Integration
Connect crates.io and Grain
When New crate fires in crates.io, your agent runs Add Recording to Playlist in Grain, or New Playlist in Grain to Find crates by category in crates.io. 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 crates.io and Grain to do together?
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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 crates.io and Grain can do together
From crates.io to Grain
When New crate in crates.io
then Add Recording to Playlist in Grain
From Grain to crates.io
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 crates.io and Grain
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 30 actions
- New crate
Fires when a new crate is registered on crates.io.
- New crate version
Fires when any crate publishes a new version.
- Find crates by category
Search crates.io within a given category slug.
- Find crates by name
Search crates.io for crates matching a query string.
- Get crate
Get metadata for a single crate by name.
- Get crate downloads
Get download counts (daily history + totals) for a crate.
- Get crate version
Get metadata for one specific version of a crate.
- Get crate version readme
Get the rendered README HTML for a specific crate version.
- List categories
List all crates.io categories with descriptions and crate counts.
- List crate versions
List all published versions of a crate.
- New Playlist
Triggers when a new playlist is created in Grain.
- New Upload
Triggers when a new upload is created in Grain.
- Recording Added
Triggers when a new recording appears in your Grain account.
- Story Added
Triggers when a new story is created in Grain.
- Add Recording to Playlist
Adds a recording to a Grain playlist.
- Add Tag to Recording
Adds a tag to a Grain recording.
- Create Clip
Creates a clip from a time range of a Grain recording, snapped to whole transcript sentences.
- Create Playlist
Creates a Grain playlist.
- Delete Clip
Deletes a Grain clip.
- Delete Playlist
Deletes a Grain playlist.
- Get Playlist
Returns one Grain playlist.
- Get Recording
Returns one Grain recording with its participants and calendar details.
- Get Transcript
Returns the transcript of a Grain recording as speaker-labelled sections with timestamps.
- List Meeting Types
Returns the meeting types defined in your Grain workspace.
- List Playlists
Returns your Grain playlists, newest first, one page at a time.
- List Recordings
Returns your Grain recordings with their participants, optionally filtered by title or start time.
- List Stories
Returns your Grain stories, one page at a time.
- List Teams
Returns the teams in your Grain workspace.
- List Users
Returns the users in your Grain workspace, each with ID, name and email.
- Remove Recording from Playlist
Removes a recording from a Grain playlist.
- Remove Tag from Recording
Removes a tag from a Grain recording.
- Share Recording with Team
Shares a Grain recording with a team.
- Share Recording with User
Shares a Grain recording with a user in your workspace.
- Update Clip
Updates a Grain clip's title or time range.
- Update Playlist
Updates a Grain playlist's title or link access.
- Update Recording
Renames a Grain recording.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
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Questions
crates.io and Grain, answered
What can start an automation from crates.io?
Any of crates.io's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New crate and New crate version. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Grain when something happens in crates.io?
Any of Grain's 22 actions, including Create Clip, Create Playlist, Update Clip and Update Playlist. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Grain to crates.io?
Yes. When something happens in Grain, your agent can act in crates.io too. This page covers both directions: Grain's triggers and crates.io's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for crates.io or Grain?
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 crates.io and Grain 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.