--- title: "Connect Resource Planner to Lido - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project\" fires in Resource Planner, your agent runs \"Extract Data From File\" in Lido." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-lido" --- # Connect Resource Planner to Lido When **New Project** fires in [Resource Planner](https://apiant.ai/connections/resource-planner), your agent runs **Extract Data From File** in [Lido](https://apiant.ai/connections/lido). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Resource Planner **2** triggers Resource Planner **11** actions Lido **3** 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 Lido 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 Resource Planner can start in Lido - When **New Project** in Resource Planner then **Extract Data From File** in Lido - When **New Resource** in Resource Planner then **Generate extraction config** in Lido 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 Lido ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 14 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 **Extract Data From File** Starts an AI extraction job that pulls the requested columns out of a document or image, and returns the job id to fetch results with. - Action **Find Extraction Result** Returns the status and extracted data rows of a Lido data extraction job. - Action **Generate extraction config** Asks Lido to suggest an extraction configuration (columns, instructions and multi-row setting) for a document. Returns a job id; the suggestion is available from the job result. ## 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) - [ **Lido** Lido is a data extraction application that uses AI to read documents, such as PDFs and invoices, and convert...](https://apiant.ai/connections/lido) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-slack) - [ **Resource Planner to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-stripe) - [ **Resource Planner to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-shopify) - [ **Resource Planner to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-trello) - [ **Resource Planner to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/resource-planner-to-zoom) ## More into Lido - [ **Mapster to Lido** Mapster is a feedback survey platform that helps you collect and analyze user feedback.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mapster-to-lido) - [ **OutageDeck to Lido** OutageDeck aggregates the official status feeds of more than 170 cloud and SaaS providers into one place.](https://apiant.ai/connect/outagedeck-to-lido) - [ **Read AI to Lido** Read AI is a leading productivity tool that makes work easy with meeting summaries and transcripts, search...](https://apiant.ai/connect/read-ai-to-lido) - [ **HubSpot to Lido** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-lido) - [ **Salesforce to Lido** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-lido) - [ **Slack to Lido** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-lido) Questions ## Resource Planner and Lido, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Resource Planner? Any of Resource Planner's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Project and New Resource. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Lido when something happens in Resource Planner? Any of Lido's 3 actions, including Extract Data From File, Find Extraction Result and Generate extraction config. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Lido to Resource Planner? Lido has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Resource Planner. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lido's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Resource Planner or Lido? 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 Lido 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.