--- title: "Connect Beamer to Selectpdf - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Idea Comment\" fires in Beamer, your agent runs \"Convert HTML to PDF\" in Selectpdf." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-selectpdf" --- # Connect Beamer to Selectpdf When **New Idea Comment** fires in [Beamer](https://apiant.ai/connections/beamer), your agent runs **Convert HTML to PDF** in [Selectpdf](https://apiant.ai/connections/selectpdf). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Beamer **2** triggers Beamer **6** actions Selectpdf **3** 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 Selectpdf 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 Selectpdf - When **New Idea Comment** in Beamer then **Convert HTML to PDF** in Selectpdf - When **New Idea Vote** in Beamer then **Extract text from PDF** in Selectpdf 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 Selectpdf ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 9 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 **Convert HTML to PDF** Converts an HTML string into a PDF document and returns the PDF file, with options for page size, margins, headers, footers, page numbers, document info and security. - Action **Extract text from PDF** Extracts the text (plain text or HTML) from a PDF document given by URL or as an uploaded file. Works on PDFs with selectable text; it does not OCR scanned images. - Action **Merge PDFs** Combines several PDF files, given by their URLs, into one PDF in the order listed, with optional source passwords, output password protection, document information and viewer preferences. Returns the merged PDF file. ## 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) - [ **Selectpdf** REST API and.NET library that converts HTML pages into PDF documents for invoices, reports, and contracts.](https://apiant.ai/connections/selectpdf) 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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-slack) - [ **Beamer to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-google-sheets) - [ **Beamer to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-gmail) - [ **Beamer to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-google-calendar) - [ **Beamer to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beamer-to-google-drive) ## More into Selectpdf - [ **HubSpot to Selectpdf** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-selectpdf) - [ **Salesforce to Selectpdf** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-selectpdf) - [ **Slack to Selectpdf** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-selectpdf) - [ **Google Sheets to Selectpdf** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-selectpdf) - [ **Gmail to Selectpdf** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-selectpdf) - [ **Google Calendar to Selectpdf** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-selectpdf) Questions ## Beamer and Selectpdf, 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 Selectpdf when something happens in Beamer? Any of Selectpdf's 3 actions, including Convert HTML to PDF, Extract text from PDF and Merge PDFs. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Selectpdf to Beamer? Selectpdf has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Beamer. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Selectpdf's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Beamer or Selectpdf? 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 Selectpdf 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.