--- title: "Connect Brandfolder to PDF Generator API - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Brandfolder\" fires in Brandfolder, your agent runs \"Generate document\" in PDF Generator API." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-pdf-generator-api" --- # Connect Brandfolder to PDF Generator API When **New Brandfolder** fires in [Brandfolder](https://apiant.ai/connections/brandfolder), your agent runs **Generate document** in [PDF Generator API](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-generator-api). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Brandfolder **3** triggers Brandfolder **18** actions PDF Generator API **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Brandfolder and PDF Generator API 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 Brandfolder can start in PDF Generator API - When **New Brandfolder** in Brandfolder then **Generate document** in PDF Generator API - When **New Collection** in Brandfolder then **Add form** in PDF Generator API 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 Brandfolder and PDF Generator API ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 34 actions - Trigger **New Brandfolder** Triggers when a new Brandfolder becomes accessible to the connected user. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection becomes accessible to the connected Brandfolder user. - Trigger **New Section** Triggers when a new section is added to a Brandfolder. - Action **Create Asset** Creates an asset in a Brandfolder section, optionally with file attachments imported from public URLs. - Action **Create Brandfolder** Creates a new Brandfolder in the chosen organization. - Action **Create Custom Field** Creates a controlled custom field key in a Brandfolder, optionally restricting its allowed values. - Action **Create Section** Creates a new section in a Brandfolder to organize assets. - Action **Create Tag** Adds one or more tags to a Brandfolder asset and returns all of the asset's tags. - Action **Delete asset** Deletes an asset from Brandfolder. - Action **Delete collection** Deletes a collection from Brandfolder. - Action **Get asset** Returns a single Brandfolder asset by its id, optionally with its related attachments, tags, collections, section and custom fields. - Action **Get Brandfolder** Returns a single Brandfolder by its id, including its name, privacy, slug and tagline. - Action **Get collection** Returns a Brandfolder collection's details, optionally with its asset count and related records. - Action **List assets** Returns the assets in a Brandfolder, optionally narrowed by a search query and expanded with related records such as tags, collections or attachments. - Action **List Brandfolders** Returns all Brandfolders the connected user can access, optionally filtered by a search query. - Action **List collections** Returns every collection your Brandfolder account can access, across all Brandfolders. - Action **List sections** Returns the sections in a Brandfolder, with each section's name, default asset type and position. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags on assets in a Brandfolder. - Action **Update Asset** Updates an existing Brandfolder asset's name, description, thumbnail, approval, availability dates, and can add new attachments. - Action **Update attachment** Updates an attachment's file name or replaces its file from a URL, and returns the updated attachment. - Action **Update Brandfolder** Updates the name, privacy, slug or tagline of a Brandfolder. - Action **Add form** Create a new form. - Action **Add template** Creates a new template in the workspace of the connected account. Leave the layout and pages blank to create an empty template you can design later in the editor. - Action **Add workspace** Creates a regular workspace with the identifier you supply. - Action **Convert HTML to PDF** Converts HTML content to a PDF document and returns it base64-encoded. - Action **Convert URL to PDF** Convert a web page URL to a PDF. - Action **Delete document** Delete a stored document from PDF Generator API's Document Storage. - Action **Delete template** Deletes a template from the workspace. - Action **Generate document** Merges a template with your data and returns the generated document as base64 content or a temporary public URL. - Action **Generate QR code** Generate a QR code image asset. - Action **Get document** Returns a document stored in Document Storage: its public URL and file details. - Action **Get template** Returns the configuration of a template: name, tags, draft status, layout, pages and components, data settings and editor preferences. - Action **List documents** Lists documents generated and stored in PDF Generator API (only documents generated with the URL/storage output option). Optionally filter by template and date range. - Action **List forms** Returns the forms available for the organization. - Action **List templates** Retrieve all templates in the workspace. - Action **List workspaces** Returns the workspaces in your PDF Generator API organization. - Action **Update template** Replaces a template's configuration. Layout and pages are replaced as a whole, not merged. ## Each app on its own - [ **Brandfolder** Store, share, and showcase your assets in one place with Brandfolder, the world's most powerfully simple...](https://apiant.ai/connections/brandfolder) - [ **PDF Generator API** # Introduction PDF Generator API allows you easily generate transactional PDF documents and reduce the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-generator-api) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Brandfolder - [ **Brandfolder to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-hubspot) - [ **Brandfolder to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-salesforce) - [ **Brandfolder to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-slack) - [ **Brandfolder to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-google-sheets) - [ **Brandfolder to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-gmail) - [ **Brandfolder to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brandfolder-to-google-calendar) ## More into PDF Generator API - [ **Wix to PDF Generator API** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/wix-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **PostgreSQL to PDF Generator API** Connect directly to a PostgreSQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/postgresql-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **HubSpot to PDF Generator API** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **Salesforce to PDF Generator API** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **Slack to PDF Generator API** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Generator API** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-generator-api) Questions ## Brandfolder and PDF Generator API, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Brandfolder? Any of Brandfolder's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Brandfolder, New Collection and New Section. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Generator API when something happens in Brandfolder? Any of PDF Generator API's 16 actions, including Update template, Add form, Add template and Add workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Generator API to Brandfolder? PDF Generator API has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Brandfolder. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Generator API's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Brandfolder or PDF Generator API? 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 Brandfolder and PDF Generator API 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.