---
title: "Connect ShipStation and Vacation Tracker - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New or Updated Order\" fires in ShipStation, your agent runs \"Get user\" in Vacation Tracker."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/shipstation-to-vacation-tracker"
---

# Connect ShipStation and Vacation Tracker

When **New or Updated Order** fires in [ShipStation](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation), your agent runs **Get user** in [Vacation Tracker](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker), or **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker to **Create or Update Order** in ShipStation. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

ShipStation **1** trigger ShipStation **18** actions Vacation Tracker **7** triggers Vacation Tracker **13** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want ShipStation and Vacation Tracker 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 ShipStation and Vacation Tracker can do together

### From ShipStation to Vacation Tracker

- When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Get user** in Vacation Tracker
- When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Add leave** in Vacation Tracker

### From Vacation Tracker to ShipStation

- When **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker then **Create or Update Order** in ShipStation
- When **New Leave Added** in Vacation Tracker then **Mark Order as Shipped** in ShipStation

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 ShipStation and Vacation Tracker

## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 31 actions

- Trigger

**New or Updated Order**

Polling trigger: fires when an order is created or modified.

- Action

**Add Warehouse**

Create a new warehouse location.

- Action

**Create or Update Order**

Create a new order or update an existing one (upsert by orderNumber/orderKey).

- Action

**Delete Order**

Delete (deactivate) an order by its ShipStation order ID.

- Action

**Get Customer**

Retrieve a single customer by customer ID.

- Action

**Get Order**

Retrieve a single order by its ShipStation order ID.

- Action

**Get Product**

Retrieve a single product by ID.

- Action

**Get Rates**

Get shipping rate estimates for a carrier between two locations and package.

- Action

**Get Store**

Retrieve details of a single store by ID.

- Action

**Get Warehouse**

Retrieve details of a single warehouse by ID.

- Action

**List Carriers**

List the shipping carriers connected to the account.

- Action

**List Customers**

List customers in the ShipStation account.

- Action

**List Orders**

List orders, optionally filtered by status, customer, or modified date.

- Action

**List Products**

List products in the ShipStation catalog.

- Action

**List Stores**

Retrieve the list of stores connected to the account.

- Action

**List Warehouses**

List the ship-from warehouse locations configured in the account.

- Action

**Mark Order as Shipped**

Mark an order as shipped with a carrier code and tracking number.

- Action

**Update Product**

Update an existing product's details (SKU, name, price, weight, etc).

- Action

**Update Warehouse**

Update an existing warehouse's name/address/return address.

- Trigger

**Leave Cancelled**

Triggers when a leave is cancelled in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Deleted**

Triggers when a leave is deleted in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Approved**

Triggers when a leave is approved in Vacation Tracker.

- Trigger

**Leave Request Denied**

Triggers when an approver or admin denies a leave request.

- Trigger

**Leave Updated**

Triggers when an open or approved leave is changed, for example its dates, leave type or reason.

- Trigger

**New Leave Added**

Triggers when an approved leave is added for a user, or when a leave request is approved automatically.

- Trigger

**New Leave Request Created**

Triggers when a user requests a leave that needs approval.

- Action

**Add leave**

Creates a leave in Vacation Tracker: a leave request for the acting user, or an already approved leave for a user you manage.

- Action

**Cancel leave**

Cancels an open or approved leave.

- Action

**Delete leave**

Deletes a leave of a user the API key's owner manages and returns the deleted leave.

- Action

**Get department**

Returns a single department with its ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get leave**

Returns a single leave by its ID, including its dates, status, user and leave type.

- Action

**Get location**

Returns a single location with its name, time zone, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**Get user**

Returns a single Vacation Tracker user with their name, email, location, department, status and labels.

- Action

**List departments**

Returns every department in your Vacation Tracker company, with each department's ID, name, default flag and creation time.

- Action

**List leaves**

Returns the leaves that overlap a date range, optionally filtered by status.

- Action

**List leave types**

Returns all of the company's leave types, active and inactive, with their IDs, names and colors.

- Action

**List locations**

Returns every location in your Vacation Tracker company that the API key can see, with each location's name, time zone and default flag.

- Action

**List users**

Returns the users in your Vacation Tracker company, optionally filtered by status, location, department or label.

- Action

**Update leave**

Changes the dates, times, leave type, reason or substitute approver of an open or approved leave. Fields left blank keep their current value.

## Each app on its own

- [ **ShipStation** ShipStation order, shipment, and fulfillment management.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation)
- [ **Vacation Tracker** Vacation Tracker is a PTO tracker that helps teams track leave, see who’s off, and approve time off fast.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from ShipStation

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## More into Vacation Tracker

- [ **HubSpot to Vacation Tracker** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vacation-tracker)
- [ **Salesforce to Vacation Tracker** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vacation-tracker)
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Questions

## ShipStation and Vacation Tracker, answered

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### What can start an automation from ShipStation?

Any of ShipStation's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New or Updated Order. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Vacation Tracker when something happens in ShipStation?

Any of Vacation Tracker's 13 actions, including Update leave, Add leave, Get department and Get leave. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Vacation Tracker to ShipStation?

Yes. When something happens in Vacation Tracker, your agent can act in ShipStation too. This page covers both directions: Vacation Tracker's triggers and ShipStation's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for ShipStation or Vacation Tracker?

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.

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### Can my AI client use ShipStation and Vacation Tracker 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
