---
title: "Connect CATS to GeoNames - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Candidate Updated\" fires in CATS, your agent runs \"Address reverse geocoding\" in GeoNames."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-geonames"
---

# Connect CATS to GeoNames

When **Candidate Updated** fires in [CATS](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats), your agent runs **Address reverse geocoding** in [GeoNames](https://apiant.ai/connections/geonames). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

CATS **14** triggers CATS **22** actions GeoNames **42** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want CATS and GeoNames 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 CATS can start in GeoNames

- When **Candidate Updated** in CATS then **Address reverse geocoding** in GeoNames
- When **Company Status Changed** in CATS then **Contains** in GeoNames

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 CATS and GeoNames

## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 64 actions

- Trigger

**Candidate Updated**

Triggers when a candidate is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Company Status Changed**

Triggers when a company's status is changed in CATS.

- Trigger

**Company Updated**

Triggers when a company is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Contact Status Changed**

Triggers when a contact's status changes in CATS.

- Trigger

**Contact Updated**

Triggers when a contact is updated in CATS.

- Trigger

**Custom Trigger**

Triggers when the CATS event you choose fires (any record type: candidate, company, contact, job, pipeline, activity or user).

- Trigger

**Job Status Changed**

Triggers when a job's status changes in CATS, returning the job with its previous and new status ids.

- Trigger

**New Activity**

Triggers when a new activity (call, email, meeting, note) is logged in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Candidate**

Triggers when a new candidate is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Company**

Triggers when a new company is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Job**

Triggers when a new job order is created in CATS.

- Trigger

**New Pipeline**

Triggers when a candidate is added to a job's pipeline in CATS.

- Trigger

**Pipeline Updated**

Triggers when a pipeline (a candidate's placement on a job) is updated in CATS.

- Action

**Add Candidate to Pipeline**

Adds a candidate to a job's pipeline in CATS and returns the new pipeline record's id.

- Action

**Change Company Status**

Changes the status of a company in CATS, optionally choosing which status-change triggers fire.

- Action

**Change Contact Status**

Changes the status of a contact in CATS, optionally choosing which status triggers fire.

- Action

**Change Job Status**

Changes the status of a job in CATS, optionally choosing which status triggers fire.

- Action

**Create a Candidate**

Creates a new candidate record in CATS with contact details, address, pay, skills and custom field values.

- Action

**Create a Company**

Creates a new company record in CATS and returns its ID.

- Action

**Create a Contact**

Creates a contact in CATS linked to a company and owner, and returns the new contact's ID.

- Action

**Create a Job**

Creates a new job order in CATS and returns its ID.

- Action

**Create a Task**

Creates a task in CATS, optionally linked to a candidate, contact, company or job and assigned to a user.

- Action

**Find a Candidate**

Searches CATS candidates by a keyword such as a name or email and returns the matching candidate records.

- Action

**Find a Company**

Searches CATS companies by text and returns the matching companies.

- Action

**Find a Contact**

Searches CATS contacts by text and returns the matching contacts.

- Action

**Find a Job**

Searches CATS jobs by text and returns the matching jobs.

- Action

**Find a User**

Finds CATS users whose email, username or name matches the search term.

- Action

**Get Activity**

Returns a single CATS activity (call, email, meeting, note) by its ID, including the record it is logged against.

- Action

**Get Pipeline**

Returns a single pipeline — a candidate's placement on a job — including its status, workflow and rating.

- Action

**Get Task**

Returns a single CATS task by its ID, including its description, priority, due date, assignee, completion state and the record it concerns.

- Action

**Log Candidate Activity**

Logs an activity (call, email, meeting or other) against a candidate in CATS.

- Action

**Update Candidate**

Updates an existing candidate in CATS, including name, contact details, pay, availability and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Company**

Updates an existing company in CATS, including its name, owner, contact details, address and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Contact**

Updates an existing contact in CATS, including name, owner, company, title, contact details, address and custom field values.

- Action

**Update Pipeline**

Updates the rating of a candidate's pipeline record on a job in CATS.

- Action

**Address reverse geocoding**

reverse geocode coordinates to a street address

- Action

**Contains**

get places contained within a place

- Action

**Country code from coordinates**

get the country code for coordinates

- Action

**Country subdivision**

get the admin subdivision for coordinates

- Action

**Earthquakes**

get recent earthquakes within a bounding box

- Action

**Elevation ASTER GDEM**

get ASTER GDEM elevation for coordinates

- Action

**Elevation GTOPO30**

get GTOPO30 elevation for coordinates

- Action

**Elevation SRTM1**

get 30m SRTM1 elevation for coordinates

- Action

**Extended find nearby**

rich reverse geocoding to multiple entity types

- Action

**Find Nearby Place Name**

Return the closest populated place to a latitude/longitude coordinate, with distance.

- Action

**Find nearby POIs (OSM)**

find OSM points of interest near coordinates

- Action

**Find Nearby Postal Codes**

Return postal codes near a latitude/longitude coordinate within an optional radius.

- Action

**Find nearby streets (OSM)**

find OSM streets near coordinates

- Action

**Find nearby streets (US)**

find US streets near coordinates

- Action

**Find nearby toponym**

find the nearest toponym to coordinates

- Action

**Find nearby Wikipedia**

find Wikipedia articles near coordinates

- Action

**Find nearest address (US)**

find the nearest US street address to coordinates

- Action

**Find nearest intersection (OSM)**

find the nearest OSM intersection to coordinates

- Action

**Find nearest intersection (US)**

find the nearest US street intersection to coordinates

- Action

**Geocode address**

forward geocode a street address to coordinates

- Action

**Get Children**

Return the administrative children (e.g. states of a country, counties of a state) for a GeoNames feature ID.

- Action

**Get Country Info**

Return country information (capital, population, area, bounding box, currency, languages) for one or all countries.

- Action

**Get Elevation (SRTM3)**

Return the SRTM3 elevation in meters for a latitude/longitude coordinate.

- Action

**Get Geo Details**

Return full record details (name, coordinates, population, admin hierarchy, timezone) for a GeoNames feature ID.

- Action

**Get place by ID**

get a place (toponym) by geonameId

- Action

**Lookup Location From Postal Code**

Look up location information (place name, latitude, longitude, admin areas) for a given postal code and country.

- Action

**Lookup Timezone From Geo**

Return the timezone, current local time, and GMT/DST offsets for a latitude/longitude coordinate.

- Action

**Nearby weather**

get the nearest weather station observation to coordinates

- Action

**Neighbourhood**

get the US neighbourhood for coordinates

- Action

**Neighbours**

get neighbouring countries/places of a place

- Action

**Ocean**

get the ocean/sea name for coordinates

- Action

**Place hierarchy**

get the administrative hierarchy for a place

- Action

**Postal code country info**

list countries with postal code coverage

- Action

**RSS to GeoRSS**

geo-tag an RSS feed into GeoRSS

- Action

**Search Places**

Full-text search of the GeoNames database for places by name or query string.

- Action

**Search Postal Codes**

Search postal codes by code or place name, returning matching postal-code records with coordinates.

- Action

**Siblings**

get sibling places of a place

- Action

**Street name lookup**

autocomplete street names

- Action

**Weather by ICAO**

get weather observation by airport ICAO code

- Action

**Weather in bounding box**

get weather stations within a bounding box

- Action

**Wikipedia bounding box**

get Wikipedia articles within a bounding box

- Action

**Wikipedia search**

full-text search of geo-tagged Wikipedia articles

## Each app on its own

- [ **CATS** CATS is an applicant tracking system. Manage the entire tracking process from posting jobs to leading job...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cats)
- [ **GeoNames** GeoNames geographical database: search places, postal code lookup, timezone, country info, nearby places...](https://apiant.ai/connections/geonames)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from CATS

- [ **CATS to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-hubspot)
- [ **CATS to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-salesforce)
- [ **CATS to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-slack)
- [ **CATS to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-google-sheets)
- [ **CATS to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-gmail)
- [ **CATS to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cats-to-google-calendar)

## More into GeoNames

- [ **HubSpot to GeoNames** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-geonames)
- [ **Salesforce to GeoNames** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-geonames)
- [ **Slack to GeoNames** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-geonames)
- [ **Mailchimp to GeoNames** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-geonames)
- [ **Stripe to GeoNames** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-geonames)
- [ **Shopify to GeoNames** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-geonames)

Questions

## CATS and GeoNames, answered

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### What can start an automation from CATS?

Any of CATS's 14 triggers in the catalog, including Candidate Updated, Company Status Changed, Company Updated and Contact Status Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in GeoNames when something happens in CATS?

Any of GeoNames's 42 actions, including Address reverse geocoding, Contains, Country code from coordinates and Country subdivision. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from GeoNames to CATS?

GeoNames has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in CATS. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GeoNames's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for CATS or GeoNames?

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 CATS and GeoNames 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.
