--- title: "Connect The Old Reader and Timesheet - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Create Task\" in Timesheet, or \"New Absence\" in Timesheet to \"Update item\" in The Old Reader." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-timesheet" --- # Connect The Old Reader and Timesheet When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Create Task** in [Timesheet](https://apiant.ai/connections/timesheet), or **New Absence** in Timesheet to **Update item** in The Old Reader. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions Timesheet **7** triggers Timesheet **53** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want The Old Reader and Timesheet 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 The Old Reader and Timesheet can do together ### From The Old Reader to Timesheet - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Task** in Timesheet - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Note** in Timesheet ### From Timesheet to The Old Reader - When **New Absence** in Timesheet then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Project** in Timesheet then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader 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 The Old Reader and Timesheet ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 65 actions - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. - Trigger **New Absence** Triggered when a new absence is requested or recorded in the chosen Timesheet organization. - Trigger **New Project** Triggered when a new project is created in Timesheet. - Trigger **New Rate** Triggered when a new pay rate is created in Timesheet. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggered when a new tag is created in Timesheet. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new tracked time entry is recorded in Timesheet. - Trigger **New Team** Triggered when a new team is created in Timesheet. - Trigger **New Todo** Triggered when a new to-do is created in Timesheet. - Action **Approve Absence** Approves a pending absence request in a Timesheet organization. Returns the updated absence, including its new status and who approved it. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense on a Timesheet task, with an amount, date and optional receipt. Returns the new expense with its ID. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note on a Timesheet task, with text and an optional attachment. Returns the new note with its ID. - Action **Create Organization** Creates a new organization (team workspace) in Timesheet. Returns the new organization with its ID. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Timesheet, optionally with a client, default billing rate and team. Returns the new project with its ID. - Action **Create Rate** Creates a pay rate in Timesheet, such as an overtime multiplier or a bonus amount. Returns the new rate with its ID. - Action **Create Reminder** Creates a reminder in Timesheet on a one-off or recurring schedule. Returns the new reminder with its ID and next fire time. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a tag in Timesheet that can be applied to time entries. Returns the new tag with its ID. - Action **Create Task** Creates a time entry (task) on a Timesheet project, with start and end times and optional tags, rate and mileage. Returns the new entry with its ID and duration. - Action **Create Team** Creates a team inside a Timesheet organization. Returns the new team with its ID. - Action **Create Todo** Creates a to-do on a Timesheet project, with an optional due date, assignees and time estimate. Returns the new to-do with its ID. - Action **Delete Expense** Deletes an expense from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the expense was removed. - Action **Delete Note** Deletes a note from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the note was removed. - Action **Delete Organization** Deletes an organization from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the organization was removed. - Action **Delete Project** Deletes a project from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the project was removed. - Action **Delete Rate** Deletes a pay rate from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the rate was removed. - Action **Delete Reminder** Deletes a reminder from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the reminder was removed. - Action **Delete Tag** Deletes a tag from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the tag was removed. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a time entry from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the entry was removed. - Action **Delete Team** Deletes a team from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the team was removed. - Action **Delete Todo** Deletes a to-do from Timesheet. Returns confirmation that the to-do was removed. - Action **Find Absence** Searches absences in a Timesheet organization by member, contract, type, status or date range, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Expense** Searches Timesheet expenses by text, time entry, organization or date range, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Note** Searches Timesheet notes by text, time entry, organization or date range, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Organization** Looks up a Timesheet organization by name and returns its ID and details. Timesheet has no organization search endpoint, so this reads your organizations and matches the name, ignoring upper/lower case. - Action **Find Project** Searches Timesheet projects by name, team or status, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Rate** Searches Timesheet pay rates by name, team, project or status, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Reminder** Looks up a Timesheet reminder by name and returns its ID and schedule. Timesheet has no reminder search endpoint, so this reads your reminders and matches the name, ignoring upper/lower case. - Action **Find Tag** Searches Timesheet tags by name, team, project or status, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Task** Searches Timesheet time entries by text, project, to-do, team or date range, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Team** Searches Timesheet teams by name or organization, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Find Todo** Searches Timesheet to-dos by title, project, status or assignee, and returns the first match plus the full list of matches. - Action **Get Current Timer** Returns the state of your current Timesheet timer — whether it is running, paused or stopped, and the time entry it is tracking. - Action **Get Project** Returns one Timesheet project by ID, including its client, settings and tracked totals. - Action **Get Rate** Returns one Timesheet pay rate by ID, including its multiplier and extra amount. - Action **Get Tag** Returns a single tag by its ID, including its name, colour, archived state, owning team and total tracked time. - Action **Get Task** Returns a single tracked time entry by its ID, including its description, start and end times, duration, billing flags, project, rate, member and tags. - Action **Get Team** Returns a single team by its ID, including its name, description, colour, owning organization, and project and member counts. - Action **Pause Timer** Pauses the running timer, starting a break. Returns the timer with its new paused state. - Action **Resume Timer** Resumes a paused timer, ending the current break. Returns the timer with its new running state. - Action **Send Report** Generates a timesheet report for the chosen period and emails it to the given address. - Action **Start Timer** Starts the timer on a project, creating a running time entry. Returns the timer and the entry it is tracking. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops the running timer and closes out the time entry it was tracking. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing expense's description, date, amount, refund status or attached receipt. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Note** Updates an existing note's text, date or attachment. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Organization** Updates an organization's name, description, image, colour or AI chat setting. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project's name, client, office, colour, billing defaults, salary or archived state. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Rate** Updates an existing pay rate's name, multiplier, extra amount, enabled or archived state. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Reminder** Updates an existing reminder's title, prompt, message template or schedule. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Tag** Updates an existing tag's name, colour or archived state. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing tracked time entry's project, description, times, billing flags, rate or tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Team** Updates an existing team's name, description, image, colour or salary visibility. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Todo** Updates an existing to-do's title, details, status, due date, assignees or time estimate. Fields left blank keep their current values. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **Timesheet** Timesheet is a mobile Time Tracker which allows you the recording of your working hours with a simple push...](https://apiant.ai/connections/timesheet) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from The Old Reader - [ **The Old Reader to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-trello) - [ **The Old Reader to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-zoom) - [ **The Old Reader to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-twilio) - [ **The Old Reader to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-typeform) - [ **The Old Reader to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-webflow) - [ **The Old Reader to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-wix) ## More into Timesheet - [ **Teamleader Focus to Timesheet** Teamleader Focus incorporates CRM, project management and invoicing into one simple and intelligent tool...](https://apiant.ai/connect/teamleader-focus-to-timesheet) - [ **HubSpot to Timesheet** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-timesheet) - [ **Salesforce to Timesheet** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-timesheet) - [ **Slack to Timesheet** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-timesheet) - [ **Gmail to Timesheet** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-timesheet) - [ **Google Calendar to Timesheet** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-timesheet) Questions ## The Old Reader and Timesheet, answered ### ### What can start an automation from The Old Reader? Any of The Old Reader's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Timesheet when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of Timesheet's 53 actions, including Create Expense, Create Note, Create Organization and Create Project. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Timesheet to The Old Reader? Yes. When something happens in Timesheet, your agent can act in The Old Reader too. This page covers both directions: Timesheet's triggers and The Old Reader's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Timesheet? 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 The Old Reader and Timesheet 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.