--- title: "Connect Amazon SNS to Pickaxe - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New JSON Message\" fires in Amazon SNS, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Pickaxe." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-sns-to-pickaxe" --- # Connect Amazon SNS to Pickaxe When **New JSON Message** fires in [Amazon SNS](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-sns), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Pickaxe](https://apiant.ai/connections/pickaxe). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon SNS **3** triggers Amazon SNS **3** actions Pickaxe **18** 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 Pickaxe 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 can start in Pickaxe - When **New JSON Message** in Amazon SNS then **Create Document** in Pickaxe - When **New Message** in Amazon SNS then **Create User** in Pickaxe 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 Pickaxe ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 21 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. - Action **Connect Document** Connect a document to a Pickaxe or User. - Action **Create Access Group** Create a new access group. - Action **Create Document** Create a new document with the provided details. - Action **Create User** Create a new document with the provided details. - Action **Delete Access Group** Delete an access group, or reassign links and users before deleting it. - Action **Delete Document** Delete a specific document by its ID. - Action **Delete User** Delete a specific user by their email. - Action **Disconnect Document** Detach a document from a Pickaxe or User. - Action **Find Access Group** Retrieve a specific access group by its ID. - Action **Find Access Groups** List all access groups for a studio workspace. - Action **Find Document by ID** Retrieve a specific document by its ID. - Action **Find Documents** Finds knowledge base documents whose name or title contains the given text. - Action **Find User by Email** Retrieve a specific user by their email. - Action **Find Users** List all users with optional pagination. - Action **Preview Delete Access Group** Preview the impact of deleting an access group. - Action **Remove Access Group Links** Remove access groups from deployments or portals, or remove resources from an access group. - Action **Update Access Group** Update an existing access group. - Action **Update User** Update a specific user by their email. ## 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) - [ **Pickaxe** Pickaxe is a simple, no-code platform to build, launch, and sell AI products.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pickaxe) 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 Pickaxe - [ **Airparser to Pickaxe** Airparser is an LLM-powered data extraction tool that extracts structured data from emails, PDFs, documents...](https://apiant.ai/connect/airparser-to-pickaxe) - [ **HubSpot to Pickaxe** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pickaxe) - [ **Salesforce to Pickaxe** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pickaxe) - [ **Slack to Pickaxe** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pickaxe) - [ **Google Sheets to Pickaxe** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pickaxe) - [ **Gmail to Pickaxe** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pickaxe) Questions ## Amazon SNS and Pickaxe, 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 Pickaxe when something happens in Amazon SNS? Any of Pickaxe's 18 actions, including Create Access Group, Create Document, Create User and Update Access Group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pickaxe to Amazon SNS? Pickaxe has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Amazon SNS. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Pickaxe's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon SNS or Pickaxe? 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 Pickaxe 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.