing project in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed.
- Update Task
Updates an existing task in Productive. Only the values you fill in are changed.
- Update time entry
Updates an existing time entry in Productive, changing only the fields you fill in.
- New Conversation Message
Triggers instantly on every new message in a Zendesk messaging conversation, from the customer or from your business. Check "author_type": it is "user" for the customer's messages, so an automation that replies should only act on those.
- Find Conversation
Finds a customer's messaging conversation from their messaging ID.
- Get Conversation Messages
Returns the most recent messages in a messaging conversation, from both the customer and the business.
- Send Message
Sends a reply into a customer's messaging conversation as your business.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Productive.io and Zendesk Messaging, 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 Zendesk Messaging when something happens in Productive.io?
Any of Zendesk Messaging's 3 actions, including Send Message, Find Conversation and Get Conversation Messages. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Zendesk Messaging to Productive.io?
Yes. When something happens in Zendesk Messaging, your agent can act in Productive.io too. This page covers both directions: Zendesk Messaging's triggers and Productive.io's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Productive.io or Zendesk Messaging?
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.
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.