Integration
Connect CommCare to PDF Blocks
When New Case fires in CommCare, your agent runs Extract Pages From PDF in PDF Blocks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want CommCare and PDF Blocks to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What CommCare can start in PDF Blocks
When New Case in CommCare
then Extract Pages From PDF 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 CommCare and PDF Blocks
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 30 actions
- New Case
Triggers when a new case is opened in your CommCare project, optionally only for one case type.
- New Form Submission
Triggers when a form is submitted in your CommCare project, optionally only for one form or app.
- New or Updated Case
Triggers when a case is opened or changed in your CommCare project, optionally only for one case type.
- Create Case
Creates a new case in your CommCare project with the given type, name, owner and custom properties.
- Create Mobile Worker
Creates a new mobile worker in your CommCare project.
- Delete Mobile Worker
Deletes a mobile worker from your CommCare project.
- Find Case by External ID
Finds the CommCare case carrying the given external ID and returns it.
- Get Case
Returns one CommCare case, including its properties and parent links, by its case ID.
- Get Form
Returns one submitted CommCare form, with its answers and metadata, by its form ID.
- Get Mobile Worker
Returns one CommCare mobile worker by ID.
- List Cases
Returns cases in your CommCare project, optionally filtered by case type, owner, external ID, open/closed status and last-modified date.
- List Forms
Returns submitted forms in your CommCare project, optionally filtered by form type, app and received date.
- List Groups
Returns the user groups in your CommCare project with their member user IDs.
- List Mobile Workers
Returns the mobile workers in your CommCare project, optionally filtered by username or group.
- Update Case
Updates an existing CommCare case's name, owner or custom properties, or closes it.
- Update Mobile Worker
Updates a CommCare mobile worker's name, email, language, location or password.
- Add Image Watermark to PDF
Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document.
- Add Password to PDF
Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access.
- Add restrictions to PDF
Add permission restrictions to a PDF.
- Add Text Watermark to PDF
Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates.
- Extract Pages From PDF
Extract one or more pages from a PDF document.
- Merge PDF Documents
Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document.
- Remove pages from PDF
Remove selected pages from a PDF.
- Remove password from PDF
Decrypt a PDF with a known password.
- Remove restrictions from PDF
Remove permission restrictions from a PDF.
- Remove signatures from PDF
Remove digital signatures from a PDF.
- Reorder pages in PDF
Reorder pages into a specified sequence.
- Reverse pages in PDF
Reverse page order.
- Rotate pages in PDF
Rotate selected pages.
- Split PDF at page
Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary.
- Split PDF by file size
Cap each part's byte size when splitting.
- Split PDF by page count
Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks.
- Split PDF into page groups
Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
CommCare and PDF Blocks, answered
What can start an automation from CommCare?
Any of CommCare's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Case, New Form Submission and New or Updated Case. 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 CommCare?
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 CommCare?
PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in CommCare. 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 CommCare 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 CommCare 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.