--- title: "Connect Booker Merchant and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Customer\" fires in Booker Merchant, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/booker-merchant-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Booker Merchant and The Old Reader When **New Customer** fires in [Booker Merchant](https://apiant.ai/connections/booker-merchant), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Create Customer** in Booker Merchant. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Booker Merchant **6** triggers Booker Merchant **53** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Booker Merchant and The Old Reader 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Booker Merchant and The Old Reader can do together ### From Booker Merchant to The Old Reader - When **New Customer** in Booker Merchant then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Order** in Booker Merchant then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Booker Merchant - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Customer** in Booker Merchant - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create Dependent Customer** in Booker Merchant 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 Booker Merchant and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 65 actions - Trigger **New Customer** Triggered when a new customer is added at a location. - Trigger **New Order** Triggered when a new order is added at a location. - Trigger **New or Updated Appointment** Triggered when an appointment is added or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Appointment Treatment** Triggered when an appointment treatment line is added or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Customer** Triggered when a customer is added or updated. - Trigger **Updated Customer** Triggered when an existing customer is updated. - Action **Create Customer** Create a new customer. - Action **Create Dependent Customer** Create a customer that belongs to another customer's account. - Action **Create Employee** Create a new employee. - Action **Create Membership** Create a new membership. - Action **Create Room** Create a new room. - Action **Create Special** Create a special/promotion at a location. - Action **Delete Customer** Delete a customer. - Action **Delete Employee** Delete an employee. - Action **Delete Membership** Delete a membership. - Action **Delete Room** Delete a room. - Action **Find Appointments** List appointments at a location within a date range. - Action **Find Customers** List/search customers at a location. - Action **Find Employees** List employees/staff at a location. - Action **Find Location** Find a single location matching your filters. - Action **Find Locations** List locations for the merchant account. - Action **Find Orders** List orders at a location. - Action **Find Packages** Search the packages a location sells. - Action **Find Products** Search the products available to sell on an order. - Action **Find Rooms** Search the treatment rooms at a location. - Action **Find Series** Search the service series a location sells. - Action **Find Specials** List active specials/promotions at a location. - Action **Find Treatments** List bookable treatments/services at a location. - Action **Get Appointment** Get a single appointment by ID. - Action **Get Appointment By Booking Number** Retrieves an appointment using the booking reference the customer was given, rather than its internal Booker id. - Action **Get Appointments** Retrieves a batch of appointments by their Booker ids, with their treatments, staff, customer and times. - Action **Get Customer** Get a single customer by ID. - Action **Get Customer Appointments** List the appointments booked for one customer. - Action **Get Customer Types** List the customer types configured at a location. - Action **Get Employee** Get a single employee by ID. - Action **Get Employee Schedule** Retrieve an employee's working schedule. - Action **Get Gift Certificate Templates** List the gift certificate templates a location offers. - Action **Get Location** Get a single location by ID. - Action **Get Location Cancellation Policy** Retrieve a location's cancellation policy. - Action **Get Location Categories** List a location's service categories. - Action **Get Location Return Policy** Retrieve a location's return policy. - Action **Get Location Schedule** Get a location's day schedule / business hours. - Action **Get Location Sub Categories** List the sub-categories under a location's service category. - Action **Get Package** Retrieve a package by its id. - Action **Get Product Categories** List the product categories available. - Action **Get Product Sub Categories** List the product sub-categories available. - Action **Get Quantity In Stock** Check the stock level of a product. - Action **Get Room** Retrieve a room by its id. - Action **Get Special By Code** Retrieve a promotional special using its code. - Action **Get Treatment** Get a single treatment/service by ID. - Action **Update Customer** Update a customer record. - Action **Update Employee** Update an existing employee. - Action **Update Employee Schedule** Update an employee's working schedule. - Action **Update Location** Update an existing location. - Action **Update Location Cancellation Policy** Update a location's cancellation policy. - Action **Update Location Weekly Day Schedule** Update a location's weekly opening hours. - Action **Update Membership** Update an existing membership. - Action **Update Room** Update an existing room. - Action **Update Treatment** Update an existing treatment. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Booker Merchant** Booker by Mindbody is a cloud booking and business-management platform for spas and salons.](https://apiant.ai/connections/booker-merchant) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Booker Merchant - 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Booker Merchant? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Booker Merchant? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Booker Merchant too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Booker Merchant's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Booker Merchant or The Old Reader? 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 Booker Merchant and The Old Reader 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.