--- title: "Connect Better Uptime to Placid - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New incident\" fires in Better Uptime, your agent runs \"Convert File to URL\" in Placid." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-placid" --- # Connect Better Uptime to Placid When **New incident** fires in [Better Uptime](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime), your agent runs **Convert File to URL** in [Placid](https://apiant.ai/connections/placid). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Better Uptime **1** trigger Better Uptime **10** actions Placid **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Better Uptime and Placid 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 Better Uptime can start in Placid - When **New incident** in Better Uptime then **Convert File to URL** in Placid - When **New incident** in Better Uptime then **Create Image** in Placid 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 Better Uptime and Placid ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 17 actions - Trigger **New incident** Polling trigger for new incidents. - Action **Add heartbeat** Create a heartbeat. - Action **Add incident** Create an incident. - Action **Add monitor** Create a monitor. - Action **Delete monitor** Delete a monitor. - Action **Get incident** Get an incident by id. - Action **Get monitor** Get a monitor by id. - Action **List heartbeats** List heartbeats. - Action **List incidents** List incidents. - Action **List monitors** List monitors (paginated). - Action **Update monitor** Update a monitor. - Action **Convert File to URL** Convert files from previous steps into media URLs - Action **Create Image** Create an Image from one of your templates - Action **Create PDF** Create a PDF from one of your templates - Action **Create Video** Create a Video from one of your templates - Action **Get Image** Retrieve an image by its ID (for usage with queued images after a delay for processing) - Action **Get PDF** Retrieve a PDF by its ID (for usage with queued pdfs after a delay for processing) - Action **Get Video** Retrieve a Video by its ID ## Each app on its own - [ **Better Uptime** Uptime and incident monitoring service that checks websites, APIs, and servers, alerts on-call teams, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-uptime) - [ **Placid** Placid lets you automatically create images from templates](https://apiant.ai/connections/placid) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Better Uptime - [ **Better Uptime to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-hubspot) - [ **Better Uptime to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-salesforce) - [ **Better Uptime to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-slack) - [ **Better Uptime to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-google-sheets) - [ **Better Uptime to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-gmail) - [ **Better Uptime to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-uptime-to-google-calendar) ## More into Placid - [ **Pixabay to Placid** Pixabay is a free image and video library. Search over 4 million royalty-free photos, illustrations, vector...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pixabay-to-placid) - [ **HubSpot to Placid** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-placid) - [ **Salesforce to Placid** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-placid) - [ **Slack to Placid** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-placid) - [ **Google Sheets to Placid** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-placid) - [ **Gmail to Placid** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-placid) Questions ## Better Uptime and Placid, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Better Uptime? Any of Better Uptime's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New incident. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Placid when something happens in Better Uptime? Any of Placid's 7 actions, including Create Image, Create PDF, Create Video and Convert File to URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Placid to Better Uptime? Placid has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Better Uptime. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Placid's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Better Uptime or Placid? 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 Better Uptime and Placid 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.