--- title: "Connect Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Virtual Machine\" fires in Azurevirtualmachines, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Nifty." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-nifty" --- # Connect Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty When **New Virtual Machine** fires in [Azurevirtualmachines](https://apiant.ai/connections/azurevirtualmachines), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Nifty](https://apiant.ai/connections/nifty), or **New Doc** in Nifty to **Deallocate Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Azurevirtualmachines **1** trigger Azurevirtualmachines **11** actions Nifty **11** triggers Nifty **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 Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty 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 Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty can do together ### From Azurevirtualmachines to Nifty - When **New Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines then **Create Document** in Nifty - When **New Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines then **Create File** in Nifty ### From Nifty to Azurevirtualmachines - When **New Doc** in Nifty then **Deallocate Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines - When **New File** in Nifty then **Power Off Virtual Machine** in Azurevirtualmachines 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 Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New Virtual Machine** Triggers when a new virtual machine appears in an Azure subscription. - Action **Deallocate Virtual Machine** Shuts down an Azure virtual machine and releases its compute resources, so compute charges stop until it is started again. - Action **Get Virtual Machine** Returns a virtual machine's details and its current power state (running, stopped or deallocated). - Action **List Available VM Sizes** Returns the virtual machine sizes offered in an Azure region, with CPU and memory, and whether each is available to the subscription. - Action **List Locations** Returns the Azure regions available to a subscription. - Action **List Resource Groups** Returns the resource groups in an Azure subscription. - Action **List Subscriptions** Returns the Azure subscriptions the connected app registration can access. - Action **List Virtual Machines** Returns every virtual machine in an Azure subscription, with its size, region and resource group. - Action **List Virtual Machines in Resource Group** Returns the virtual machines in one Azure resource group, with their size and region. - Action **Power Off Virtual Machine** Powers off an Azure virtual machine. The machine stops running but stays allocated, so compute charges continue; use Deallocate Virtual Machine to stop them. - Action **Restart Virtual Machine** Restarts a running Azure virtual machine. Azure accepts the request and reboots the machine in the background. - Action **Start Virtual Machine** Starts a stopped or deallocated Azure virtual machine. Azure accepts the request and powers the machine on in the background. - Trigger **New Doc** Triggers when a new doc is created. - Trigger **New File** Triggers when a new file is uploaded. - Trigger **New Message** Triggers when a new message is sent. - Trigger **New Milestone** Triggers when a new milestone is created. - Trigger **New Portfolio** Triggers when a new portfolio is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Status** Triggers when a new status is created. - Trigger **New Subtask** Triggers when a new subtask is created. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **Task Is Completed** Triggers when a task is completed. - Action **Create Document** Creates a Nifty document in a project, optionally seeding its body from Markdown. - Action **Create File** creates a file record in a project from text content (or a URL), firing file.created. - Action **Create Milestone** Creates a milestone (a date-spanning list shown on the project roadmap) in a Nifty project. - Action **Create Portfolio** Creates a portfolio (a team-level grouping of projects) in Nifty. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Status** Creates a status column (Kanban column / list stage) in a Nifty project. - Action **Create Subtask** Creates a new subtask. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a tag (called a label in the Nifty API) that can be applied across the workspace to tasks, documents, files and more. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task. - Action **Create Upload URL** Returns a presigned upload URL and storage key for a new file. Upload the bytes to the URL, then pass the key to Create File. - Action **Get Document** Retrieve a single Nifty document's details (name, project, access type, author, timestamps). The document body is not included. - Action **Get Message** Retrieve a single Nifty message (chat message or comment) by its ID. - Action **Get Milestone** Retrieve a single milestone by its id, including its custom-field values. - Action **Get Project** Retrieve a single Nifty project by its id, including its custom-field values and any related records you ask to expand. - Action **Get Status** Retrieve a single Nifty status column by its id. - Action **Get Tag** Retrieves a single tag (Nifty label) by id. - Action **Send Message** Posts a message in Nifty: into a chat, as a comment on a task, document, file or annotation, as a reply to another message, or as a direct message to a team member. ## Each app on its own - [ **Azurevirtualmachines** Cloud computing service for creating and managing on-demand Linux and Windows virtual machines.](https://apiant.ai/connections/azurevirtualmachines) - [ **Nifty** Nifty helps you communicate with your team members and manage your projects — all in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nifty) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Azurevirtualmachines - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-hubspot) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/azurevirtualmachines-to-salesforce) - [ **Azurevirtualmachines to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Azurevirtualmachines's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Virtual Machine. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Nifty when something happens in Azurevirtualmachines? Any of Nifty's 17 actions, including Create Document, Create File, Create Milestone and Create Portfolio. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Nifty to Azurevirtualmachines? Yes. When something happens in Nifty, your agent can act in Azurevirtualmachines too. This page covers both directions: Nifty's triggers and Azurevirtualmachines's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Azurevirtualmachines or Nifty? 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 Azurevirtualmachines and Nifty 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.