--- title: "Connect Bannerbear and Grain - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Animated Gif\" fires in Bannerbear, your agent runs \"Add Recording to Playlist\" in Grain." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-grain" --- # Connect Bannerbear and Grain When **New Animated Gif** fires in [Bannerbear](https://apiant.ai/connections/bannerbear), your agent runs **Add Recording to Playlist** in [Grain](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain), or **New Playlist** in Grain to **Join PDF Files** in Bannerbear. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bannerbear **6** triggers Bannerbear **8** actions Grain **4** triggers Grain **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bannerbear and Grain 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 Bannerbear and Grain can do together ### From Bannerbear to Grain - When **New Animated Gif** in Bannerbear then **Add Recording to Playlist** in Grain - When **New Image** in Bannerbear then **Add Tag to Recording** in Grain ### From Grain to Bannerbear - When **New Playlist** in Grain then **Join PDF Files** in Bannerbear - When **New Upload** in Grain then **Create Animated Gif** in Bannerbear 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 Bannerbear and Grain ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New Animated Gif** Triggers when a new animated gif has 100% rendered - Trigger **New Image** Triggers when a new image has been generated. - Trigger **New Movie** Triggers when a new movie has 100% rendered - Trigger **New Template** Triggers when there's a new template. - Trigger **New Video** Triggers when a new video has 100% rendered - Trigger **New Video Template** Triggers when a new Video Template is created - Action **Create Animated Gif** Creates an Animated Gif - Action **Create Image** Generates a new Image - Action **Create Movie** Joins multiple clips / images into a movie with transitions - Action **Create Screenshot** Take a screenshot of a website - Action **Find Animated Gif** Finds an Animated Gif - Action **Find Image** Finds an Image. - Action **Find Movie** Returns a single movie by its unique identifier, including its render status, progress and the final movie URL once rendering has completed. - Action **Join PDF Files** Join multiple PDF files into a single PDF - Trigger **New Playlist** Triggers when a new playlist is created in Grain. - Trigger **New Upload** Triggers when a new upload is created in Grain. - Trigger **Recording Added** Triggers when a new recording appears in your Grain account. - Trigger **Story Added** Triggers when a new story is created in Grain. - Action **Add Recording to Playlist** Adds a recording to a Grain playlist. - Action **Add Tag to Recording** Adds a tag to a Grain recording. - Action **Create Clip** Creates a clip from a time range of a Grain recording, snapped to whole transcript sentences. - Action **Create Playlist** Creates a Grain playlist. - Action **Delete Clip** Deletes a Grain clip. - Action **Delete Playlist** Deletes a Grain playlist. - Action **Get Playlist** Returns one Grain playlist. - Action **Get Recording** Returns one Grain recording with its participants and calendar details. - Action **Get Transcript** Returns the transcript of a Grain recording as speaker-labelled sections with timestamps. - Action **List Meeting Types** Returns the meeting types defined in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Playlists** Returns your Grain playlists, newest first, one page at a time. - Action **List Recordings** Returns your Grain recordings with their participants, optionally filtered by title or start time. - Action **List Stories** Returns your Grain stories, one page at a time. - Action **List Teams** Returns the teams in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Users** Returns the users in your Grain workspace, each with ID, name and email. - Action **Remove Recording from Playlist** Removes a recording from a Grain playlist. - Action **Remove Tag from Recording** Removes a tag from a Grain recording. - Action **Share Recording with Team** Shares a Grain recording with a team. - Action **Share Recording with User** Shares a Grain recording with a user in your workspace. - Action **Update Clip** Updates a Grain clip's title or time range. - Action **Update Playlist** Updates a Grain playlist's title or link access. - Action **Update Recording** Renames a Grain recording. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bannerbear** Bannerbear is a service that automatically generates variations of graphic templates.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bannerbear) - [ **Grain** Grain joins your calls to take notes, document the next steps, and file automated meeting notes in platforms...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bannerbear - [ **Bannerbear to Namedays Calendar** Namedays Calendar (nameday.abalin.net) publishes name-day data for many countries, chiefly in Central and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-namedays-calendar) - [ **Bannerbear to QR Code Crafter** QR Code Crafter renders static QR codes from supplied content.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-qr-code-crafter) - [ **Bannerbear to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-hubspot) - [ **Bannerbear to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-salesforce) - [ **Bannerbear to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-slack) - [ **Bannerbear to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bannerbear-to-google-sheets) ## More into Grain - [ **Google Sheets to Grain** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-grain) - [ **Gmail to Grain** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-grain) - [ **Google Calendar to Grain** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grain) - [ **Google Drive to Grain** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-grain) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Grain** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grain) - [ **Airtable to Grain** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-grain) Questions ## Bannerbear and Grain, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Bannerbear? Any of Bannerbear's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Animated Gif, New Image, New Movie and New Template. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Grain when something happens in Bannerbear? Any of Grain's 22 actions, including Create Clip, Create Playlist, Update Clip and Update Playlist. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Grain to Bannerbear? Yes. When something happens in Grain, your agent can act in Bannerbear too. This page covers both directions: Grain's triggers and Bannerbear's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bannerbear or Grain? 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 Bannerbear and Grain 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.