# Connect Digital Practice and Shade When **New Account** fires in [Digital Practice](https://apiant.ai/connections/digital-practice), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade to **Create Contact** in Digital Practice. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Digital Practice **9** triggers Digital Practice **21** 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 Digital Practice and Shade to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 Digital Practice and Shade can do together ### From Digital Practice to Shade - When **New Account** in Digital Practice then **Copy a File** in Shade - When **New Client** in Digital Practice then **Share File or Folder** in Shade ### From Shade to Digital Practice - When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Create Contact** in Digital Practice - When **New Asset** in Shade then **Create Invoice** in Digital Practice 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 Digital Practice and Shade ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New Account** Triggers when a new account is added to your company's chart of accounts. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is added to your Digital Practice company. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added to your Digital Practice CRM. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Digital Practice, including its client and line items. - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead is added to your Digital Practice CRM. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product or service is added in Digital Practice. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is added to your Digital Practice company. - Trigger **New Quote** Triggers when a new quote is created in Digital Practice. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new vendor is added to your Digital Practice company. - Action **Create Account** Creates a new account in your Digital Practice chart of accounts. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client company in Digital Practice accounting. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in your Digital Practice CRM. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense against an account, optionally linked to a vendor. An existing account or vendor is matched by name; supplying extra details creates a new one. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates an invoice for an existing or new client. Add line items afterwards with Create Invoice Items. - Action **Create Invoice Items** Adds one or more line items to an existing Digital Practice invoice. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a new lead in Digital Practice CRM with its company details, status and priority. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product or service in Digital Practice. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Digital Practice, linked to an existing client by name or to a new client created from the details supplied. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a quote for an existing client, or for a new client created from the details you supply. - Action **Create Quote Items** Adds one or more line items (title, price, quantity) to an existing quote. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a new vendor record in Digital Practice accounting. - Action **List accounts** Returns the list of accounts in your company's chart of accounts. - Action **List clients** Returns the list of clients for your Digital Practice company. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your Digital Practice company. - Action **List invoices** Returns the invoices in your company, each with its client and line items. - Action **List leads** Returns the leads in your Digital Practice company. - Action **List products** Returns the products and services set up in your Digital Practice company. - Action **List projects** Returns the projects in your Digital Practice company, each with its associated client. - Action **List quotes** Returns the quotes in your company, each with its client and line items. - Action **List vendors** Returns the vendors in your Digital Practice company. - 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 - [ **Digital Practice** Digital Practice is a Practice Management Software that helps practices manage their day-to-day admin, HR...](https://apiant.ai/connections/digital-practice) - [ **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 Digital Practice - [ **Digital Practice to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-hubspot) - [ **Digital Practice to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-salesforce) - [ **Digital Practice to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-slack) - [ **Digital Practice to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-google-sheets) - [ **Digital Practice to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-gmail) - [ **Digital Practice to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/digital-practice-to-google-calendar) ## More into 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](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) - [ **Google Calendar to Shade** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shade) Questions ## Digital Practice and Shade, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Digital Practice? Any of Digital Practice's 9 triggers in the catalog, including New Account, New Client, New Contact and New Invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shade when something happens in Digital Practice? 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 Digital Practice? Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in Digital Practice too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and Digital Practice's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Digital Practice 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. ### ### 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.