--- title: "Connect Call Loop 2.0 to TheNews - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to List\" fires in Call Loop 2.0, your agent runs \"Find news articles\" in TheNews." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-thenews" --- # Connect Call Loop 2.0 to TheNews When **Contact Added to List** fires in [Call Loop 2.0](https://apiant.ai/connections/call-loop-2-0), your agent runs **Find news articles** in [TheNews](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Call Loop 2.0 **2** triggers Call Loop 2.0 **13** actions TheNews **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Call Loop 2.0 and TheNews 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 Call Loop 2.0 can start in TheNews - When **Contact Added to List** in Call Loop 2.0 then **Find news articles** in TheNews - When **Contact Created or Updated** in Call Loop 2.0 then **Get article** in TheNews 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 Call Loop 2.0 and TheNews ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 actions - Trigger **Contact Added to List** Triggers when a contact is added to the selected Call Loop list. - Trigger **Contact Created or Updated** Triggers when a contact is created or updated in Call Loop. - Action **Add list** Creates a new contact list in Call Loop and returns the created list. - Action **Create (Update) Contact** Creates a contact, or updates the existing contact with the same phone number, and returns the saved contact. - Action **Delete contact** Permanently deletes one or more contacts by ID and returns a confirmation with the number deleted. - Action **Find contacts by search term** Returns the Call Loop contacts that match a search term, optionally narrowed by status and subscription state. - Action **Get contact** Returns one Call Loop contact by its ID, including its status, subscription state, lists, custom field values and messaging activity. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get message** Returns a message's current delivery status and details, looked up by its ID or state UUID. An error occurs if the message is not found. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Call Loop organization, optionally filtered by status, search text or subscription state. Deleted contacts are not included. - Action **Send Ringless Voicemail** Queues a ringless voicemail drop to a phone number using an audio file already in your Call Loop account. Returns the queued message and its delivery state. - Action **Send SMS / MMS Message** Queues one SMS or MMS message to a phone number from a number on your Call Loop account, and returns the queued message with its status. - Action **Send Voice Broadcast** Queues one outbound voice call to a phone number, playing an uploaded audio file on live answer, as a voicemail, or both. Returns the queued message and its status. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing Call Loop contact by ID, changing only the fields you fill in, and returns the saved contact. - Action **Update list** Renames an existing contact list and returns the updated list. - Action **Update Opt-In Status** Sets whether one contact is subscribed to text messages and to calls and ringless voicemail. No message is sent. - Action **Find news articles** Returns news articles matching your search words and filters, such as source, language, and publish date. - Action **Get article** Returns a single news article by its unique ID, including its title, description, URL, image, source and categories. - Action **List sources** Returns news sources (domains and source IDs) available in The News API, optionally filtered by category and language. Returns up to 50 sources. - Action **List top stories** Returns live and historical top news stories, optionally filtered by country, language, category, source, publish date or search terms. ## Each app on its own - [ **Call Loop 2.0** Call Loop is an all-in-one SMS Texting, Voice Broadcasts, & Ringless Voicemail platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/call-loop-2-0) - [ **TheNews** Aggregated headlines, top story and live news JSON API](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Call Loop 2.0 - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-hubspot) - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-salesforce) - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-slack) - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-google-sheets) - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-gmail) - [ **Call Loop 2.0 to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/call-loop-2-0-to-google-calendar) ## More into TheNews - [ **HubSpot to TheNews** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-thenews) - [ **Salesforce to TheNews** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-thenews) - [ **Slack to TheNews** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thenews) - [ **Google Sheets to TheNews** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thenews) - [ **Gmail to TheNews** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-thenews) - [ **Google Calendar to TheNews** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-thenews) Questions ## Call Loop 2.0 and TheNews, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Call Loop 2.0? Any of Call Loop 2.0's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to List and Contact Created or Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TheNews when something happens in Call Loop 2.0? Any of TheNews's 4 actions, including Find news articles, Get article, List sources and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TheNews to Call Loop 2.0? TheNews has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Call Loop 2.0. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TheNews's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Call Loop 2.0 or TheNews? 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 Call Loop 2.0 and TheNews 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.