--- title: "Connect Buildin.AI and Paperless - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Database Item Created\" fires in Buildin.AI, your agent runs \"Create Document (From Template)\" in Paperless." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-paperless" --- # Connect Buildin.AI and Paperless When **Database Item Created** fires in [Buildin.AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/buildin-ai), your agent runs **Create Document (From Template)** in [Paperless](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless), or **Document updated** in Paperless to **Add Block to Page** in Buildin.AI. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buildin.AI **2** triggers Buildin.AI **8** actions Paperless **2** triggers Paperless **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Buildin.AI and Paperless 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 Buildin.AI and Paperless can do together ### From Buildin.AI to Paperless - When **Database Item Created** in Buildin.AI then **Create Document (From Template)** in Paperless - When **Page Updated** in Buildin.AI then **Update Document** in Paperless ### From Paperless to Buildin.AI - When **Document updated** in Paperless then **Add Block to Page** in Buildin.AI - When **New document created** in Paperless then **Add Content to Page** in Buildin.AI 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 Buildin.AI and Paperless ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 14 actions - Trigger **Database Item Created** Triggers when a new item (row) is added to a Buildin database. - Trigger **Page Updated** Triggers when a page in your Buildin workspace is created or edited. - Action **Add Block to Page** Appends one or more content blocks (paragraphs, headings, to-dos, lists and more) to a Buildin page or block. - Action **Add Content to Page** Adds a paragraph of text to the end of a Buildin page (or after/before a chosen block). - Action **Create Database** Creates a new database in Buildin with the columns you define, optionally inside a parent page. - Action **Create Database Item** Creates a new item (row) in a Buildin database, with its property values and optional page content. - Action **Create Page** Creates a new page in Buildin, at the workspace root, under a parent page, or as a row in a database, with optional content. - Action **Find Page by Title** Searches the workspace for pages whose title matches the text you give and returns the matching pages, with the first match broken out. - Action **Get Page and Children** Returns a page's details together with the content blocks directly inside it (up to 100). - Action **Update Database Item** Updates the property values, icon or cover of an existing item in a Buildin database. - Trigger **Document updated** Fires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event. - Trigger **New document created** Fires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event. - Action **Create Document (From Template)** Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away. - Action **Delete Document** Permanently delete a document by ID. - Action **Get Document** Retrieves a single Paperless document by its id. - Action **Get Template** Retrieves a single Paperless template by its id. - Action **List Templates** List all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document. - Action **Update Document** Updates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched. ## Each app on its own - [ **Buildin.AI** Buildin.AI is a workspace for docs, notes, tasks, wikis, databases & more.](https://apiant.ai/connections/buildin-ai) - [ **Paperless** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Buildin.AI - [ **Buildin.AI to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-hubspot) - [ **Buildin.AI to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-salesforce) - [ **Buildin.AI to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-slack) - [ **Buildin.AI to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-google-sheets) - [ **Buildin.AI to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-gmail) - [ **Buildin.AI to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-google-calendar) ## More into Paperless - [ **Gmail to Paperless** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-paperless) - [ **Google Drive to Paperless** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-paperless) - [ **Erpnext to Paperless** Open-source ERP system for accounting, inventory, manufacturing, sales, projects, and CRM.](https://apiant.ai/connect/erpnext-to-paperless) - [ **HubSpot to Paperless** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-paperless) - [ **Google Sheets to Paperless** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-paperless) - [ **Google Calendar to Paperless** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-paperless) Questions ## Buildin.AI and Paperless, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Buildin.AI? Any of Buildin.AI's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Database Item Created and Page Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Paperless when something happens in Buildin.AI? Any of Paperless's 6 actions, including Create Document (From Template), Update Document, Get Document and Get Template. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Paperless to Buildin.AI? Yes. When something happens in Paperless, your agent can act in Buildin.AI too. This page covers both directions: Paperless's triggers and Buildin.AI's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buildin.AI or Paperless? 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 Buildin.AI and Paperless 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.