--- title: "Connect capture to vatcheckapi - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Capture\" fires in capture, your agent runs \"Find VAT number\" in vatcheckapi." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-vatcheckapi" --- # Connect capture to vatcheckapi When **New Capture** fires in [capture](https://apiant.ai/connections/capture), your agent runs **Find VAT number** in [vatcheckapi](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatcheckapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. capture **1** trigger capture **1** action vatcheckapi **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want capture and vatcheckapi 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 capture can start in vatcheckapi - When **New Capture** in capture then **Find VAT number** in vatcheckapi - When **New Capture** in capture then **Get API status** in vatcheckapi 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 capture and vatcheckapi ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 3 actions - Trigger **New Capture** Triggers when a new item is saved to your capture library. - Action **Add capture** Create a new capture. - Action **Find VAT number** Validates a VAT number's format and checksum and returns its registration details (registered name and address). - Action **Get API status** Returns the account's VAT check quota usage for the current month (and grace quota). Does not count against the quota. ## Each app on its own - [ **capture** capture is a service that is your AI's long-term memory.](https://apiant.ai/connections/capture) - [ **vatcheckapi** REST API that validates EU VAT numbers in real time and returns the associated company name and address.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatcheckapi) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from capture - [ **capture to Clio** Clio is a practice management platform that helps lawyers work more efficiently by making it easy to do...](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-clio) - [ **capture to Pixabay** Pixabay is a free image and video library. Search over 4 million royalty-free photos, illustrations, vector...](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-pixabay) - [ **capture to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-hubspot) - [ **capture to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-salesforce) - [ **capture to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-slack) - [ **capture to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/capture-to-google-sheets) ## More into vatcheckapi - [ **HubSpot to vatcheckapi** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vatcheckapi) - [ **Salesforce to vatcheckapi** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vatcheckapi) - [ **Slack to vatcheckapi** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vatcheckapi) - [ **Google Sheets to vatcheckapi** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-vatcheckapi) - [ **Gmail to vatcheckapi** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-vatcheckapi) - [ **Google Calendar to vatcheckapi** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-vatcheckapi) Questions ## capture and vatcheckapi, answered ### ### What can start an automation from capture? Any of capture's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Capture. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in vatcheckapi when something happens in capture? Any of vatcheckapi's 2 actions, including Find VAT number and Get API status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from vatcheckapi to capture? vatcheckapi has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in capture. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads vatcheckapi's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for capture or vatcheckapi? 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 capture and vatcheckapi 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.