--- title: "Connect Buildin.AI to Valyu - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Database Item Created\" fires in Buildin.AI, your agent runs \"Add deep research task\" in Valyu." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/buildin-ai-to-valyu" --- # Connect Buildin.AI to Valyu When **Database Item Created** fires in [Buildin.AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/buildin-ai), your agent runs **Add deep research task** in [Valyu](https://apiant.ai/connections/valyu). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Buildin.AI **2** triggers Buildin.AI **8** actions Valyu **10** 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 Valyu 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 can start in Valyu - When **Database Item Created** in Buildin.AI then **Add deep research task** in Valyu - When **Page Updated** in Buildin.AI then **Update deep research task** in Valyu 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 Valyu ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 18 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. - Action **Add deep research task** Create a new asynchronous DeepResearch task. - Action **Delete deep research task** Permanently deletes a DeepResearch task and its associated data (output, sources, PDF, images). Running or queued tasks must be cancelled first. - Action **Find content by query** Returns up to 20 results (web pages, papers, news, proprietary datasets) that match the specified search query, with extracted content. - Action **Find datasources by criteria** Finds Valyu datasources matching a natural-language description, ranked best-first by relevance. - Action **Generate answer** Answers a question with an AI-written, cited response grounded in real-time search across web, academic, financial and proprietary sources. - Action **Get deep research task** Retrieve the current status, progress and results of a Valyu DeepResearch task. - Action **List datasource categories** Lists all Valyu datasource categories (such as research, healthcare, markets), which can be used to filter the datasources list. - Action **List datasources** Lists the data sources available through Valyu's search API, optionally filtered by category. - Action **List deep research tasks** Lists the DeepResearch tasks created with the connected API key, with each task's id, query, status, creation time and public flag. - Action **Update deep research task** Adds a follow-up instruction to a running DeepResearch task to steer its research. Only accepted before the writing phase begins. ## 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) - [ **Valyu** AI-native search API providing unified access to web, academic, financial, and proprietary data for LLMs and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/valyu) 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. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-valyu) - [ **Google Sheets to Valyu** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-valyu) - [ **Gmail to Valyu** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-valyu) - [ **Google Calendar to Valyu** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-valyu) Questions ## Buildin.AI and Valyu, 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 Valyu when something happens in Buildin.AI? Any of Valyu's 10 actions, including Update deep research task, Add deep research task, Find content by query and Find datasources by criteria. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Valyu to Buildin.AI? Valyu has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buildin.AI. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Valyu's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Buildin.AI or Valyu? 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 Valyu 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.