# Connect BriefTape to PDF Export

When **New news story** fires in [BriefTape](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape), your agent runs **Convert HTML to PDF** in [PDF Export](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-export). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

BriefTape **1** trigger BriefTape **4** actions PDF Export **3** 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 PDF Export to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 PDF Export

- When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Convert HTML to PDF** in PDF Export
- When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Export Shopify Data to PDF** in PDF Export

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 PDF Export

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 7 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

**Convert HTML to PDF**

Create PDF invoices, reports, certificates, receipts, contracts, and other business documents from a web page URL or HTML template. Use data from previous Zap steps, then customize layout, page setup, headers, footers, watermarks, security, and advanced rendering options.

- Action

**Export Shopify Data to PDF**

Create branded Shopify invoices, receipts, quotes, refunds, cancellations, and order summaries as PDF files from Shopify order data. Use the generated PDF in later steps, such as email, cloud storage, or customer support.

- Action

**Raw Request Data to PDF**

Save webhook, form, API, JSON, XML, URL-encoded, or plain text data as a readable PDF. Useful for archiving submissions, keeping records of incoming requests, reviewing automation data, or troubleshooting Zaps.

## Each app on its own

- [ **BriefTape** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape)
- [ **PDF Export** PDF Export is a document conversion service that converts web pages and HTML to high-quality PDF documents.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-export)

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. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-slack)
- [ **BriefTape to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](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)

## More into PDF Export

- [ **HubSpot to PDF Export** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-export)
- [ **Salesforce to PDF Export** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-export)
- [ **Slack to PDF Export** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-export)
- [ **Google Sheets to PDF Export** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-export)
- [ **Gmail to PDF Export** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-export)
- [ **Google Calendar to PDF Export** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-export)

Questions

## BriefTape and PDF Export, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in PDF Export when something happens in BriefTape?

Any of PDF Export's 3 actions, including Convert HTML to PDF, Export Shopify Data to PDF and Raw Request Data to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from PDF Export to BriefTape?

PDF Export has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BriefTape. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Export's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or PDF Export?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
