diff --git a/instill/clients/client.py b/instill/clients/client.py
index 51b9d7b..54ca1f9 100644
--- a/instill/clients/client.py
+++ b/instill/clients/client.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from instill.utils.logger import Logger
 
 _mgmt_client = None
-_connector_client = None
 _pipeline_client = None
 _model_client = None
 _client = None
diff --git a/instill/clients/mgmt.py b/instill/clients/mgmt.py
index e325b62..30a24fa 100644
--- a/instill/clients/mgmt.py
+++ b/instill/clients/mgmt.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def get_user(self) -> mgmt_interface.User:
         resp: mgmt_interface.GetUserResponse = self.hosts[self.instance][
             "client"
         ].GetUser(
-            request=mgmt_interface.GetUserRequest(),
+            request=mgmt_interface.GetUserRequest(name="users/me"),
             metadata=self.hosts[self.instance]["metadata"],
         )
         return resp.user
diff --git a/instill/clients/pipeline.py b/instill/clients/pipeline.py
index 9309c2b..e4f7501 100644
--- a/instill/clients/pipeline.py
+++ b/instill/clients/pipeline.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def trigger_async_pipeline(
     ) -> operations_pb2.Operation:
         resp: pipeline_interface.TriggerAsyncUserPipelineResponse = self.hosts[
             self.instance
-        ]["client"].TriggerUserPipeline(
+        ]["client"].TriggerAsyncUserPipeline(
             request=pipeline_interface.TriggerAsyncUserPipelineRequest(
                 name=f"{self.namespace}/pipelines/{name}", inputs=inputs
             ),
diff --git a/instill/resources/pipeline.py b/instill/resources/pipeline.py
index 188371b..34b7084 100644
--- a/instill/resources/pipeline.py
+++ b/instill/resources/pipeline.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # pylint: disable=no-member,wrong-import-position,no-name-in-module
 from typing import Tuple, Union
 
+from google.longrunning import operations_pb2
+
 import instill.protogen.vdp.pipeline.v1alpha.pipeline_pb2 as pipeline_interface
 from instill.clients import InstillClient
 from instill.resources.resource import Resource
@@ -49,6 +51,14 @@ def resource(self, resource: pipeline_interface.Pipeline):
     def _update(self):
         self.resource = self.client.pipeline_service.get_pipeline(name=self.resource.id)
 
+    def get_operation(self, operation: operations_pb2.Operation):
+        return self.client.pipeline_service.get_operation(operation.name)
+
+    def trigger_async(self, task_inputs: list) -> operations_pb2.Operation:
+        return self.client.pipeline_service.trigger_async_pipeline(
+            self.resource.id, task_inputs
+        )
+
     def get_recipe(self) -> str:
         return self.resource.recipe