--- title: "Connect Cartes.io and Pics.io - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New map\" fires in Cartes.io, your agent runs \"Add assets to collection\" in Pics.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-pics-io" --- # Connect Cartes.io and Pics.io When **New map** fires in [Cartes.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/cartes-io), your agent runs **Add assets to collection** in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), or **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io to **Add map** in Cartes.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cartes.io **2** triggers Cartes.io **10** actions Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Cartes.io and Pics.io 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 Cartes.io and Pics.io can do together ### From Cartes.io to Pics.io - When **New map** in Cartes.io then **Add assets to collection** in Pics.io - When **New marker** in Cartes.io then **Add keyword** in Pics.io ### From Pics.io to Cartes.io - When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Add map** in Cartes.io - When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io then **Find categories** in Cartes.io 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 Cartes.io and Pics.io ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **New map** Fires when a new map is created. - Trigger **New marker** Fires when a new marker is added to a map. - Action **Add map** Create a new map. - Action **Find categories** Search for categories matching a query. - Action **Find maps** Search for maps matching a query. - Action **Get map** Retrieve a single map by ID. - Action **Get map static image** Generate a static image snapshot of a map. - Action **Get marker** Retrieve a single marker by ID. - Action **List categories** List all available map/marker categories. - Action **List maps** List all maps. - Action **List marker locations** List the recorded location history for a marker. - Action **List markers** List all markers on a map. - Trigger **Assets Added to Collection** Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections). - Trigger **Assets Color Changed** Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed. - Trigger **Assets Flag Changed** Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Assets Metadata Changed** Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io. - Trigger **Assets Moved to Collection** Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it). - Trigger **Assets Raiting Changed** Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Metadata Processing Completed** Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections). - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library. - Action **Add assets to collection** Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections. - Action **Add keyword** Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword. - Action **Create Collection** Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection. - Action **Delete collection** Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library. - Action **Find assets** Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date. - Action **Find collections** Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for. - Action **Find keywords** Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text. - Action **Get assets** Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options. - Action **Update asset** Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update custom field values on assets** Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cartes.io** Cartes.io is an open-source mapping service for creating shared maps and dropping markers on them for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cartes-io) - [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cartes.io - [ **Cartes.io to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-hubspot) - [ **Cartes.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-salesforce) - [ **Cartes.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-slack) - [ **Cartes.io to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-google-sheets) - [ **Cartes.io to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-gmail) - [ **Cartes.io to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-io-to-google-calendar) ## More into Pics.io - [ **HubSpot to Pics.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Sheets to Pics.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pics-io) - [ **Gmail to Pics.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Calendar to Pics.io** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Drive to Pics.io** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-pics-io) - [ **Mailchimp to Pics.io** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-pics-io) Questions ## Cartes.io and Pics.io, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Cartes.io? Any of Cartes.io's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New map and New marker. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Pics.io when something happens in Cartes.io? Any of Pics.io's 11 actions, including Create Collection, Update asset, Update custom field values on assets and Add assets to collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pics.io to Cartes.io? Yes. When something happens in Pics.io, your agent can act in Cartes.io too. This page covers both directions: Pics.io's triggers and Cartes.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cartes.io or Pics.io? 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 Cartes.io and Pics.io 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.