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title: "Connect Cursor to ITIS - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Agent Pull Request Created\" fires in Cursor, your agent runs \"Convert LSID to TSN\" in ITIS."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-itis"
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# Connect Cursor to ITIS

When **Agent Pull Request Created** fires in [Cursor](https://apiant.ai/connections/cursor), your agent runs **Convert LSID to TSN** in [ITIS](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Cursor **3** triggers Cursor **11** actions ITIS **13** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Cursor and ITIS 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 Cursor can start in ITIS

- When **Agent Pull Request Created** in Cursor then **Convert LSID to TSN** in ITIS
- When **New Agent** in Cursor then **Convert TSN to LSID** in ITIS

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 Cursor and ITIS

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 24 actions

- Trigger

**Agent Pull Request Created**

Triggers when the selected Cursor cloud agent opens a new GitHub pull request.

- Trigger

**Agent Status Equals**

Triggers when a run on the chosen Cursor agent reaches the status you select, such as Finished or Error.

- Trigger

**New Agent**

Triggered when a new Cursor cloud agent is created.

- Action

**Add Followup Instruction to Agent**

Sends a follow-up instruction to an existing Cursor cloud agent, either starting a new run or steering the run in progress. Returns the new run or how the steer was delivered.

- Action

**Cancel run**

Cancels the active run of a Cursor cloud agent. The run ends in the Cancelled state; start a new run to continue the conversation.

- Action

**Delete Agent**

Permanently deletes a Cursor cloud agent. This cannot be undone. Returns the ID of the deleted agent.

- Action

**Find Agent Status**

Looks up a Cursor cloud agent by its ID and returns its status, name, repositories, latest run and link.

- Action

**Get run**

Returns the status, timestamps, duration, final reply and pushed branches for one run of a Cursor cloud agent.

- Action

**Launch Agent**

Creates a Cursor cloud agent and immediately starts its first run on the task you describe. Returns the new agent and its run.

- Action

**List agents**

Returns the Cursor cloud agents for the connected user, newest first, optionally filtered by pull request URL.

- Action

**List artifacts**

Returns the files a Cursor cloud agent has produced, with each file's path, size and last modified time. Returns at most 100 artifacts.

- Action

**List models**

Returns the recommended Cursor models you can choose from when creating an agent, including their names, aliases, parameters and variants.

- Action

**List repositories**

Returns the GitHub repositories the connected Cursor user can access through Cursor's GitHub App installation.

- Action

**List runs**

Returns the runs of a Cursor cloud agent, newest first, including each run's status, duration, and final reply.

- Action

**Convert LSID to TSN**

Get the TSN for a given LSID (Life Science Identifier).

- Action

**Convert TSN to LSID**

Get the LSID (Life Science Identifier) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Find taxon by common name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a common (vernacular) name.

- Action

**Find taxon by scientific name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a scientific name.

- Action

**Find taxon by search term**

Search ITIS across scientific and common names for any matching term.

- Action

**Get accepted names**

Get the currently accepted scientific name(s) for a given TSN, when the queried TSN is not itself accepted.

- Action

**Get common names**

Get the common (vernacular) names associated with a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full hierarchy**

Get the complete taxonomic hierarchy (ancestors and descendants) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full record**

Get the complete taxonomic record for a given TSN (taxonomic serial number).

- Action

**Get hierarchy down**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy below (children of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get hierarchy up**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy above (ancestors of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get parent taxon**

Get the parent TSN for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get synonym names**

Get the synonym scientific names associated with a given TSN.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Cursor** Cursor is an AI-powered code editor that understands your codebase, supports natural-language coding...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cursor)
- [ **ITIS** ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, is a United States government authority on the scientific...](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Cursor

- [ **Cursor to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-hubspot)
- [ **Cursor to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-salesforce)
- [ **Cursor to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-slack)
- [ **Cursor to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Cursor to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-gmail)
- [ **Cursor to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-google-calendar)

## More into ITIS

- [ **HubSpot to ITIS** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-itis)
- [ **Salesforce to ITIS** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-itis)
- [ **Slack to ITIS** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-itis)
- [ **Google Sheets to ITIS** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-itis)
- [ **Gmail to ITIS** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-itis)
- [ **Google Calendar to ITIS** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-itis)

Questions

## Cursor and ITIS, answered

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### What can start an automation from Cursor?

Any of Cursor's 3 triggers in the catalog, including Agent Pull Request Created, New Agent and Agent Status Equals. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in ITIS when something happens in Cursor?

Any of ITIS's 13 actions, including Convert LSID to TSN, Convert TSN to LSID, Find taxon by common name and Find taxon by scientific name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ITIS to Cursor?

ITIS has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Cursor. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ITIS's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Cursor or ITIS?

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 Cursor and ITIS 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.
