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title: "Connect EARLY and Grain - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Activity Created\" fires in EARLY, your agent runs \"Add Recording to Playlist\" in Grain, or \"New Playlist\" in Grain to \"Add Member to Folder\" in EARLY."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-grain"
---

# Connect EARLY and Grain

When **Activity Created** fires in [EARLY](https://apiant.ai/connections/early), your agent runs **Add Recording to Playlist** in [Grain](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain), or **New Playlist** in Grain to **Add Member to Folder** in EARLY. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

EARLY **13** triggers EARLY **19** actions Grain **4** triggers Grain **22** actions

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

## What do you want EARLY and Grain 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 EARLY and Grain can do together

### From EARLY to Grain

- When **Activity Created** in EARLY then **Add Recording to Playlist** in Grain
- When **Activity Updated** in EARLY then **Add Tag to Recording** in Grain

### From Grain to EARLY

- When **New Playlist** in Grain then **Add Member to Folder** in EARLY
- When **New Upload** in Grain then **Create Activity** in EARLY

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 EARLY and Grain

## Triggers and actions 17 triggers · 41 actions

- Trigger

**Activity Created**

Triggers when an activity is created.

- Trigger

**Activity Deleted**

Triggers when an activity is deleted.

- Trigger

**Activity Updated**

Triggers when an activity is updated.

- Trigger

**Folder Created**

Triggers when a folder is created.

- Trigger

**Folder Deleted**

Triggers when a folder is deleted.

- Trigger

**Folder Updated**

Triggers when a folder is updated.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Created**

Triggers when a time entry is created.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Deleted**

Triggers when a time entry is deleted.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Updated**

Triggers when a time entry is updated.

- Trigger

**Tracking Canceled**

Triggers when a tracking is canceled.

- Trigger

**Tracking Started**

Triggers when a new tracking is started.

- Trigger

**Tracking Stopped**

Triggers when a tracking is stopped.

- Trigger

**Tracking Updated**

Triggers when a tracking is updated.

- Action

**Add Member to Folder**

Adds a person with a given email to a folder.

- Action

**Cancel Current Tracking**

Cancels the tracking that is currently running without saving a time entry

- Action

**Create Activity**

Creates an activity.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a folder.

- Action

**Create Tag**

Creates an tag.

- Action

**Create Time Entry**

Creates a time entry for a given activity, start- and end-time.

- Action

**Delete Activity**

Deletes an activity by ID

- Action

**Delete Folder**

Deletes a folder by ID

- Action

**Delete Time Entry**

Deletes a time entry by ID

- Action

**Get Current Tracking**

Gets the tracking that is currently running

- Action

**Get Folder**

Gets a folder by ID

- Action

**Get Time Entry**

Gets a time entry by ID

- Action

**List Activities**

Lists the activities in the account

- Action

**Start Tracking**

Start Tracking an Activity.

- Action

**Stop Current Tracking**

Stop the current time tracking.

- Action

**Update Activity**

Updates an existing activity by ID

- Action

**Update Current Tracking**

Updates the tracking that is currently running

- Action

**Update Folder**

Updates an existing folder by ID

- Action

**Update Time Entry**

Updates an existing time entry by ID

- Trigger

**New Playlist**

Triggers when a new playlist is created in Grain.

- Trigger

**New Upload**

Triggers when a new upload is created in Grain.

- Trigger

**Recording Added**

Triggers when a new recording appears in your Grain account.

- Trigger

**Story Added**

Triggers when a new story is created in Grain.

- Action

**Add Recording to Playlist**

Adds a recording to a Grain playlist.

- Action

**Add Tag to Recording**

Adds a tag to a Grain recording.

- Action

**Create Clip**

Creates a clip from a time range of a Grain recording, snapped to whole transcript sentences.

- Action

**Create Playlist**

Creates a Grain playlist.

- Action

**Delete Clip**

Deletes a Grain clip.

- Action

**Delete Playlist**

Deletes a Grain playlist.

- Action

**Get Playlist**

Returns one Grain playlist.

- Action

**Get Recording**

Returns one Grain recording with its participants and calendar details.

- Action

**Get Transcript**

Returns the transcript of a Grain recording as speaker-labelled sections with timestamps.

- Action

**List Meeting Types**

Returns the meeting types defined in your Grain workspace.

- Action

**List Playlists**

Returns your Grain playlists, newest first, one page at a time.

- Action

**List Recordings**

Returns your Grain recordings with their participants, optionally filtered by title or start time.

- Action

**List Stories**

Returns your Grain stories, one page at a time.

- Action

**List Teams**

Returns the teams in your Grain workspace.

- Action

**List Users**

Returns the users in your Grain workspace, each with ID, name and email.

- Action

**Remove Recording from Playlist**

Removes a recording from a Grain playlist.

- Action

**Remove Tag from Recording**

Removes a tag from a Grain recording.

- Action

**Share Recording with Team**

Shares a Grain recording with a team.

- Action

**Share Recording with User**

Shares a Grain recording with a user in your workspace.

- Action

**Update Clip**

Updates a Grain clip's title or time range.

- Action

**Update Playlist**

Updates a Grain playlist's title or link access.

- Action

**Update Recording**

Renames a Grain recording.

## Each app on its own

- [ **EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connections/early)
- [ **Grain** Grain joins your calls to take notes, document the next steps, and file automated meeting notes in platforms...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from EARLY

- [ **EARLY to Bugcrowd** Bugcrowd API for interacting and tracking the reported issues programmatically](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-bugcrowd)
- [ **EARLY to Genshin Impact** The genshin.dev API serves reference game data for Genshin Impact.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-genshin-impact)
- [ **EARLY to Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-pipefile)
- [ **EARLY to Pulsedive** Scan, search and collect threat intelligence data in real-time](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-pulsedive)
- [ **EARLY to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-salesforce)
- [ **EARLY to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-google-sheets)

## More into Grain

- [ **Google Sheets to Grain** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-grain)
- [ **Gmail to Grain** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-grain)
- [ **Google Calendar to Grain** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grain)
- [ **Google Drive to Grain** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-grain)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to Grain** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grain)
- [ **Airtable to Grain** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-grain)

Questions

## EARLY and Grain, answered

###

### What can start an automation from EARLY?

Any of EARLY's 13 triggers in the catalog, including Activity Created, Activity Updated, Folder Created and Folder Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Grain when something happens in EARLY?

Any of Grain's 22 actions, including Create Clip, Create Playlist, Update Clip and Update Playlist. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Grain to EARLY?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for EARLY or Grain?

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 EARLY and Grain 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.
