--- title: "Connect BriefTape to WattFigure - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New news story\" fires in BriefTape, your agent runs \"Calculate appliance running cost\" in WattFigure." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/brieftape-to-wattfigure" --- # Connect BriefTape to WattFigure When **New news story** fires in [BriefTape](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape), your agent runs **Calculate appliance running cost** in [WattFigure](https://apiant.ai/connections/wattfigure). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BriefTape **1** trigger BriefTape **4** actions WattFigure **8** 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 WattFigure 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 WattFigure - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Calculate appliance running cost** in WattFigure - When **New news story** in BriefTape then **Calculate EV charging cost** in WattFigure 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 WattFigure ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 12 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 **Calculate appliance running cost** Calculate an appliance's running cost at a given state's electricity rate. - Action **Calculate EV charging cost** Calculate an EV's home charging cost at a given state's electricity rate. - Action **Get appliance** Get one appliance's usage assumptions by slug. - Action **Get electricity rate** Get one state's electricity rate, national rank, and year-over-year change. - Action **Get vehicle** Get one EV's EPA consumption and range by slug. - Action **List appliances** Get the appliance catalog with energy usage assumptions. - Action **List electricity rates** Get the average residential electricity price for all 51 US jurisdictions. - Action **List vehicles** Get the EV catalog with EPA consumption and range figures. ## Each app on its own - [ **BriefTape** Real-time AI-summarized SEC filings, Fed, FDA and BLS data, ticker-tagged](https://apiant.ai/connections/brieftape) - [ **WattFigure** WattFigure publishes US residential and commercial electricity rates by state together with derived...](https://apiant.ai/connections/wattfigure) 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 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) ## More into WattFigure - [ **Copper to WattFigure** Copper is a Recommended for Google Workspace CRM that improves productivity and increases visibility across...](https://apiant.ai/connect/copper-to-wattfigure) - [ **Freelo to WattFigure** Project management software with task lists, Kanban boards, time tracking, and project budgeting for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/freelo-to-wattfigure) - [ **HubSpot to WattFigure** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-wattfigure) - [ **Salesforce to WattFigure** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-wattfigure) - [ **Slack to WattFigure** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-wattfigure) - [ **Google Sheets to WattFigure** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-wattfigure) Questions ## BriefTape and WattFigure, answered ### ### 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 WattFigure when something happens in BriefTape? Any of WattFigure's 8 actions, including Calculate appliance running cost, Calculate EV charging cost, Get appliance and Get electricity rate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from WattFigure to BriefTape? WattFigure has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BriefTape. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads WattFigure's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for BriefTape or WattFigure? 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 WattFigure 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.