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title: "Connect Cognito Forms to ITIS - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Entry\" fires in Cognito Forms, your agent runs \"Convert LSID to TSN\" in ITIS."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cognito-forms-to-itis"
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# Connect Cognito Forms to ITIS

When **New Entry** fires in [Cognito Forms](https://apiant.ai/connections/cognito-forms), your agent runs **Convert LSID to TSN** in [ITIS](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Cognito Forms **2** triggers Cognito Forms **10** actions ITIS **13** actions

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

## What do you want Cognito Forms and ITIS 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 Cognito Forms can start in ITIS

- When **New Entry** in Cognito Forms then **Convert LSID to TSN** in ITIS
- When **Updated Entry** in Cognito Forms then **Convert TSN to LSID** in ITIS

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 Cognito Forms and ITIS

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 23 actions

- Trigger

**New Entry**

Triggers when a new entry is submitted to the selected form.

- Trigger

**Updated Entry**

Triggers when an entry on the selected form is updated.

- Action

**Create Entry**

Creates a new entry on a Cognito Forms form with the field values you supply.

- Action

**Delete Entry**

Deletes an entry from a Cognito Forms form.

- Action

**Get Document**

Generates and returns a document for a form entry from one of the form's document templates, including a link to download the file.

- Action

**Get Entry**

Returns a single entry from a Cognito Forms form, including all of its field values.

- Action

**Get Form Entries**

Returns the entries submitted to a form, with each entry's field values.

- Action

**Get form fields**

Returns the list of fields defined on a Cognito Forms form, including each field's name, type and settings.

- Action

**Get form schema**

Returns the JSON schema of a form, describing each of its fields and their types.

- Action

**List forms**

Returns all forms in your Cognito Forms organization, with each form's id and name.

- Action

**Set Form Availability**

Sets when a form is open for submissions: the date it opens, the date it closes, and the message shown while it is unavailable.

- Action

**Update Entry**

Updates an existing entry on a form, changing only the field values you supply.

- Action

**Convert LSID to TSN**

Get the TSN for a given LSID (Life Science Identifier).

- Action

**Convert TSN to LSID**

Get the LSID (Life Science Identifier) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Find taxon by common name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a common (vernacular) name.

- Action

**Find taxon by scientific name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a scientific name.

- Action

**Find taxon by search term**

Search ITIS across scientific and common names for any matching term.

- Action

**Get accepted names**

Get the currently accepted scientific name(s) for a given TSN, when the queried TSN is not itself accepted.

- Action

**Get common names**

Get the common (vernacular) names associated with a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full hierarchy**

Get the complete taxonomic hierarchy (ancestors and descendants) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full record**

Get the complete taxonomic record for a given TSN (taxonomic serial number).

- Action

**Get hierarchy down**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy below (children of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get hierarchy up**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy above (ancestors of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get parent taxon**

Get the parent TSN for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get synonym names**

Get the synonym scientific names associated with a given TSN.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Cognito Forms** Cognito Forms is an easy-to-use form builder that allows users to quickly build a form, include it on their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cognito-forms)
- [ **ITIS** ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, is a United States government authority on the scientific...](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Cognito Forms

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

## More into ITIS

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

Questions

## Cognito Forms and ITIS, answered

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### What can start an automation from Cognito Forms?

Any of Cognito Forms's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Entry and Updated Entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in ITIS when something happens in Cognito Forms?

Any of ITIS's 13 actions, including Convert LSID to TSN, Convert TSN to LSID, Find taxon by common name and Find taxon by scientific name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ITIS to Cognito Forms?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Cognito Forms or ITIS?

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 Cognito Forms and ITIS 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.

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### 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.
