--- title: "Connect Amazon SNS and Geekbot - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New JSON Message\" fires in Amazon SNS, your agent runs \"Get current user\" in Geekbot." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-geekbot" --- # Connect Amazon SNS and Geekbot When **New JSON Message** fires in [Amazon SNS](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-sns), your agent runs **Get current user** in [Geekbot](https://apiant.ai/connections/geekbot), or **New Report** in Geekbot to **Create JSON Message** in Amazon SNS. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon SNS **3** triggers Amazon SNS **3** actions Geekbot **1** trigger Geekbot **17** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Amazon SNS and Geekbot 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 Amazon SNS and Geekbot can do together ### From Amazon SNS to Geekbot - When **New JSON Message** in Amazon SNS then **Get current user** in Geekbot - When **New Message** in Amazon SNS then **Add out-of-office period** in Geekbot ### From Geekbot to Amazon SNS - When **New Report** in Geekbot then **Create JSON Message** in Amazon SNS - When **New Report** in Geekbot then **Create Message** in Amazon SNS 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 Amazon SNS and Geekbot ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **New JSON Message** Triggers instantly when a message is published to an Amazon SNS topic and passes on the JSON data in the message. The subscription is created and removed automatically when the automation is turned on and off. - Trigger **New Message** Triggers instantly when a message is published to an Amazon SNS topic. The subscription is created and removed automatically when the automation is turned on and off. - Trigger **New Topic** Triggers when a new topic is created in the connected Amazon SNS account. - Action **Create JSON Message** Publishes a message to an Amazon SNS topic whose body is JSON built from the data you map, such as a record from the trigger. - Action **Create Message** Publishes a text message to an Amazon SNS topic, delivering it to every subscriber. - Action **Create Topic** Creates a new Amazon SNS topic, or returns the existing one if a topic with that name already exists. - Trigger **New Report** Triggers when a new standup report is submitted in Geekbot. - Action **Add out-of-office period** Schedules an out-of-office period for you or, if you are an admin, for another team member, covering whole days from the start date to the end date. - Action **Add poll** Creates a one-shot Geekbot poll that posts a question with answer choices to a channel. - Action **Add standup** Creates a new Geekbot standup with its questions, schedule and broadcast channel. - Action **Delete report** Deletes a standup report you authored, removing its broadcast message if one was posted. - Action **Delete standup** Deletes a standup and returns the details of the standup that was removed. You must have permission to edit the standup. - Action **Get current user** Returns the user who owns the connected API key, along with the team they belong to. - Action **Get poll** Returns one poll you created, including its schedule, channel, members and optionally its questions. - Action **Get report** Returns one submitted standup report, including who posted it, when, and the answer to each question. - Action **Get standup** Returns one standup by id, including its schedule, members, broadcast settings and optionally its questions. - Action **List out-of-office periods** Returns out-of-office periods for the team members you can view, ordered by start date, optionally narrowed by users, standups or a date window. - Action **List polls** Returns the active and paused polls you created in Geekbot, optionally filtered by state, channel, anonymity or creation date. - Action **List poll votes** Returns the vote results for a poll, grouped by broadcast and question. Without a date range it covers only the latest broadcast. - Action **List reports** Returns submitted Geekbot standup reports within a time window, optionally filtered by standup or user. - Action **List standups** Returns the active and paused standups visible to the connected user, with optional filters for state, anonymity, channel and creation date. - Action **List teams** Returns the Geekbot team tied to the connected API key, including its users who take part in at least one standup visible to the connected user. - Action **Start Report** Starts a standup immediately so its report questions go out, either to all of its participants or only to the users or emails you name. Returns the vendor's confirmation that the standup was queued. - Action **Update standup** Updates a standup's name, schedule, questions, channel and participants. Returns the updated standup. ## Each app on its own - [ **Amazon SNS** Amazon Simple Notification Service is a flexible, and fast messaging service which is fully managed.](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-sns) - [ **Geekbot** Geekbot runs asynchronous standups, retrospectives, and surveys — enabling easy, effective, and transparent...](https://apiant.ai/connections/geekbot) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Amazon SNS - [ **Amazon SNS to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon SNS to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon SNS to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-slack) - [ **Amazon SNS to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-google-sheets) - [ **Amazon SNS to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-gmail) - [ **Amazon SNS to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-google-calendar) ## More into Geekbot - [ **ActiveCampaign to Geekbot** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-geekbot) - [ **Airtable to Geekbot** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-geekbot) - [ **Asana to Geekbot** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-geekbot) - [ **ClickUp to Geekbot** 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-geekbot) - [ **Discord to Geekbot** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-geekbot) - [ **Freshdesk to Geekbot** Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer support and helpdesk platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-geekbot) Questions ## Amazon SNS and Geekbot, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Amazon SNS? Any of Amazon SNS's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New JSON Message, New Message and New Topic. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Geekbot when something happens in Amazon SNS? Any of Geekbot's 17 actions, including Update standup, Add out-of-office period, Add poll and Add standup. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Geekbot to Amazon SNS? Yes. When something happens in Geekbot, your agent can act in Amazon SNS too. This page covers both directions: Geekbot's triggers and Amazon SNS's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon SNS or Geekbot? 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 Amazon SNS and Geekbot 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.