Integration
Connect Anchor to Minor Planet Center
When something happens in Anchor, your agent does the next thing in Minor Planet Center. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Anchor and Minor Planet Center to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Anchor can start in Minor Planet Center
When New Proposal Sent in Anchor
then Find MPECs in Minor Planet Center
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 Anchor and Minor Planet Center
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 17 actions
- Agreement Amended
Triggers when an agreement is amended.
- New Proposal Sent
Triggers when a proposal is sent to a client.
- Proposal Approved
Triggers when a proposal is approved. The payload is the resulting agreement (a proposal becomes an agreement on approval).
- Proposal Published
Triggers when a proposal is published.
- Add Service to Agreement
Adds a service to a signed Anchor agreement as a new amendment.
- Create Contact
Creates a new client contact in Anchor.
- Find Contact by ID
Looks up a single contact by its Anchor ID.
- List Contacts
Returns a list of contacts (client businesses), optionally filtered by search text or status.
- Publish Proposal
Publishes a proposal draft as a proposal and, unless set to silent, emails the client.
- Submit Charges
Submits charges on an agreement to issue an invoice now or schedule one for a future billing date.
- Find MPECs
Search Minor Planet Electronic Circulars by object or search terms, optionally filtered by issue date range.
- Find near-duplicate observations
Search the MPC's published observation database for near-duplicates of a given observation by time and angular proximity.
- Get action code
Resend an observation submission's action code (used to retract observations or label objects) to the email address on file.
- Get magnitude band
Retrieve reference information for a magnitude band used in MPC observations, or all bands.
- Get NEOCP observations
Retrieve observation data for an object currently on the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page by tracklet identifier.
- Get object identifier
Look up the designations and identification details for a minor planet or comet given a name, provisional or permanent designation.
- Get observations
Retrieve recorded astrometric observation data for a solar system object by designation.
- Get observation status
Check the processing status of individual submitted observations by tracklet/station, observation ID, obs80 string, or submission block ID.
- Get observatory codes
Retrieve details for one or all observatories registered with the MPC by observatory code.
- Get orbital elements
Retrieve orbital elements and related parameters for a solar system object by designation.
- List objects
List solar system objects belonging to a named group such as NEOs, comets, or TNOs, ordered by designation.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Anchor and Minor Planet Center, answered
What can start an automation from Anchor?
Any of Anchor's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Proposal Sent, Agreement Amended, Proposal Approved and Proposal Published. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Minor Planet Center when something happens in Anchor?
Any of Minor Planet Center's 11 actions, including Find MPECs, Find near-duplicate observations, Get action code and Get magnitude band. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Minor Planet Center to Anchor?
Minor Planet Center has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Anchor. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Minor Planet Center's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Anchor or Minor Planet Center?
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.
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.