--- title: "Connect Beamer to National Weather Service - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Idea Comment\" fires in Beamer, your agent runs \"Find alerts by criteria\" in National Weather Service." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-national-weather-service" --- # Connect Beamer to National Weather Service When **New Idea Comment** fires in [Beamer](https://apiant.ai/connections/beamer), your agent runs **Find alerts by criteria** in [National Weather Service](https://apiant.ai/connections/national-weather-service). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Beamer **2** triggers Beamer **6** actions National Weather Service **10** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Beamer and National Weather Service 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 Beamer can start in National Weather Service - When **New Idea Comment** in Beamer then **Find alerts by criteria** in National Weather Service - When **New Idea Vote** in Beamer then **Get alert** in National Weather Service 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 Beamer and National Weather Service ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Idea Comment** Triggers when a new comment is sent for an idea. - Trigger **New Idea Vote** Triggers when a new vote is sent for an idea. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new Feedback idea. - Action **Create Idea Comment** Creates a new idea comment. - Action **Create Idea Vote** Creates a new idea vote. - Action **Create Post** Creates a new post. - Action **Get Post** Fetches a post by ID, with its per-language title and content, category, publication state, and engagement counts. An error occurs if the post is not found. Reading a post through this action does not count as a view in your Beamer analytics. - Action **List Posts** Returns all posts from your Beamer feed, each with its per-language title and content, category, publication state, and engagement counts. Reading posts through this action does not count as a view in your Beamer analytics. - Action **Find alerts by criteria** Returns weather alerts (current and past) matching the criteria you choose, such as area, zone, point, event, severity, urgency and time window. - Action **Get alert** Returns a single National Weather Service alert by its identifier, including its event, severity, affected area, timing and description. - Action **Get forecast** Returns the multi-day textual forecast (day and night periods) for a National Weather Service 2.5 km forecast grid square. - Action **Get hourly forecast** Returns the hour-by-hour forecast for a National Weather Service 2.5km forecast grid area, including temperature, dewpoint, humidity, wind and precipitation chance. - Action **Get latest station observation** Returns the most recent weather observation (temperature, wind, humidity, pressure and more) reported by an NWS observation station. - Action **Get point metadata** Returns National Weather Service metadata for a latitude/longitude point: its forecast office, grid coordinates, forecast links, zones, time zone and nearest city. - Action **Get zone forecast** Returns the current text forecast for a National Weather Service public forecast zone, broken into named periods such as "Tonight" and "Tuesday". - Action **List active alerts** Returns all currently active National Weather Service alerts, optionally filtered by area, zone, point, event, severity, urgency and more. - Action **List stations** Returns NWS observation stations, optionally filtered by station ID or state/marine area. - Action **List zones** Returns National Weather Service forecast, county, fire and marine zones, optionally filtered by zone ID, state or marine area, region, zone type or a location point. ## Each app on its own - [ **Beamer** Beamer is an easy to use newsfeed and changelog for your website or app.](https://apiant.ai/connections/beamer) - [ **National Weather Service** REST API providing US weather forecasts, alerts, observations, and radar data by location.](https://apiant.ai/connections/national-weather-service) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Beamer - [ **Beamer to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-salesforce) - [ **Beamer 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-national-weather-service) - [ **Google Sheets to National Weather Service** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-national-weather-service) - [ **Gmail to National Weather Service** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-national-weather-service) - [ **Google Calendar to National Weather Service** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-national-weather-service) Questions ## Beamer and National Weather Service, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Beamer? Any of Beamer's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Idea Comment and New Idea Vote. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in National Weather Service when something happens in Beamer? Any of National Weather Service's 10 actions, including Find alerts by criteria, Get alert, Get forecast and Get hourly forecast. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from National Weather Service to Beamer? National Weather Service has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Beamer. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads National Weather Service's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Beamer or National Weather Service? 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 Beamer and National Weather Service 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.