--- title: "Connect AWS DynamoDB to Foursquare - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Item\" fires in AWS DynamoDB, your agent runs \"Match place\" in Foursquare." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/aws-dynamodb-to-foursquare" --- # Connect AWS DynamoDB to Foursquare When **New Item** fires in [AWS DynamoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/aws-dynamodb), your agent runs **Match place** in [Foursquare](https://apiant.ai/connections/foursquare). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. AWS DynamoDB **2** triggers AWS DynamoDB **6** actions Foursquare **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want AWS DynamoDB and Foursquare 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 AWS DynamoDB can start in Foursquare - When **New Item** in AWS DynamoDB then **Match place** in Foursquare - When **New Table** in AWS DynamoDB then **Find places by autocomplete** in Foursquare 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 AWS DynamoDB and Foursquare ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 10 actions - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when a new item is added to a DynamoDB table. Best suited to tables of up to a few thousand items, since each check reads the table. - Trigger **New Table** Triggers when a new DynamoDB table is created in the connected region. - Action **Create or Replace Item** Adds an item to a DynamoDB table, replacing any item with the same key. - Action **Delete Item** Deletes an item from a DynamoDB table by its key and returns what it held. - Action **Find Items** Finds items in a DynamoDB table that share a partition key, optionally narrowed to an exact sort key. - Action **Get Item** Returns one item from a DynamoDB table by its key. - Action **Run PartiQL Statement** Runs a PartiQL (SQL-compatible) statement against DynamoDB and returns any items it produces. - Action **Update Item** Changes attributes of an existing item in a DynamoDB table and returns the updated item. - Action **Find places by autocomplete** Returns place, address and search suggestions for partially typed text, optionally biased to a location. - Action **Find places nearby** Returns the places closest to a latitude/longitude, optionally narrowed by a search term — useful for working out which place a user is at. - Action **Get place** Returns the details of a Foursquare place, such as its name, address, categories and contact information. - Action **Match place** Finds the single Foursquare place that best matches a business name and address or location, with a match confidence score. ## Each app on its own - [ **AWS DynamoDB** Serverless NoSQL database service for storing and querying key-value and document data at scale.](https://apiant.ai/connections/aws-dynamodb) - [ **Foursquare** Swarm by Foursquare is a popular geographical location-based social network that incorporates gaming elements.](https://apiant.ai/connections/foursquare) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from AWS DynamoDB - [ **AWS DynamoDB to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aws-dynamodb-to-hubspot) - [ **AWS DynamoDB to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aws-dynamodb-to-salesforce) - [ **AWS DynamoDB to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-foursquare) - [ **Google Sheets to Foursquare** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-foursquare) - [ **Gmail to Foursquare** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-foursquare) - [ **Google Calendar to Foursquare** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-foursquare) Questions ## AWS DynamoDB and Foursquare, answered ### ### What can start an automation from AWS DynamoDB? Any of AWS DynamoDB's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Item and New Table. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Foursquare when something happens in AWS DynamoDB? Any of Foursquare's 4 actions, including Find places by autocomplete, Find places nearby, Get place and Match place. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Foursquare to AWS DynamoDB? Foursquare has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in AWS DynamoDB. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Foursquare's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for AWS DynamoDB or Foursquare? 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 AWS DynamoDB and Foursquare 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.