--- title: "Connect Barter.VG and Instapaper - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New giveaway\" fires in Barter.VG, your agent runs \"Add Page\" in Instapaper, or \"New bookmark\" in Instapaper to \"Find items by tag\" in Barter.VG." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-instapaper" --- # Connect Barter.VG and Instapaper When **New giveaway** fires in [Barter.VG](https://apiant.ai/connections/barter-vg), your agent runs **Add Page** in [Instapaper](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper), or **New bookmark** in Instapaper to **Find items by tag** in Barter.VG. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Barter.VG **1** trigger Barter.VG **13** actions Instapaper **1** trigger Instapaper **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Barter.VG and Instapaper 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 Barter.VG and Instapaper can do together ### From Barter.VG to Instapaper - When **New giveaway** in Barter.VG then **Add Page** in Instapaper - When **New giveaway** in Barter.VG then **Add folder** in Instapaper ### From Instapaper to Barter.VG - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Find items by tag** in Barter.VG - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Get item** in Barter.VG 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 Barter.VG and Instapaper ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **New giveaway** Fires when a new game giveaway is posted on Barter.vg. - Action **Find items by tag** Search for games/DLC tagged with a given Barter.vg tag. - Action **Get bundle** Look up a single game bundle by its Barter.vg bundle ID. - Action **Get item** Look up a single game/DLC item by its Barter.vg item ID. - Action **Get offer** Look up a single trade offer by trader and offer ID on Barter.vg. - Action **Get Steam app** Look up Barter.vg's trading data for a Steam app ID. - Action **Get Steam user** Look up a Barter.vg trader by their SteamID. - Action **Get user** Look up a Barter.vg trader's public profile by user ID. - Action **Get user offers** List trade offers made to or by a trader on Barter.vg. - Action **Get user tradables** Get the items a trader has listed as tradable on Barter.vg. - Action **Get user wishlist** Get a trader's wishlist of games on Barter.vg. - Action **List bundles** List currently tracked game bundles on Barter.vg. - Action **List giveaways** List currently active game giveaways on Barter.vg. - Action **List users** List traders registered on Barter.vg. - Trigger **New bookmark** Triggers when a new bookmark is saved to your Instapaper account. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new folder in the user's Instapaper account for organizing bookmarks. - Action **Add highlight** Creates a highlight on an Instapaper bookmark, optionally with a note attached, and returns the new highlight. - Action **Add Page** Saves a web page (or private content) to the user's Instapaper library and returns the saved bookmark. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in the Instapaper account that bookmarks can be labelled with. - Action **Add tags to bookmark** Adds tags to and/or removes tags from an Instapaper bookmark, and returns the bookmark's tags afterwards. Tag names that don't exist yet are created. - Action **Delete bookmark** Permanently deletes a bookmark from the user's Instapaper library. This is not the same as archiving it. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder from the user's Instapaper account. The bookmarks in it are kept and move back to the home list. - Action **List bookmarks** Returns the bookmarks in a user's Instapaper home, archive, liked list, a folder or a tag, optionally only those changed since a given time. - Action **List folders** Returns the folders in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **List highlights** Returns every highlight (and its note) on one Instapaper bookmark. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **Update bookmark** Updates a bookmark's title, description or reading progress. Fields left blank stay unchanged. - Action **Update bookmark folder** Moves a bookmark to the archive, back to the home list, or into one of the user's folders, and returns the moved bookmark. - Action **Update tag** Renames an existing tag in the connected Instapaper account. ## Each app on its own - [ **Barter.VG** Barter.VG is a trading and tracking site for PC game keys, bundles, and giveaways.](https://apiant.ai/connections/barter-vg) - [ **Instapaper** Instapaper saves web pages to read later on your iPhone, iPad, Android, computer, or Kindle.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Barter.VG - [ **Barter.VG to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-hubspot) - [ **Barter.VG to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-salesforce) - [ **Barter.VG to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-gmail) - [ **Barter.VG to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-google-calendar) - [ **Barter.VG to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-google-drive) - [ **Barter.VG to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/barter-vg-to-mailchimp) ## More into Instapaper - [ **HubSpot to Instapaper** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Sheets to Instapaper** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-instapaper) - [ **Gmail to Instapaper** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Calendar to Instapaper** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-instapaper) - [ **Google Drive to Instapaper** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-instapaper) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Instapaper** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-instapaper) Questions ## Barter.VG and Instapaper, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Barter.VG? Any of Barter.VG's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New giveaway. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Instapaper when something happens in Barter.VG? Any of Instapaper's 14 actions, including Update bookmark, Update bookmark folder, Update tag and Add folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Instapaper to Barter.VG? Yes. When something happens in Instapaper, your agent can act in Barter.VG too. This page covers both directions: Instapaper's triggers and Barter.VG's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Barter.VG or Instapaper? 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 Barter.VG and Instapaper 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.