--- title: "Connect Affinda to Amazon Textract - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document parsed (instant)\" fires in Affinda, your agent runs \"Extract Text from Document\" in Amazon Textract." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-amazon-textract" --- # Connect Affinda to Amazon Textract When **Document parsed (instant)** fires in [Affinda](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda), your agent runs **Extract Text from Document** in [Amazon Textract](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-textract). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Affinda **1** trigger Affinda **6** actions Amazon Textract **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Affinda and Amazon Textract 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 Affinda can start in Amazon Textract - When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Extract Text from Document** in Amazon Textract - When **Document parsed (instant)** in Affinda then **Ask Questions About a Document** in Amazon Textract 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 Affinda and Amazon Textract ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 9 actions - Trigger **Document parsed (instant)** Fires via a resthook subscription when Affinda finishes parsing a document. - Action **Add document** Upload a document (resume, invoice, job description, etc.) to Affinda for parsing. - Action **Delete document** Delete a document from Affinda. - Action **Find job descriptions by search expression** Search through parsed job descriptions matching given criteria. - Action **Get document** Retrieve a specific document and its parsed data by identifier. - Action **List documents** List all documents uploaded to Affinda. - Action **Search resumes** Search through parsed resumes matching given criteria. - Action **Analyze Invoice or Receipt** Reads an invoice or receipt stored in S3 and returns its summary fields (vendor, date, totals) and its line items. - Action **Ask Questions About a Document** Answers plain-language questions about a document stored in S3, such as "What is the invoice number?", and returns each answer with its confidence. - Action **Extract Text from Document** Reads the printed and handwritten text in an image or single-page PDF stored in S3 and returns it as plain text and lines. ## Each app on its own - [ **Affinda** AI document processing platform that extracts structured data from invoices, resumes, bank statements, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinda) - [ **Amazon Textract** Machine learning API that extracts text, handwriting, and structured data from scanned documents, forms, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-textract) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Affinda - [ **Affinda to Cakemail** Cakemail provides all the tools you need to deliver the emails people want.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-cakemail) - [ **Affinda to Healthcare.gov** Healthcare.gov publishes the educational content behind the US Health Insurance Marketplace as...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-healthcare-gov) - [ **Affinda to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-hubspot) - [ **Affinda to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-salesforce) - [ **Affinda to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-slack) - [ **Affinda to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinda-to-google-sheets) ## More into Amazon Textract - [ **HubSpot to Amazon Textract** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Salesforce to Amazon Textract** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Slack to Amazon Textract** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Google Sheets to Amazon Textract** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Gmail to Amazon Textract** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-amazon-textract) - [ **Google Calendar to Amazon Textract** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-amazon-textract) Questions ## Affinda and Amazon Textract, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Affinda? Any of Affinda's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Document parsed (instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Amazon Textract when something happens in Affinda? Any of Amazon Textract's 3 actions, including Analyze Invoice or Receipt, Ask Questions About a Document and Extract Text from Document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Amazon Textract to Affinda? Amazon Textract has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Affinda. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Amazon Textract's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Affinda or Amazon Textract? 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 Affinda and Amazon Textract 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.