--- title: "Connect Tella and Timing - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Video Created\" fires in Tella, your agent runs \"Create Project\" in Timing, or \"New Project\" in Timing to \"Add Tag to Video\" in Tella." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-timing" --- # Connect Tella and Timing When **New Video Created** fires in [Tella](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella), your agent runs **Create Project** in [Timing](https://apiant.ai/connections/timing), or **New Project** in Timing to **Add Tag to Video** in Tella. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Tella **1** trigger Tella **13** actions Timing **4** triggers Timing **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Tella and Timing 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 Tella and Timing can do together ### From Tella to Timing - When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Create Project** in Timing - When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Update Project** in Timing ### From Timing to Tella - When **New Project** in Timing then **Add Tag to Video** in Tella - When **New Team** in Timing then **Add Video** in Tella 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 Tella and Timing ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 34 actions - Trigger **New Video Created** Fires instantly when a new video is created in your Tella workspace. - Action **Add Tag to Video** Adds an existing tag to a Tella video. Requires edit access to the video; adding a private tag only affects the connected user's library. - Action **Add Video** Creates a new Tella video from an uploaded video source; the source becomes the video's first clip. - Action **Add Video to Playlist** Adds an existing video to a Tella playlist. - Action **Create Playlist** Creates a new playlist in your workspace. - Action **Delete Playlist** Permanently deletes a Tella playlist. Videos in the playlist are not deleted. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently deletes a Tella video. - Action **Find Playlist** Finds playlists whose name matches the name you give (case-insensitive) and returns the matches, with the first match broken out. - Action **Find Video** Returns the videos whose title contains the specified name. - Action **Get Playlist** Returns the details of a Tella playlist, including its name, description, access settings, number of videos and view link. - Action **Get Video** Retrieves a Tella video's details, including chapters, transcript, thumbnails, exports, settings and links. - Action **Remove Video from Playlist** Removes a video from a playlist by playlist ID and video ID. - Action **Update Playlist** Updates an existing Playlist by ID, e.g. name/description. - Action **Update Video** Update a Tella video's title, description, sharing and access settings, viewer options, subtitle styling, audio and canvas settings. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is created in Timing. - Trigger **New Team** Triggered when you are added to a new team in Timing. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggered when a new time entry is logged in Timing. - Trigger **New Timer Started and Running** Triggered when a new timer is started and is still running in Timing. - Action **Batch Update Time Entries** Updates several Timing time entries at once — moves them to a project, retitles them, sets notes, billing status or custom fields. Anything left blank is left untouched on the entries. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Timing, optionally under a parent project, and returns the created project. - Action **Create Time Entry** Logs a finished block of work in Timing between a start and end time, optionally against a project, and returns the created time entry. - Action **Delete Project** Deletes a project in Timing, along with all of its child projects. - Action **Delete Time Entry** Deletes a time entry in Timing. - Action **Find Project** Searches your Timing projects by title and returns the first match, plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Team** Finds a team you belong to in Timing by its name and returns the first match, plus every team whose name matched. - Action **Generate Report** Builds a time report in Timing over a date range, broken down by the columns you choose, and returns the report rows with their durations. - Action **Get Activity Hierarchy** Returns a readable breakdown of what you worked on in Timing over a date range, as tab-indented text grouped by project and app with durations. - Action **List Projects** Returns the projects you can see in Timing, optionally filtered by title, team, or hiding archived ones. - Action **List Team Members** Returns the active members of a Timing team. People with a pending invitation are not included. - Action **List Teams** Returns all the Timing teams you are a member of. - Action **List Time Entries** Returns your Timing time entries, optionally narrowed by date range, project, team member, search text or billing status. - Action **Show Latest Time Entry** Returns your most recent time entry in Timing. - Action **Show Project** Returns a single Timing project with its colour, notes, billing default, parent and child projects. - Action **Show Running Timer** Returns the timer that is currently running in Timing. Errors with a not-found if no timer is running. - Action **Show Time Entry** Returns a single Timing time entry with its times, duration, project, notes and billing status. - Action **Start Timer** Starts a running timer in Timing, stopping any timer that is already running, and returns the new entry. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops the timer that is currently running in Timing and returns the finished time entry. - Action **Update Project** Updates a Timing project's name, colour, notes, archive state or billing default. Anything left blank keeps its current value. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates a Timing time entry — its times, project, title, notes or billing status. Anything left blank keeps its current value. ## Each app on its own - [ **Tella** Tella is a screen recorder that allows you to record, edit and share videos.](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella) - [ **Timing** Timing is an automatic time tracking app for macOS.](https://apiant.ai/connections/timing) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Tella - [ **Tella to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-vercel) - [ **Tella to Zenserp** SERP API for scraping real-time Google, Bing, and Yandex search, image, maps, news, and shopping results.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-zenserp) - [ **Tella to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-trello) - [ **Tella to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-zoom) - [ **Tella to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-twilio) - [ **Tella to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tella-to-typeform) ## More into Timing - [ **Favro to Timing** Plan a wedding, build an award winning video game or even send a rocket into space.](https://apiant.ai/connect/favro-to-timing) - [ **Pipefy to Timing** The easy button for processes and workflows Easily organize and run all your processes in one place, leaving...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipefy-to-timing) - [ **HubSpot to Timing** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timing) - [ **Salesforce to Timing** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timing) - [ **Slack to Timing** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-timing) - [ **Gmail to Timing** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-timing) Questions ## Tella and Timing, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Tella? Any of Tella's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Video Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Timing when something happens in Tella? Any of Timing's 21 actions, including Create Project, Create Time Entry, Update Project and Update Time Entry. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Timing to Tella? Yes. When something happens in Timing, your agent can act in Tella too. This page covers both directions: Timing's triggers and Tella's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Tella or Timing? 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 Tella and Timing 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.