--- title: "Connect BriefTape and EARLY - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New news story\" fires in BriefTape, your agent runs \"Create Activity\" in EARLY." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-early" --- # Connect BriefTape and EARLY When **New news story** fires in [BriefTape](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape), your agent runs **Create Activity** in [EARLY](https://apiant.ai/connections/early), or **Time Entry Created** in EARLY to **Find news stories by ticker** in BriefTape. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BriefTape **1** trigger BriefTape **4** actions EARLY **13** triggers EARLY **19** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want BriefTape and EARLY 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) BriefTape watches SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS releases and tags each summary with a ticker, while EARLY holds the activities and time entries your team bills against. Connecting them means a filing summary can open the right EARLY activity or time entry, and time tracked in EARLY can pull back the stories that prompted the work. Example flows ## What BriefTape and EARLY can do together ### From BriefTape to EARLY - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Create Activity** in EARLY - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Start Tracking** in EARLY ### From EARLY to BriefTape - When **Time Entry Created** in EARLY then **Find news stories by ticker** in BriefTape - When **Tracking Started** in EARLY then **Get story** in BriefTape 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 BriefTape and EARLY ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **New news story** Triggered when a new news story is created - Action **Find news stories by ticker** Finds the AI-summarized SEC filing news stories tagged with a stock ticker. - Action **Get story** Retrieves one news story, including its source filing link. - Action **List categories** Lists all active news story categories with their story counts. - Action **List news stories** Lists the latest AI-summarized news stories, optionally filtered by ticker or category. - Trigger **Activity Created** Triggers when an activity is created. - Trigger **Activity Deleted** Triggers when an activity is deleted. - Trigger **Activity Updated** Triggers when an activity is updated. - Trigger **Folder Created** Triggers when a folder is created. - Trigger **Folder Deleted** Triggers when a folder is deleted. - Trigger **Folder Updated** Triggers when a folder is updated. - Trigger **Time Entry Created** Triggers when a time entry is created. - Trigger **Time Entry Deleted** Triggers when a time entry is deleted. - Trigger **Time Entry Updated** Triggers when a time entry is updated. - Trigger **Tracking Canceled** Triggers when a tracking is canceled. - Trigger **Tracking Started** Triggers when a new tracking is started. - Trigger **Tracking Stopped** Triggers when a tracking is stopped. - Trigger **Tracking Updated** Triggers when a tracking is updated. - Action **Add Member to Folder** Adds a person with a given email to a folder. - Action **Cancel Current Tracking** Cancels the tracking that is currently running without saving a time entry - Action **Create Activity** Creates an activity. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder. - Action **Create Tag** Creates an tag. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry for a given activity, start- and end-time. - Action **Delete Activity** Deletes an activity by ID - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder by ID - Action **Delete Time Entry** Deletes a time entry by ID - Action **Get Current Tracking** Gets the tracking that is currently running - Action **Get Folder** Gets a folder by ID - Action **Get Time Entry** Gets a time entry by ID - Action **List Activities** Lists the activities in the account - Action **Start Tracking** Start Tracking an Activity. - Action **Stop Current Tracking** Stop the current time tracking. - Action **Update Activity** Updates an existing activity by ID - Action **Update Current Tracking** Updates the tracking that is currently running - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder by ID - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry by ID ## Each app on its own - [ **BriefTape** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape) - [ **EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connections/early) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from BriefTape - [ **BriefTape to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-hubspot) - [ **BriefTape to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-salesforce) - [ **BriefTape to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-slack) - [ **BriefTape to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-google-sheets) - [ **BriefTape to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-gmail) - [ **BriefTape to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-google-calendar) ## More into EARLY - [ **HubSpot to EARLY** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-early) - [ **Slack to EARLY** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-early) - [ **Airtable to EARLY** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-early) - [ **Asana to EARLY** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-early) - [ **ClickUp to EARLY** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-early) - [ **Discord to EARLY** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-early) Questions ## BriefTape and EARLY, answered ### ### Can a BriefTape story log time in EARLY on its own? Yes, a new news story in BriefTape can create an activity, start tracking or create a time entry in EARLY, and the full story can be fetched first so the source filing link travels with it. The agent tests every scenario, including stories for tickers you do not follow. ### ### Can I see which filings relate to the work I just tracked? Yes, when a tracking starts or a time entry is created in EARLY, BriefTape can find news stories by ticker or list the latest stories in a category. The result rests on the ticker or category you pass in from the EARLY activity. ### ### What can start an automation from BriefTape? Any of BriefTape's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New news story. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in EARLY when something happens in BriefTape? Any of EARLY's 19 actions, including Create Activity, Start Tracking, Create Folder and Create Tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from EARLY to BriefTape? Yes. When something happens in EARLY, your agent can act in BriefTape too. This page covers both directions: EARLY's triggers and BriefTape's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or EARLY? 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 BriefTape and EARLY 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.