--- title: "Connect Affinity and Doclift PDF - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New List\" fires in Affinity, your agent runs \"Get Document Request\" in Doclift PDF." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-doclift-pdf" --- # Connect Affinity and Doclift PDF When **New List** fires in [Affinity](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity), your agent runs **Get Document Request** in [Doclift PDF](https://apiant.ai/connections/doclift-pdf), or **New PDF Document Generated** in Doclift PDF to **Add field value** in Affinity. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Affinity **6** triggers Affinity **17** actions Doclift PDF **1** trigger Doclift PDF **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Affinity and Doclift PDF 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 Affinity and Doclift PDF can do together ### From Affinity to Doclift PDF - When **New List** in Affinity then **Get Document Request** in Doclift PDF - When **New List Entry** in Affinity then **List Document Requests** in Doclift PDF ### From Doclift PDF to Affinity - When **New PDF Document Generated** in Doclift PDF then **Add field value** in Affinity - When **New PDF Document Generated** in Doclift PDF then **Add reminder** in Affinity 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 Affinity and Doclift PDF ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **Field Value Changes** Triggers when a field value is added, updated or removed in Affinity. - Trigger **New List** Triggers when a new list is created in Affinity. - Trigger **New List Entry** Triggers when a new entry is added to an Affinity list. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when a new organization is added in Affinity. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Affinity. - Action **Add field value** Sets the value of a field on a list entry (a row on an Affinity list), such as a status dropdown, number, date, text, person or company field. - Action **Add reminder** Creates a one-time or recurring reminder in Affinity for a person, company or opportunity, assigned to an internal user. - Action **Delete opportunity** Deletes an opportunity in Affinity. - Action **Delete person** Deletes a person from Affinity. Internal people in your organization cannot be deleted. - Action **Find a List Entry** Finds an entry on an Affinity list by the name, email or domain of its person, organization or opportunity. - Action **Find an Organization** Finds Affinity organizations by name or domain and returns the best match. - Action **Find a Person** Finds Affinity persons by name or email address and returns the best match. - Action **Find opportunities** Finds opportunities whose name contains the text you give, returning the first match and all matches. - Action **Get an Opportunity** Returns one Affinity opportunity by ID, with its name and the list it belongs to. - Action **Get an Organization** Returns one Affinity organization (company) by ID, with its name and domains. - Action **Get a Person** Returns one Affinity person by ID, with their name and email addresses. - Action **Get list** Returns a single Affinity list's details: name, entity type, owner, creator, privacy setting and creation date. - Action **List fields** Returns the fields (columns) available on an Affinity list, including custom list and global fields, with their type and value type. - Action **List lists** Returns the lists in your Affinity workspace that you can view, optionally filtered by name. - Action **List notes** Returns notes in Affinity (excluding replies), optionally filtered by id, creator or creation date. - Action **Update field value** Sets the value of a single field on a list entry (row) in an Affinity list, replacing its current value. - Action **Update opportunity** Renames an existing opportunity in Affinity. - Trigger **New PDF Document Generated** Webhook trigger for Doclift's async document-generation completion callback (POST.../webhooks/doclift, X-Doclift-Signature: sha256=hmac). Delivery URL is configured manually on the external application in the Doclift dashboard — no register/list/delete API exists. Fires once per document_request (all its documents_generations resolved to success/error), payload includes id, tag, type, timestamp, documents_generations[] (generation_status, file{filename,url,size}). - Action **Add Template** create a custom (HTML-body) template: title, description, content, orientation, margins, optional variables_attributes. Server forces category=custom. - Action **Add Variable** create a variable on a custom template: title (unique, naming pattern), description, field_type (text/checkbox/radio/select/collection, default text), seed_value, allowed_values. - Action **Delete Template** removes a custom template (scope restricted to category=custom, non-archived, same org). - Action **Get Document Request** status and documents_generations detail (signed file url, valid 2 hours) for one document request. - Action **Get Template** full template detail including variables and content (custom templates); works for any published template of the three categories. - Action **List Document Requests** list document generation requests with id, tag, type, status, documents_generations (each with generation_status and file url). - Action **List Templates** returns published, non-archived templates (custom/fillable_form/workflow) for the organization: id, title, description. - Action **List Variables** all variables of a custom, non-archived template: id, title, description, field_type, allowed_values (no pagination, no seed_value). - Action **Publish Template** marks a custom template published (usable for document generation). - Action **Unpublish Template** marks a custom template unpublished. - Action **Update Variable** update description/field_type/allowed_values/title of a variable; allowed_values replaces the stored array. ## Each app on its own - [ **Affinity** Affinity is a collective intelligence CRM, helping you keep track of the people and organizations in your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/affinity) - [ **Doclift PDF** Doclift PDF is PDF-as-a-service for your platform to create dynamic PDFs with the online editor or generate...](https://apiant.ai/connections/doclift-pdf) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Affinity - [ **Affinity to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-hubspot) - [ **Affinity to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-salesforce) - [ **Affinity to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-slack) - [ **Affinity to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-sheets) - [ **Affinity to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-gmail) - [ **Affinity to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/affinity-to-google-calendar) ## More into Doclift PDF - [ **Adafruit IO to Doclift PDF** Adafruit IO is a cloud service used primarily for storing and retrieving data but does much more.](https://apiant.ai/connect/adafruit-io-to-doclift-pdf) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Doclift PDF** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-doclift-pdf) - [ **Airtable to Doclift PDF** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-doclift-pdf) - [ **Asana to Doclift PDF** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-doclift-pdf) - [ **ClickUp to Doclift PDF** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-doclift-pdf) - [ **Discord to Doclift PDF** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-doclift-pdf) Questions ## Affinity and Doclift PDF, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Affinity? Any of Affinity's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New List, New List Entry, New Opportunity and New Organization. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Doclift PDF when something happens in Affinity? Any of Doclift PDF's 11 actions, including Update Variable, Add Template, Add Variable and Get Document Request. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Doclift PDF to Affinity? Yes. When something happens in Doclift PDF, your agent can act in Affinity too. This page covers both directions: Doclift PDF's triggers and Affinity's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Affinity or Doclift PDF? 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 Affinity and Doclift PDF 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.