--- title: "Connect Resource Planner to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in Resource Planner, your agent runs \"Create CII Invoice\" in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-cii-ubl-by-invoicexml" --- # Connect Resource Planner to CII & UBL by InvoiceXML When **New Project** fires in [Resource Planner](https://apiant.ai/connections/resource-planner), your agent runs **Create CII Invoice** in [CII & UBL by InvoiceXML](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Resource Planner **2** triggers Resource Planner **11** actions CII & UBL by InvoiceXML **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Resource Planner and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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 Resource Planner can start in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New Project** in Resource Planner then **Create CII Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML - When **New Resource** in Resource Planner then **Create UBL Invoice** in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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 Resource Planner and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in the workspace. - Trigger **New Resource** Triggers when a new resource (person) is added to the Resource Planner workspace. - Action **Create Assignment** Creates an assignment that books a resource on a project for a date range, optionally with a linked task. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in your Resource Planner workspace, with optional color, note, estimated size in hours, and billing rates. - Action **Create Resource** Creates a new resource (a person) in your Resource Planner workspace, optionally inviting them with an access role. - Action **Delete assignment** Removes an assignment from the Resource Planner schedule. - Action **Delete project** Deletes a project and all of its assignments. - Action **Delete resource** Deletes a resource (person) from your Resource Planner workspace, along with all of their assignments. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose ID matches, or whose title or note contains, the search text. - Action **Find Resource** Returns the resources (people) in your workspace whose ID, name, email or note matches the search text. - Action **Update assignment** Updates an existing assignment in Resource Planner — its date range, hours per day, note, project or resource, or linked task details. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update project** Updates an existing project's title, color, note, estimated hours, billing rate or per-person rate overrides. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update resource** Updates an existing resource (person) in Resource Planner, changing only the details you supply such as name, email, capacity, cost, work days or access settings. - Action **Convert CII to UBL** Translates a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML into a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML document, enabling interoperability between systems that use different e-invoice formats. - Action **Convert UBL to CII** Transforms a UBL 2.1 invoice XML into a UN/CEFACT CII XML document, bridging compatibility between PEPPOL-based systems and CII-native accounting platforms. - Action **Create CII Invoice** Produces a UN/CEFACT Cross-Industry Invoice (CII) XML document from structured billing data, ready for submission through any EN16931-compliant e-invoicing channel. - Action **Create UBL Invoice** Generates a standards-compliant UBL 2.1 XML invoice from structured billing data including seller, buyer, line items, and payment details. - Action **Extract Invoice Attachments** Download an e-invoice's embedded attachments as a ZIP. - Action **Extract Invoice JSON** Parses a PDF invoice into machine-readable JSON, reading embedded CII or UBL XML when available and applying AI-based extraction as a fallback for unstructured PDFs. - Action **Extract Invoice XML** Pull the CII or UBL XML out of an e-invoice PDF. - Action **Parse Invoice JSON** AI-parse any PDF invoice — messy, scanned, or handwritten — into structured JSON. - Action **Render CII to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a CII e-invoice. - Action **Render UBL to PDF** Produce a human-readable PDF from a UBL e-invoice. - Action **Transform PDF to CII** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UN/CEFACT CII XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Ideal for digitising paper-based or scanned invoices into a structured CII format. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Transform PDF to UBL** Reads an existing PDF invoice and produces a UBL 2.1 XML document using AI-powered data extraction. Useful for onboarding legacy invoices into structured e-invoicing workflows. Note: AI can make mistakes; review output before sending. - Action **Validate CII Invoice** Verifies a UN/CEFACT CII invoice XML against EN16931 semantic rules and XSD schema, returning a detailed compliance report including any rule failures or data inconsistencies. - Action **Validate UBL Invoice** Checks a UBL 2.1 invoice XML against EN16931 business rules and schema constraints, returning a structured validation report with any rule violations or structural errors. ## Each app on its own - [ **Resource Planner** Resource Planner is a tool for team planning and vacation management for team of all sizes.](https://apiant.ai/connections/resource-planner) - [ **CII & UBL by InvoiceXML** CII & UBL by InvoiceXML is an e-invoice compliance service for creating, converting, validating, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cii-ubl-by-invoicexml) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Resource Planner - [ **Resource Planner to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-salesforce) - [ **Resource Planner to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in CII & UBL by InvoiceXML when something happens in Resource Planner? Any of CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's 14 actions, including Create CII Invoice, Create UBL Invoice, Convert CII to UBL and Convert UBL to CII. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CII & UBL by InvoiceXML to Resource Planner? CII & UBL by InvoiceXML has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Resource Planner. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CII & UBL by InvoiceXML's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Resource Planner or CII & UBL by InvoiceXML? 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 Resource Planner and CII & UBL by InvoiceXML 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.