Create onboarding tasks when new employees are hired
When a new employee is hired in Planday, automatically create a set of onboarding tasks in Motion for their manager.
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How Knit builds this workflow
The Agent researches both APIs and wires the trigger on one side to the action on the other — no pre-built connector required. Here is the vocabulary it has to work with.
Planday Explore Planday →
TriggersFires when a new employee is added in Planday.
Fires when a field on an employee's profile changes in Planday.
Fires when an employee is offboarded in Planday.
Fires when an employee requests time off in Planday.
Creates a new employee record in Planday.
Updates a field on an employee's record in Planday.
Syncs an employee's active/terminated status in Planday.
Approves or denies a time-off request in Planday.
Motion Explore Motion →
TriggersFires when a new task or card is created in Motion.
Fires when a task in Motion is marked complete.
Fires when a task's due date in Motion is coming up.
Fires when a comment is added to a task in Motion.
Creates a new task in Motion.
Updates a task's status or assignee in Motion.
Posts a comment on a task in Motion.
Moves a task in Motion to a different board or list.
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Common questions
Can Knit build “Create onboarding tasks when new employees are hired” between Planday and Motion?
Yes — describe it in the box above and Knit's Integrations Agent researches Planday and Motion's public API docs (or your own uploaded docs) and builds a working workflow, whether or not either app already has a pre-built connector.
How long does it take to build?
Minutes to a first working version, not weeks — you test it against real data before it goes anywhere near production.
Why connect Motion and Planday?
It aligns HR operations with daily project planning, keeping team capacity updated and automating HR-driven onboarding tasks.
What happens when employee details or status change?
Changes such as new hires or time-off requests in Planday can automatically create tasks or update assignments in Motion.