--- title: "Connect CNBC and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Top Story\" fires in CNBC, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Formstack Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-formstack-documents" --- # Connect CNBC and Formstack Documents When **New Top Story** fires in [CNBC](https://apiant.ai/connections/cnbc), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Top Stories** in CNBC. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. CNBC **1** trigger CNBC **1** action Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want CNBC and Formstack Documents 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What CNBC and Formstack Documents can do together ### From CNBC to Formstack Documents - When **New Top Story** in CNBC then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **New Top Story** in CNBC then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents ### From Formstack Documents to CNBC - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Top Stories** in CNBC 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 CNBC and Formstack Documents ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Top Story** Fires when a new story is published in a CNBC category feed. - Action **Top Stories** Fetch the latest CNBC stories for a news category, optionally filtered by search text. - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **CNBC** Get the latest business news, stock market, financial and earnings stories from CNBC's public RSS feeds.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cnbc) - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from CNBC - [ **CNBC to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-slack) - [ **CNBC to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-mailchimp) - [ **CNBC to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-stripe) - [ **CNBC to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-shopify) - [ **CNBC to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **CNBC to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cnbc-to-pipedrive) ## More into Formstack Documents - [ **Shopify to Formstack Documents** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Airtable to Formstack Documents** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Trello to Formstack Documents** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-formstack-documents) - [ **ClickUp to Formstack Documents** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Discord to Formstack Documents** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Brevo to Formstack Documents** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-formstack-documents) Questions ## CNBC and Formstack Documents, answered ### ### What can start an automation from CNBC? Any of CNBC's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Top Story. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Formstack Documents when something happens in CNBC? Any of Formstack Documents's 15 actions, including Create Data Route, Create Data Route Merge, Create Document and Update Data Route. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Formstack Documents to CNBC? Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in CNBC too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and CNBC's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for CNBC or Formstack Documents? 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 CNBC and Formstack Documents 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.