# Connect Exist and Grist

When **New Attribute Value** fires in [Exist](https://apiant.ai/connections/exist), your agent runs **Create or Update Record** in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), or **New or Updated Record** in Grist to **Get User Profile** in Exist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Exist **1** trigger Exist **11** actions Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions

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

## What do you want Exist and Grist 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 Exist and Grist can do together

### From Exist to Grist

- When **New Attribute Value** in Exist then **Create or Update Record** in Grist
- When **New Attribute Value** in Exist then **Create Record** in Grist

### From Grist to Exist

- When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Get User Profile** in Exist
- When **New Record** in Grist then **Create Attributes** in Exist

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 Exist and Grist

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 32 actions

- Trigger

**New Attribute Value**

Triggers when a new daily value is recorded for the chosen Exist attribute, such as steps or mood.

- Action

**Acquire Attributes**

Takes ownership of one or more Exist attributes for this app so it can write their values, creating templated attributes the user doesn't have yet.

- Action

**Create Attributes**

Creates one or more new attributes in the user's Exist account, from a template or as custom attributes, and returns which succeeded and which failed.

- Action

**Get Attribute Values**

Returns the daily values recorded for one of the user's Exist attributes, newest first.

- Action

**Get Averages**

Returns the most recent weekly average values for your Exist attributes, optionally filtered by group, attribute and date range, including historical averages.

- Action

**Get User Profile**

Returns the authenticated Exist user's profile: name, avatar, timezone, local time and unit preferences.

- Action

**Increment Attribute Values**

Adds amounts to the existing daily values of attributes your app owns in Exist, returning each attribute's new total.

- Action

**List Attributes**

Returns the Exist user's attributes (without values), optionally filtered by group, name, or type.

- Action

**List Attributes with Values**

Returns the user's Exist attributes together with their recent daily values.

- Action

**List Owned Attributes**

Returns the user's attributes that your Exist client currently owns, without values. Can be filtered by group, attribute name, manual flag and more.

- Action

**Release Attributes**

Releases your ownership of one or more Exist attributes so another service can provide their data, or they become inactive.

- Action

**Update Attribute Values**

Saves daily total values for attributes you own in Exist, up to 35 at a time, replacing any value already stored for those days.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Record**

Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.

- Trigger

**New or Updated Record (Instant)**

Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.

- Trigger

**New Record**

Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.

- Trigger

**New Record (Instant)**

Triggers when a new Record is created

- Action

**Add Column**

Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.

- Action

**Add Table**

Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.

- Action

**Create or Update Record**

Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.

- Action

**Create Record**

Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.

- Action

**Create Workspace**

Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.

- Action

**Delete Document**

Deletes a Grist document permanently.

- Action

**Delete Records**

Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.

- Action

**Delete Workspace**

Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.

- Action

**Find Record**

Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.

- Action

**Get Document**

Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.

- Action

**Get Org**

Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.

- Action

**Get Workspace**

Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.

- Action

**List Columns**

Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.

- Action

**List Orgs**

Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.

- Action

**List Tables**

Returns the tables in a Grist document.

- Action

**List Workspaces**

Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.

- Action

**Run SQL Query**

Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.

- Action

**Update Document**

Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.

- Action

**Update Record**

Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.

- Action

**Update Workspace**

Renames a Grist workspace.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Exist** Personal analytics service that aggregates health, activity, and habit data to reveal correlations across...](https://apiant.ai/connections/exist)
- [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Exist

- [ **Exist to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-hubspot)
- [ **Exist to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-salesforce)
- [ **Exist to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-slack)
- [ **Exist to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Exist to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-gmail)
- [ **Exist to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/exist-to-google-calendar)

## More into Grist

- [ **MySQL to Grist** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-grist)
- [ **Fillout Forms to Grist** Create powerful forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer with Fillout Forms.](https://apiant.ai/connect/fillout-forms-to-grist)
- [ **Google Tasks to Grist** Google Tasks provides a simple to-do list and task management system integrated into Gmail and Google...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-grist)
- [ **Slack to Grist** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-grist)
- [ **Google Calendar to Grist** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grist)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to Grist** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grist)

Questions

## Exist and Grist, answered

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### What can start an automation from Exist?

Any of Exist's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Attribute Value. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in Exist?

Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Document, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Grist to Exist?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Exist or Grist?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
