Integration
Connect Shade and Timely Time Tracking
When something happens in Shade or Timely Time Tracking, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Shade and Timely Time Tracking to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Shade and Timely Time Tracking can do together
From Shade to Timely Time Tracking
When Asset Updated in Shade
then Add tag in Timely Time Tracking
When New Asset in Shade
then Create Client in Timely Time Tracking
From Timely Time Tracking to Shade
When New Client in Timely Time Tracking
then Create Folder in Shade
When New or Updated Person in Timely Time Tracking
then Copy a File in Shade
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 Shade and Timely Time Tracking
Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 24 actions
Trigger
Asset UpdatedTriggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.
Trigger
New AssetTriggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.
Trigger
New CollectionTriggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.
Trigger
New DriveTriggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.
Trigger
New Public Share LinkTriggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.
Trigger
New TranscriptionTriggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.
Trigger
Public Share Link UpdatedTriggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.
Action
Copy a FileCopies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.
Action
Create FolderCreates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.
Action
Find an AssetReturns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.
Action
Get Public Links for a File or FolderReturns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.
Action
Search Asset ChunksSearch a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.
Action
Search for an Asset by DescriptionSearches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.
Action
Share File or FolderShares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.
Trigger
New ClientTriggered when a new client is created
Trigger
New or Updated PersonTriggered when a person is created or updated in Timely
Trigger
New or Updated ProjectTriggers when a project is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Time EntryTriggers when time entries are created or updated.
Trigger
New ProjectTriggered when a new project is created
Trigger
New Time EntryTriggered when a new time entry is created
Action
Add tagCreate a tag.
Action
Create ClientCreates a Client
Action
Create PersonCreates a new person in the workspace.
Action
Create ProjectCreates a project.
Action
Delete projectDelete a project.
Action
Delete time entryDelete a time entry.
Action
Find ClientReturns the clients in a Timely workspace whose name matches the given text.
Action
Find ProjectReturns the projects whose name contains the specified text.
Action
Find Tag List and TagFinds a tag list and a specific tag if specified.
Action
Find time entries by criteriaSearch time entries by date range, user, project.
Action
Find UserFinds a User
Action
Log Time EntryLogs a new time entry against a project.
Action
Start timerStart the timer on a time entry.
Action
Stop timerStop the running timer on a time entry.
Action
Update clientUpdate a client.
Action
Update Project NameUpdates only the name of an existing project. Look up the project by Timely Project ID or by External ID (recommended when the source-of-truth system stores the Timely external_id, e.g. NetSuite).
Action
Update time entryUpdate a logged time entry.
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
Shade and Timely Time Tracking, answered
What can start an automation from Shade?
Any of Shade's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Asset Updated, New Asset, New Collection and New Drive. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Timely Time Tracking when something happens in Shade?
Any of Timely Time Tracking's 17 actions, including Create Client, Create Person, Create Project and Log Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Timely Time Tracking to Shade?
Yes. When something happens in Timely Time Tracking, your agent can act in Shade too. This page covers both directions: Timely Time Tracking's triggers and Shade's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Shade or Timely Time Tracking?
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.