--- title: "Connect Cisco Spark and Nytimes - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New membership\" fires in Cisco Spark, your agent runs \"Find articles by criteria\" in Nytimes." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cisco-spark-to-nytimes" --- # Connect Cisco Spark and Nytimes When **New membership** fires in [Cisco Spark](https://apiant.ai/connections/cisco-spark), your agent runs **Find articles by criteria** in [Nytimes](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes), or **New top story** in Nytimes to **Add message** in Cisco Spark. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Cisco Spark **3** triggers Cisco Spark **16** actions Nytimes **1** trigger Nytimes **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Cisco Spark and Nytimes 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 Cisco Spark and Nytimes can do together ### From Cisco Spark to Nytimes - When **New membership** in Cisco Spark then **Find articles by criteria** in Nytimes - When **New message** in Cisco Spark then **List best sellers** in Nytimes ### From Nytimes to Cisco Spark - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Add message** in Cisco Spark - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Find people by email or name** in Cisco Spark 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 Cisco Spark and Nytimes ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **New membership** Triggers when someone joins a Webex space you are in, or you are added to a space. - Trigger **New message** Triggers when a new message is posted in a Webex space the connected account can see. - Trigger **New space** Triggers when a new Webex space is created. - Action **Add membership** Adds a person to a Webex space, by person ID or email, optionally as a moderator. - Action **Add message** Posts a message to a Webex space, or as a direct message to a person, with optional text, markdown, file and card attachments. - Action **Add space** Creates a new Webex space, optionally inside a team. - Action **Add team** Creates a new team in Webex. - Action **Delete membership** Removes a person from a Webex space by deleting their membership. - Action **Delete message** Deletes a message from a Webex space. - Action **Delete space** Deletes a Webex space (room) by its ID. - Action **Find people by email or name** Finds Webex people by email address or display name and returns the matching people. - Action **Get message** Returns the details of a single Webex message, including its text, sender, space and attachments. - Action **Get person** Returns the details of a Webex person, such as their name, emails and status, by their person ID. - Action **Get space** Returns the details of a Webex space, such as its title, type and when it was created. - Action **List memberships** Returns the memberships of a Webex space, or your own memberships, optionally filtered by person. - Action **List messages** Returns the messages posted in a Webex space, optionally filtered to a thread, mentions, or a point in time. - Action **List spaces** Returns the Webex spaces you belong to, optionally filtered by team or space type. - Action **List teams** Returns the Webex teams you belong to. - Action **Update space** Updates a Webex space's title, description, moderation, visibility and other settings. - Trigger **New top story** Triggers when a new article appears among The New York Times' current top stories for the section you choose. - Action **Find articles by criteria** Returns New York Times articles that match the search terms, filters and date range you specify. - Action **List archive articles** Returns every New York Times article published in a given month and year, from the archive going back to 1851. - Action **List best sellers** Returns the books on a New York Times Best Sellers list (for example Hardcover Fiction) for a given print date, or the latest list. - Action **List most popular articles** Returns the most popular New York Times articles over the last 1, 7 or 30 days, ranked by views, emails or shares. - Action **List top stories** Returns the articles currently featured as top stories in a chosen New York Times section, such as the home page, world, business or technology. ## Each app on its own - [ **Cisco Spark** Team Collaboration Software](https://apiant.ai/connections/cisco-spark) - [ **Nytimes** REST API for searching New York Times articles, top stories by section, and book review/bestseller data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Cisco Spark - [ **Cisco Spark to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cisco-spark-to-hubspot) - [ **Cisco Spark to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cisco-spark-to-salesforce) - [ **Cisco Spark to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Cisco Spark's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New membership, New message and New space. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Nytimes when something happens in Cisco Spark? Any of Nytimes's 5 actions, including Find articles by criteria, List best sellers, List most popular articles and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Nytimes to Cisco Spark? Yes. When something happens in Nytimes, your agent can act in Cisco Spark too. This page covers both directions: Nytimes's triggers and Cisco Spark's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Cisco Spark or Nytimes? 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 Cisco Spark and Nytimes 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.