--- title: "Connect Commerce Layer to Minor Planet Center - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Attachment\" fires in Commerce Layer, your agent runs \"Find MPECs\" in Minor Planet Center." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-minor-planet-center" --- # Connect Commerce Layer to Minor Planet Center When **New Attachment** fires in [Commerce Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer), your agent runs **Find MPECs** in [Minor Planet Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/minor-planet-center). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Commerce Layer **13** triggers Commerce Layer **28** actions Minor Planet Center **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Commerce Layer and Minor Planet Center 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 Commerce Layer can start in Minor Planet Center - When **New Attachment** in Commerce Layer then **Find MPECs** in Minor Planet Center - When **New Customer** in Commerce Layer then **Find near-duplicate observations** in Minor Planet Center 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 Commerce Layer and Minor Planet Center ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 39 actions - Trigger **New Attachment** Triggers when a new Attachment is created. - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new Customer is created. - Trigger **New Customer Address Event** Triggers when a customer address is created. - Trigger **New Customer Password Reset Event** Triggers when a customer password reset is requested. - Trigger **New Customer Subscription Event** Triggers when a given customer_subscription event (one of create or destroy) is fired. - Trigger **New Price** Triggers when a new Price is created. - Trigger **New Price Import** Fires when a new price import is created in Commerce Layer. - Trigger **New Price List** Triggers when a new Price List is created. - Trigger **New Shipping Category** Triggers when a Shipping Category is created. - Trigger **New SKU** Triggers when a new SKU is created. - Trigger **New SKU Import** Triggers when a new SKU import is created. - Trigger **New Stock Item Import** Triggers when a new Stock Item import is created. - Trigger **New Stock Transfer Event** Triggers when a given stock transfer event (one of create, upocoming, picking, in_transit, complete, cancel is fired). - Action **Add Customer Address** Adds an existing address to a customer's address book. - Action **Add Customer Password Reset** Requests a password reset for a customer, returning the reset token to send them. - Action **Add Customer Subscription** Subscribes a customer email to a list, identified by a reference such as a newsletter id. - Action **Add Stock Transfer** Moves a quantity of a SKU from one stock location to another. - Action **Balance Change Gift Card** Change balance of a gift card. - Action **Create Address** Creates a postal address that can be attached to customers, orders and stock locations. - Action **Create Attachment** Creates a new Attachment. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new Customer. - Action **Create Gift Card** Creates a new Gift Card. - Action **Create Price Import** Creates a new Price Import. - Action **Create Price List** Creates a new Price List. - Action **Create SKU** Creates a new SKU. - Action **Find Attachment** Finds a Attachment by name. - Action **Find Customer** Finds a customer by id or reference. - Action **Find Gift Card** Finds a gift card by id or reference. - Action **Find Price** Finds a price by price list. - Action **Find Price Import** Finds a Price Import by status. - Action **Find Price List** Finds a Price List by name. - Action **Find Shipping Category** Finds an Shipping Category by name. - Action **Find SKU** Finds an SKU by code. - Action **Find SKU Import** Finds an SKU Import by status. - Action **Find Stock Item Import** Finds a Stock Item Import by status. - Action **Get Address** Retrieves one address by id. - Action **Get Customer Address** Retrieves one customer address link by id. - Action **Get Customer Password Reset** Retrieves a customer password reset by id, returning customer_email, reset_password_token and reset_password_at. - Action **Get Customer Subscription** Retrieves one customer subscription by id. - Action **Get Stock Transfer** Retrieves one stock transfer by id. - Action **Update Customer Reference** Update customer data setting external identifier. - Action **Find MPECs** Search Minor Planet Electronic Circulars by object or search terms, optionally filtered by issue date range. - Action **Find near-duplicate observations** Search the MPC's published observation database for near-duplicates of a given observation by time and angular proximity. - Action **Get action code** Resend an observation submission's action code (used to retract observations or label objects) to the email address on file. - Action **Get magnitude band** Retrieve reference information for a magnitude band used in MPC observations, or all bands. - Action **Get NEOCP observations** Retrieve observation data for an object currently on the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page by tracklet identifier. - Action **Get object identifier** Look up the designations and identification details for a minor planet or comet given a name, provisional or permanent designation. - Action **Get observations** Retrieve recorded astrometric observation data for a solar system object by designation. - Action **Get observation status** Check the processing status of individual submitted observations by tracklet/station, observation ID, obs80 string, or submission block ID. - Action **Get observatory codes** Retrieve details for one or all observatories registered with the MPC by observatory code. - Action **Get orbital elements** Retrieve orbital elements and related parameters for a solar system object by designation. - Action **List objects** List solar system objects belonging to a named group such as NEOs, comets, or TNOs, ordered by designation. ## Each app on its own - [ **Commerce Layer** Commerce Layer is a lightning fast, super flexible and ultra secure REST API that lets you build...](https://apiant.ai/connections/commerce-layer) - [ **Minor Planet Center** Asterank's Minor Planet Center endpoint serves orbital and physical data on asteroids and minor planets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/minor-planet-center) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Commerce Layer - 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-slack) - [ **Commerce Layer to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-google-sheets) - [ **Commerce Layer to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-gmail) - [ **Commerce Layer to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/commerce-layer-to-google-calendar) ## More into Minor Planet Center - [ **HubSpot to Minor Planet Center** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Salesforce to Minor Planet Center** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Slack to Minor Planet Center** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Sheets to Minor Planet Center** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Gmail to Minor Planet Center** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Calendar to Minor Planet Center** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-minor-planet-center) Questions ## Commerce Layer and Minor Planet Center, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Commerce Layer? Any of Commerce Layer's 13 triggers in the catalog, including New Attachment, New Customer, New Customer Address Event and New Customer Password Reset Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Minor Planet Center when something happens in Commerce Layer? Any of Minor Planet Center's 11 actions, including Find MPECs, Find near-duplicate observations, Get action code and Get magnitude band. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Minor Planet Center to Commerce Layer? Minor Planet Center has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Commerce Layer. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Minor Planet Center's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Layer or Minor Planet Center? 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 Commerce Layer and Minor Planet Center 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.