--- title: "Connect DocuWriter.ai to BBC iPlayer Business Layer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Generation\" fires in DocuWriter.ai, your agent runs \"Get channel schedule\" in BBC iPlayer Business Layer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer" --- # Connect DocuWriter.ai to BBC iPlayer Business Layer When **New Generation** fires in [DocuWriter.ai](https://apiant.ai/connections/docuwriter-ai), your agent runs **Get channel schedule** in [BBC iPlayer Business Layer](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. DocuWriter.ai **1** trigger DocuWriter.ai **9** actions BBC iPlayer Business Layer **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 DocuWriter.ai and BBC iPlayer Business Layer 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What DocuWriter.ai can start in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New Generation** in DocuWriter.ai then **Get channel schedule** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer - When **New Generation** in DocuWriter.ai then **List channels** in BBC iPlayer Business Layer 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 DocuWriter.ai and BBC iPlayer Business Layer ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 actions - Trigger **New Generation** Triggers when new generation is created. - Action **Add document** Create a new document within a Space. - Action **Add space** Create a new Space to organize documentation. - Action **Delete document** Delete a document within a Space. - Action **Find documents by keyword** Search for documents within a Space by keyword. - Action **Get document** Retrieve a document within a Space by id. - Action **Get generation** Retrieve a single documentation generation by id, including its status and result. - Action **List generations** List the user's documentation generations. - Action **List spaces** List the user's Spaces (collaborative documentation collections). - Action **Update document** Update an existing document within a Space. - Action **Get channel schedule** Returns the broadcast schedule of a BBC iPlayer channel for a given day. - Action **Get episode** Returns the BBC iPlayer episode for a given episode identifier. - Action **Get programme** Returns a BBC iPlayer programme (brand or series) by its PID, including its initial child episodes. - Action **List categories** Returns the list of all categories in BBC TV & iPlayer. - Action **List channels** Returns all BBC TV and iPlayer channels, optionally for a specific region. - Action **List episodes of a programme** Returns the child episodes of a BBC iPlayer programme. - Action **List programmes by category** Returns the iPlayer programmes (brands and series) in a given category. ## Each app on its own - [ **DocuWriter.ai** AI-powered service that generates code documentation, tests, and optimizations from your source code files](https://apiant.ai/connections/docuwriter-ai) - [ **BBC iPlayer Business Layer** The definitive iPlayer API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bbc-iplayer-business-layer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from DocuWriter.ai - [ **DocuWriter.ai to Outlook** Outlook is Microsoft's email and calendaring platform integrating contacts and scheduling, enabling users to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-outlook) - [ **DocuWriter.ai to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-hubspot) - [ **DocuWriter.ai to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-salesforce) - [ **DocuWriter.ai to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-google-sheets) - [ **DocuWriter.ai to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-gmail) - [ **DocuWriter.ai to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/docuwriter-ai-to-google-drive) ## More into BBC iPlayer Business Layer - [ **HubSpot to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer) - [ **Salesforce to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-bbc-iplayer-business-layer) - [ **Slack to BBC iPlayer Business Layer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in BBC iPlayer Business Layer when something happens in DocuWriter.ai? Any of BBC iPlayer Business Layer's 7 actions, including Get channel schedule, Get episode, Get programme and List categories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from BBC iPlayer Business Layer to DocuWriter.ai? BBC iPlayer Business Layer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in DocuWriter.ai. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads BBC iPlayer Business Layer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for DocuWriter.ai or BBC iPlayer Business Layer? 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 DocuWriter.ai and BBC iPlayer Business Layer 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.