--- title: "Connect Cartes to PDF Blocks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New marker\" fires in Cartes, your agent runs \"Extract Pages From PDF\" in PDF Blocks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-pdf-blocks" --- # Connect Cartes to PDF Blocks When **New marker** fires in [Cartes](https://apiant.ai/connections/cartes), your agent runs **Extract Pages From PDF** in [PDF Blocks](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cartes **1** trigger Cartes **11** actions PDF Blocks **17** 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 and PDF Blocks 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 can start in PDF Blocks - When **New marker** in Cartes then **Extract Pages From PDF** in PDF Blocks - When **New marker** in Cartes then **Merge PDF Documents** in PDF Blocks 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 and PDF Blocks ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 28 actions - Trigger **New marker** Triggers when a new marker is added to a Cartes map. - Action **Add map** Creates a new map on Cartes.io and returns it, including the one-time map token needed to edit or delete it. - Action **Add marker** Adds a marker at a latitude and longitude on a Cartes.io map, in an existing or new category. - Action **Delete map** Deletes a map from Cartes.io. - Action **Delete marker** Deletes a marker from a Cartes.io map. - Action **Find maps by keyword** Returns public Cartes.io maps that match a keyword. - Action **Get map** Returns a single Cartes.io map, including its title, description, privacy setting and categories. - Action **List categories** Returns all marker categories available on Cartes.io. - Action **List maps** Returns the public maps on Cartes.io, optionally filtered by ID, category or query. - Action **List markers** Returns all markers on a Cartes.io map, optionally including expired ones. - Action **Update map** Updates the title, description, privacy or marker-creation setting of an existing Cartes.io map. - Action **Update marker** Updates a marker on a Cartes.io map: change its description, or (as the map owner) flag it as spam. - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document. - Action **Add Password to PDF** Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access. - Action **Add restrictions to PDF** Add permission restrictions to a PDF. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates. - Action **Extract Pages From PDF** Extract one or more pages from a PDF document. - Action **Merge PDF Documents** Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. - Action **Remove pages from PDF** Remove selected pages from a PDF. - Action **Remove password from PDF** Decrypt a PDF with a known password. - Action **Remove restrictions from PDF** Remove permission restrictions from a PDF. - Action **Remove signatures from PDF** Remove digital signatures from a PDF. - Action **Reorder pages in PDF** Reorder pages into a specified sequence. - Action **Reverse pages in PDF** Reverse page order. - Action **Rotate pages in PDF** Rotate selected pages. - Action **Split PDF at page** Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary. - Action **Split PDF by file size** Cap each part's byte size when splitting. - Action **Split PDF by page count** Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks. - Action **Split PDF into page groups** Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cartes** Open-source platform for creating live, community-driven, anonymous maps with custom markers via API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cartes) - [ **PDF Blocks** PDF actions for your zaps: Merge PDF documents, protect PDFs with a password, watermark PDF documents, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cartes - [ **Cartes to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-hubspot) - [ **Cartes to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-salesforce) - [ **Cartes to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-slack) - [ **Cartes to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-google-sheets) - [ **Cartes to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-gmail) - [ **Cartes to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cartes-to-google-calendar) ## More into PDF Blocks - [ **HubSpot to PDF Blocks** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Salesforce to PDF Blocks** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Slack to PDF Blocks** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Blocks** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Gmail to PDF Blocks** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Calendar to PDF Blocks** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-blocks) Questions ## Cartes and PDF Blocks, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Cartes? Any of Cartes's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New marker. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Blocks when something happens in Cartes? Any of PDF Blocks's 17 actions, including Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add Password to PDF, Add restrictions to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Blocks to Cartes? PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Cartes. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Blocks's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cartes or PDF Blocks? 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 and PDF Blocks 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.