--- title: "Connect Coworks and Grist - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Updated\" fires in Coworks, your agent runs \"Create or Update Record\" in Grist." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-grist" --- # Connect Coworks and Grist When **Contact Updated** fires in [Coworks](https://apiant.ai/connections/coworks), your agent runs **Create or Update Record** in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), or **New or Updated Record** in Grist to **List CRM contacts and leads** in Coworks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Coworks **10** triggers Coworks **7** actions Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Coworks and Grist 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 Coworks and Grist can do together ### From Coworks to Grist - When **Contact Updated** in Coworks then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **CRM Entry Updated** in Coworks then **Create Record** in Grist ### From Grist to Coworks - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **List CRM contacts and leads** in Coworks - When **New Record** in Grist then **Get room occupancy** in Coworks 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 Coworks and Grist ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact in your Coworks CRM is created or changed. - Trigger **CRM Entry Updated** Triggers when a CRM contact or lead is added or changed in Coworks. - Trigger **Lead Updated** Triggers when a lead in Coworks is created or changed, including changes to its status, custom fields, or any other returned detail. - Trigger **Member Deactivate** Triggered when a member is deactivated and is no longer an active member. - Trigger **Member Updated** Triggers when a member is added or any of a member's details change. - Trigger **New Checkin** Triggered when a new check-in is recorded for a member, visitor or passport holder in your Coworks community. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggered when a new contact is created in your Coworks CRM. - Trigger **New CRM Entry** Triggered when a new CRM entry, either a contact or a lead, is created. - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead is created in the Coworks CRM. - Trigger **New Member** Triggered when a new member is created in your Coworks community. - Action **Get room occupancy** Returns the rooms at a campus with their occupancy, optionally limited to one room type. - Action **List active memberships** Returns the community's paid memberships, optionally limited to one status. Free subscriptions are not included. - Action **List checkins** Returns check-ins for your Coworks community, optionally filtered by campus, check-in type, date range or person name. - Action **List CRM contacts and leads** Returns the contacts and leads in your Coworks CRM, optionally filtered by campus, type, lead status, source and date. - Action **List members** Returns the members of your Coworks community, optionally narrowed to specific teams or a campus, and optionally including inactive members. - Action **List rooms** Returns the rooms at a campus, optionally narrowed to one room type. - Action **List teams** Returns the teams in your Coworks community, optionally narrowed by team, campus, or join date. - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Record (Instant)** Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added. - Trigger **New Record** Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table. - Trigger **New Record (Instant)** Triggers when a new Record is created - Action **Add Column** Adds a column to a table in a Grist document. - Action **Add Table** Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID. - Action **Create or Update Record** Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID. - Action **Create Record** Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID. - Action **Create Workspace** Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a Grist document permanently. - Action **Delete Records** Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID. - Action **Delete Workspace** Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it. - Action **Find Record** Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values. - Action **Get Document** Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization. - Action **Get Org** Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level. - Action **Get Workspace** Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains. - Action **List Columns** Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type. - Action **List Orgs** Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach. - Action **List Tables** Returns the tables in a Grist document. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains. - Action **Run SQL Query** Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows. - Action **Update Document** Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Record** Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Workspace** Renames a Grist workspace. ## Each app on its own - [ **Coworks** Coworks is a coworking management platform solution for automating running a coworking space.](https://apiant.ai/connections/coworks) - [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Coworks - [ **Coworks to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-hubspot) - [ **Coworks to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-salesforce) - [ **Coworks to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-slack) - [ **Coworks to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-google-sheets) - [ **Coworks to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-gmail) - [ **Coworks to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/coworks-to-google-calendar) ## More into Grist - [ **MySQL to Grist** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-grist) - [ **Fillout Forms to Grist** Create powerful forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer with Fillout Forms.](https://apiant.ai/connect/fillout-forms-to-grist) - [ **Google Tasks to Grist** Google Tasks provides a simple to-do list and task management system integrated into Gmail and Google...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-grist) - [ **Slack to Grist** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-grist) - [ **Google Calendar to Grist** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grist) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Grist** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grist) Questions ## Coworks and Grist, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Coworks? Any of Coworks's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Updated, CRM Entry Updated, Lead Updated and Member Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in Coworks? Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Document, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Grist to Coworks? Yes. When something happens in Grist, your agent can act in Coworks too. This page covers both directions: Grist's triggers and Coworks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Coworks or Grist? 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 Coworks and Grist 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.