--- title: "Connect Basin and Perigon - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Submission\" fires in Basin, your agent runs \"Add monitor\" in Perigon, or \"New article\" in Perigon to \"Add project\" in Basin." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-perigon" --- # Connect Basin and Perigon When **New Submission** fires in [Basin](https://apiant.ai/connections/basin), your agent runs **Add monitor** in [Perigon](https://apiant.ai/connections/perigon), or **New article** in Perigon to **Add project** in Basin. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Basin **1** trigger Basin **11** actions Perigon **1** trigger Perigon **9** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Basin and Perigon 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 Basin and Perigon can do together ### From Basin to Perigon - When **New Submission** in Basin then **Add monitor** in Perigon - When **New Submission** in Basin then **Update monitor** in Perigon ### From Perigon to Basin - When **New article** in Perigon then **Add project** in Basin - When **New article** in Perigon then **List projects** in Basin 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 Basin and Perigon ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **New Submission** Triggers when your form receives a submission. - Action **Add form** Create a new form under a project. - Action **Add project** Create a new project (form-organizing container). - Action **Delete form** Destroy a form. - Action **Delete submission** Destroy a submission. - Action **Get form** Retrieve a single form by id. - Action **Get submission** Retrieve a single submission by id. - Action **List forms** List all forms accessible to the account. - Action **List projects** List all projects accessible to the account. - Action **List submissions** List submissions for a form. - Action **Update form** Update a form's configuration (notifications, spam protection, branding, etc). - Action **Update submission** Update a submission's state fields (spam, read, trash). - Trigger **New article** Polling trigger for newly added articles matching a query, sortBy=addDate. - Action **Add monitor** Create a monitor. - Action **Delete monitor** Delete a monitor. - Action **Find articles** Search news articles by query, source, date, etc. - Action **Find people** Search people. - Action **Find stories** Search story clusters. - Action **Get journalist** Get journalist by id. - Action **Get monitor** Get monitor by uuid. - Action **List monitors** List monitors. - Action **Update monitor** Update a monitor. ## Each app on its own - [ **Basin** Basin is a simple form backend that allows you to collect submission data without writing a single line of...](https://apiant.ai/connections/basin) - [ **Perigon** REST API for real-time news search, monitoring, and enriched data on companies, people, and topics.](https://apiant.ai/connections/perigon) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Basin - [ **Basin to FairTest** FairTest is a drug and alcohol testing management platform that helps organisations run random selections...](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-fairtest) - [ **Basin to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-hubspot) - [ **Basin to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-salesforce) - [ **Basin to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-slack) - [ **Basin to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-google-sheets) - [ **Basin to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/basin-to-google-calendar) ## More into Perigon - [ **HubSpot to Perigon** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-perigon) - [ **Google Sheets to Perigon** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-perigon) - [ **Gmail to Perigon** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-perigon) - [ **Google Calendar to Perigon** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-perigon) - [ **Google Drive to Perigon** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-perigon) - [ **Mailchimp to Perigon** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-perigon) Questions ## Basin and Perigon, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Basin? Any of Basin's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Submission. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Perigon when something happens in Basin? Any of Perigon's 9 actions, including Update monitor, Add monitor, Find articles and Find people. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Perigon to Basin? Yes. When something happens in Perigon, your agent can act in Basin too. This page covers both directions: Perigon's triggers and Basin's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Basin or Perigon? 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 Basin and Perigon 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.