--- title: "Connect Buildin.AI and Roam - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Database Item Created\" fires in Buildin.AI, your agent runs \"Send Channel Message\" in Roam." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-roam" --- # Connect Buildin.AI and Roam When **Database Item Created** fires in [Buildin.AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/buildin-ai), your agent runs **Send Channel Message** in [Roam](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam), or **New Recording** in Roam 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 Roam **6** triggers Roam **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 Roam 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 Roam can do together ### From Buildin.AI to Roam - When **Database Item Created** in Buildin.AI then **Send Channel Message** in Roam - When **Page Updated** in Buildin.AI then **Send Direct Message** in Roam ### From Roam to Buildin.AI - When **New Recording** in Roam then **Add Block to Page** in Buildin.AI - When **New Transcript** in Roam 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 Roam ## Triggers and actions 8 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 **Lobby Booked** Triggers when a lobby is booked. - Trigger **New Recording** Triggers when a new meeting recording is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **New Transcript** Triggers when a new transcript is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **On-Air: Event Created** Triggers when a new On-Air event is created. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest Added** Triggers when a guest is added to an On-Air event. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest RSVP Changed** Triggers when a guest changes their RSVP status on an On-Air event. - Action **Create Meeting Link** Creates a new Roam meeting link and returns its ID and shareable URL. Optionally set the host's email and the meeting's start and end times. - Action **Find User by Email** Looks up a member of your Roam organization by their email address and returns their profile, including user ID, name, photo and admin status. - Action **On-Air: Add Guest** Adds a guest to a Roam On-Air event by email, optionally setting their name, phone and RSVP status, and returns the created guest. - Action **On-Air: Find Event** Returns the On-Air events whose title contains the text you search for, taken from your most recent events. Returns an empty list when nothing matches. - Action **Send Channel Message** Posts a message to a Roam channel and returns the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. - Action **Send Direct Message** Sends a direct message to one person in Roam and returns the conversation ID plus the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. ## 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) - [ **Roam** Send notifications to Roam, your Cloud HQ.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam) 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 Roam - [ **HubSpot to Roam** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-roam) - [ **Slack to Roam** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-roam) - [ **Google Sheets to Roam** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-roam) - [ **Gmail to Roam** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-roam) - [ **Google Drive to Roam** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-roam) - [ **Mailchimp to Roam** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-roam) Questions ## Buildin.AI and Roam, 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 Roam when something happens in Buildin.AI? Any of Roam's 6 actions, including Create Meeting Link, Send Channel Message, Send Direct Message and Find User by Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Roam to Buildin.AI? Yes. When something happens in Roam, your agent can act in Buildin.AI too. This page covers both directions: Roam's triggers and Buildin.AI's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buildin.AI or Roam? 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 Roam 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.