---
title: "Connect Cursor and Shade - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Agent Pull Request Created\" fires in Cursor, your agent runs \"Copy a File\" in Shade."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/cursor-to-shade"
---

# Connect Cursor and Shade

When **Agent Pull Request Created** fires in [Cursor](https://apiant.ai/connections/cursor), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade to **Add Followup Instruction to Agent** in Cursor. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Cursor **3** triggers Cursor **11** actions Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** 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 Shade 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 and Shade can do together

### From Cursor to Shade

- When **Agent Pull Request Created** in Cursor then **Copy a File** in Shade
- When **New Agent** in Cursor then **Share File or Folder** in Shade

### From Shade to Cursor

- When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Add Followup Instruction to Agent** in Cursor
- When **New Asset** in Shade then **Launch Agent** in Cursor

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 Shade

## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 18 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.

- Trigger

**Asset Updated**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Drive**

Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.

- Trigger

**New Public Share Link**

Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Transcription**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.

- Trigger

**Public Share Link Updated**

Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.

- Action

**Copy a File**

Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Find an Asset**

Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.

- Action

**Get Public Links for a File or Folder**

Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Search Asset Chunks**

Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.

- Action

**Search for an Asset by Description**

Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.

- Action

**Share File or Folder**

Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.

## 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)
- [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade)

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 Shade

- [ **Dropbox to Shade** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-shade)
- [ **HubSpot to Shade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shade)
- [ **Salesforce to Shade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shade)
- [ **Slack to Shade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shade)
- [ **Google Sheets to Shade** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shade)
- [ **Gmail to Shade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shade)

Questions

## Cursor and Shade, answered

###

### 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.

###

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

Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

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

Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in Cursor too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and Cursor's actions are listed here as well.

###

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

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 Shade 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.
