--- title: "Connect Canny and Inistate - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Canny, your agent runs \"Create Entry\" in Inistate, or \"Changed Information\" in Inistate to \"Create or Update User\" in Canny." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-inistate" --- # Connect Canny and Inistate When **New Comment** fires in [Canny](https://apiant.ai/connections/canny), your agent runs **Create Entry** in [Inistate](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate), or **Changed Information** in Inistate to **Create or Update User** in Canny. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Canny **1** trigger Canny **1** action Inistate **6** triggers Inistate **9** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Canny and Inistate 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 Canny and Inistate can do together ### From Canny to Inistate - When **New Comment** in Canny then **Create Entry** in Inistate - When **New Comment** in Canny then **Duplicate Entry** in Inistate ### From Inistate to Canny - When **Changed Information** in Inistate then **Create or Update User** in Canny 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 Canny and Inistate ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 10 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is created. - Action **Create or Update User** Finds the ID for a user. If the user does not exist, one is created, and its ID is returned. If the user does exist, they will be updated with the data supplied. - Trigger **Activity Performed** Triggers when an activity is performed on an entry in the chosen module, detected as a change to the entry's last-updated time. - Trigger **Changed Information** Triggers when an entry's information in an Inistate module is changed. - Trigger **Changed State** Triggers when an entry in the selected Inistate module moves to a different workflow state. - Trigger **Information Due** Triggers when an entry in the chosen module reaches its due date. - Trigger **New Entry** Triggers when a new entry is created in the selected Inistate module. - Trigger **Updated Entry** Triggers when an entry in the selected module is created or changed. - Action **Create Entry** Creates a new entry in an Inistate module with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Entry** Deletes an entry from an Inistate module. - Action **Duplicate Entry** Creates a copy of an existing entry in an Inistate module. - Action **Edit Entry** Edits an existing entry in an Inistate module, updating the field values you supply. - Action **Get Activity Form** Returns the fields an Inistate activity asks for (such as the create form, or the Reject form on an entry), with each field's id, name, type and options. - Action **List Entries** Returns entries from an Inistate module, optionally narrowed to one of the module's listings. - Action **List Modules** Returns the modules (record types such as Leave Request or Expense Claim) set up in an Inistate workspace. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the Inistate workspaces the connected user belongs to, with each workspace's id and name. - Action **Perform Activity** Runs an activity (such as Submit, Approve or Reject) on an existing Inistate entry, moving it through its workflow. ## Each app on its own - [ **Canny** Canny is a user feedback tool that lets you keep track of all of your user feedback in one organized place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/canny) - [ **Inistate** Inistate is simplifying processes to best-fit sustainable and scalable solutions and reinventing no-code...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Canny - [ **Canny to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-hubspot) - [ **Canny to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-slack) - [ **Canny to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-gmail) - [ **Canny to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-google-calendar) - [ **Canny to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-google-drive) - [ **Canny to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/canny-to-mailchimp) ## More into Inistate - [ **Cassidy to Inistate** Cassidy securely connects with all of your existing tools, builds AI assistants and creates AI-driven...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cassidy-to-inistate) - [ **HubSpot to Inistate** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-inistate) - [ **Google Sheets to Inistate** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-inistate) - [ **Gmail to Inistate** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-inistate) - [ **Google Calendar to Inistate** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-inistate) - [ **Google Drive to Inistate** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-inistate) Questions ## Canny and Inistate, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Canny? Any of Canny's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Comment. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Inistate when something happens in Canny? Any of Inistate's 9 actions, including Create Entry, Duplicate Entry, Edit Entry and Get Activity Form. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Inistate to Canny? Yes. When something happens in Inistate, your agent can act in Canny too. This page covers both directions: Inistate's triggers and Canny's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Canny or Inistate? 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 Canny and Inistate 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.