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What do you want Dovetail and OpenVan to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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 Dovetail can start in OpenVan
When New Project in Dovetail
then Calculate route cost in OpenVan
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 Dovetail and OpenVan
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 22 actions
- New Project
Triggers when a new project is created
- New Published Insight
Triggers when a new insight is published.
- Updated Project
Triggers when a project is updated.
- Add Contact
Adds a contact to the contacts database.
- Add Data Point to Channel
Adds a data point to a channel.
- Add Data to Project
Adds data to an existing project.
- Add Insight to Project
Adds an insight to an existing project.
- Calculate route cost
Estimate the fuel and travel cost of a road-trip route between locations.
- Check visa requirement
Check whether a passport needs a visa for a given destination country.
- Compare food prices
Compare VanBasket food-price index values between two countries.
- Find news stories
Semantically search vanlife news stories by topic (RAG-based search).
- Get event
Get details for a single vanlife event.
- Get fuel prices
Get current fuel prices by country, for trip budgeting and route comparison.
- Get story
Get the full details of a single vanlife news story.
- Get temporary vehicle import rules
Get temporary vehicle-import rules for a country.
- Get VanBasket country
Get the VanBasket food-price index detail for a single country.
- Get VanSky weather for a country
Get the vanlife-oriented weather suitability score for a single country.
- Get visa rules changelog
Get the change log of visa and vehicle-import rule updates.
- Get visa rules for route
Get visa and vehicle-import rules for every country along a whole road-trip route in one request.
- List event articles
List news articles related to a vanlife event.
- List events
List vanlife-oriented events.
- List stories
List vanlife news stories.
- List VanBasket countries
List all countries covered by the VanBasket food-price index.
- List VanSky weather scores
List vanlife-oriented weather suitability scores for all countries.
- List visa-free destinations for a passport
List all destinations a given passport can enter without a prior visa.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Dovetail and OpenVan, answered
What can start an automation from Dovetail?
Any of Dovetail's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Published Insight and Updated Project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in OpenVan when something happens in Dovetail?
Any of OpenVan's 18 actions, including Calculate route cost, Check visa requirement, Compare food prices and Find news stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from OpenVan to Dovetail?
OpenVan has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dovetail. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads OpenVan's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Dovetail or OpenVan?
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.