--- title: "Connect Common Room and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Custom Fields List\" fires in Common Room, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Formstack Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-formstack-documents" --- # Connect Common Room and Formstack Documents When **Custom Fields List** fires in [Common Room](https://apiant.ai/connections/common-room), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** in Common Room. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Common Room **2** triggers Common Room **11** actions 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 Common Room 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. [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 Common Room and Formstack Documents can do together ### From Common Room to Formstack Documents - When **Custom Fields List** in Common Room then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **Segment Status List** in Common Room then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents ### From Formstack Documents to Common Room - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** in Common Room - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add or Update a Contact Custom Field** in Common Room 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 Common Room and Formstack Documents ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 26 actions - Trigger **Custom Fields List** Triggers when a new contact custom field is added to the Common Room community. - Trigger **Segment Status List** Triggers when a new status is added to the selected Common Room segment. - Action **Add Activity From Third Party Source** Adds an activity from a third-party system to a Common Room API signal source, or updates an activity previously added with the same activity ID and type. - Action **Add Common Room Contact to Segment** Adds one or more existing Common Room contacts to an existing segment, identified by email, Twitter, GitHub or LinkedIn, optionally setting their segment status. - Action **Add Organization From Third Party Source** Adds an organization to a Common Room API source, or updates the organization previously added with the same domain. - Action **Add or Update a Contact Custom Field** Sets the value of a contact custom field on a Common Room contact, creating or updating the contact in an API signal source. - Action **Add tag** Creates a tag in Common Room, or returns the existing tag if one with the same name already exists. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag and removes it from everywhere it was applied. A tag that segments or workflows still use can't be deleted. - Action **Get tag** Returns a Common Room tag by its id, including its name, description and the entity types it may be assigned to. - Action **List activity types** Returns every activity type defined in your Common Room community, with its id and display name. - Action **List segments** Returns all segments in the Common Room community, with each segment's id and name. - Action **List tags** Returns all user-defined tags in your Common Room community, with their names, descriptions and the record types they can be applied to. - Action **Update tag** Renames a tag or changes its description. A deleted tag is restored when it is updated. - 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 - [ **Common Room** Common Room is the intelligent community growth platform that helps you deepen relationships, build better...](https://apiant.ai/connections/common-room) - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Common Room - [ **Common Room to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-hubspot) - [ **Common Room to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-salesforce) - [ **Common Room to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-slack) - [ **Common Room to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-google-sheets) - [ **Common Room to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-gmail) - [ **Common Room to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/common-room-to-google-calendar) ## 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 ## Common Room and Formstack Documents, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Common Room? Any of Common Room's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Custom Fields List and Segment Status List. 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 Common Room? 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 Common Room? Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in Common Room too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and Common Room's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Common Room 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 Common Room 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.