--- title: "Connect BriefTape to Google Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New news story\" fires in BriefTape, your agent runs \"Get Book\" in Google Books." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-google-books" --- # Connect BriefTape to Google Books When **New news story** fires in [BriefTape](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape), your agent runs **Get Book** in [Google Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-books). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BriefTape **1** trigger BriefTape **4** actions Google Books **2** 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 Google Books 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 BriefTape can start in Google Books - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Get Book** in Google Books - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Search Books** in Google Books 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 Google Books ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 6 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. - Action **Get Book** Returns the full details of one book in Google Books by its ID. - Action **Search Books** Searches the Google Books catalog and returns the matching books with their titles, authors and publishing details. ## Each app on its own - [ **BriefTape** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape) - [ **Google Books** REST API for searching Google's book catalog, retrieving book metadata, and managing user bookshelves.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-books) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from BriefTape - [ **BriefTape to EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-early) - [ **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. 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Google Books has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BriefTape. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Books's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or Google Books? 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 Google Books 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.