--- title: "Connect Vacation Tracker to SMSAPI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Leave Updated\" fires in Vacation Tracker, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in SMSAPI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-smsapi" --- # Connect Vacation Tracker to SMSAPI When **Leave Updated** fires in [Vacation Tracker](https://apiant.ai/connections/vacation-tracker), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [SMSAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Vacation Tracker **7** triggers Vacation Tracker **13** actions SMSAPI **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Vacation Tracker and SMSAPI 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 Vacation Tracker can start in SMSAPI - When **Leave Updated** in Vacation Tracker then **Create Contact** in SMSAPI - When **New Leave Added** in Vacation Tracker then **Send Text Message** in SMSAPI 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 Vacation Tracker and SMSAPI ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 25 actions - 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. - Action **Add Blacklisted Number** Adds a phone number to the account's blacklist so no SMS messages are sent to it, optionally until an expiration date. - Action **Add Sender Name** Adds a new sender name to the SMSAPI account. The name starts inactive until SMSAPI verifies it. - Action **Check HLR Lookup** Checks a mobile number against the HLR (Home Location Register). The lookup is accepted immediately; the detailed network result is sent to the HLR callback URL set in the SMSAPI Customer Portal. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in the SMSAPI contact database. - Action **Delete Blacklisted Number** Removes a single number from the SMSAPI blacklist, so messages can be sent to it again. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from the SMSAPI contact database by its ID. - Action **Get Account Balance** Returns the current credit balance (points) and profile details of the connected SMSAPI account. - Action **List Blacklisted Numbers** Lists the phone numbers on the account's blacklist (numbers SMS sending is blocked to), with each entry's id, number, date added and expiration date. - Action **List Sender Names** Lists every sender name on the SMSAPI account with its status (ACTIVE / INACTIVE), whether it is the default, and when it was created. - Action **Send Text Message** Sends an SMS to one or more phone numbers through SMSAPI. - Action **Send Text Message to Group** Sends an SMS to every contact in a group from the SMSAPI contacts database. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in the SMSAPI contacts database. Only the fields you fill in are changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **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) - [ **SMSAPI** SMSAPI allows you to send text messages automatically. Messages can be fully personalized.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smsapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Vacation Tracker - [ **Vacation Tracker to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-zoom) - [ **Vacation Tracker to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-webflow) - [ **Vacation Tracker 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/vacation-tracker-to-wix) - [ **Vacation Tracker to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-linkedin) - [ **Vacation Tracker to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-facebook) - [ **Vacation Tracker to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vacation-tracker-to-anthropic) ## More into SMSAPI - [ **Transloadit to SMSAPI** Transloadit is a file encoding service that helps you handle file uploads, resize, crop and watermark...](https://apiant.ai/connect/transloadit-to-smsapi) - [ **HubSpot to SMSAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smsapi) - [ **Salesforce to SMSAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smsapi) - [ **Slack to SMSAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-smsapi) - [ **Google Sheets to SMSAPI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smsapi) - [ **Gmail to SMSAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-smsapi) Questions ## Vacation Tracker and SMSAPI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Vacation Tracker? Any of Vacation Tracker's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Leave Updated, New Leave Added, New Leave Request Created and Leave Request Approved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SMSAPI when something happens in Vacation Tracker? Any of SMSAPI's 12 actions, including Create Contact, Send Text Message, Send Text Message to Group and Update Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SMSAPI to Vacation Tracker? SMSAPI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Vacation Tracker. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SMSAPI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Vacation Tracker or SMSAPI? 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 Vacation Tracker and SMSAPI 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.