--- title: "Connect Expiration Reminder to Exa - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Expiration Reminder, your agent runs \"Create Research Task\" in Exa." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-exa" --- # Connect Expiration Reminder to Exa When **New Contact** fires in [Expiration Reminder](https://apiant.ai/connections/expiration-reminder), your agent runs **Create Research Task** in [Exa](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Expiration Reminder **3** triggers Expiration Reminder **15** actions Exa **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Expiration Reminder and Exa 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 Expiration Reminder can start in Exa - When **New Contact** in Expiration Reminder then **Create Research Task** in Exa - When **New Expiration Item** in Expiration Reminder then **Get Research Task** in Exa 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 Expiration Reminder and Exa ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **New Contact** Triggered when a new contact is added to your Expiration Reminder account. - Trigger **New Expiration Item** Triggered when a new expiration item is added to your Expiration Reminder account. - Trigger **Status Changed Expiration Item** Triggered when an expiration item's status changes in Expiration Reminder — for example when it moves from active to expiring or expired. - Action **Add Location** Creates a location in Expiration Reminder, optionally nested under a parent location and assigned to a team. Any custom fields defined on locations in your account can be set too. Returns the created location. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact in Expiration Reminder with their email, contact details, type, location and team, plus any custom fields defined on contacts in your account. Returns the created contact. - Action **Create Expiration Item** Creates an expiration item in Expiration Reminder with its name and expiration date, optionally attaching contacts, locations, tags, a category and an assignee, plus any custom fields defined in your account. Returns the created item. - Action **Create Expiration Item for Contact** Creates an expiration item in Expiration Reminder and attaches it to a specific contact, with its name, expiration date and category, plus any custom fields defined in your account. Returns the created item. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from Expiration Reminder. Returns the contact record that was deleted. - Action **Delete Expiration Item** Deletes an expiration item from Expiration Reminder. Returns the item record after deletion. - Action **Find Contact** Returns the Expiration Reminder contacts matching a search term or an exact email address, with the total number of matches. - Action **Find Expiration** Returns the Expiration Reminder expiration items matching a search term and status, with the total number of matches. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single Expiration Reminder contact by its id, including their contact details, assignment, location and every custom field stored on them. - Action **Get Expiration Item** Returns a single Expiration Reminder expiration item by its id, including its category, contacts, locations, tags, attachments and every custom field stored on it. - Action **List Contacts** Returns the contacts in your Expiration Reminder account, with the total number of contacts. - Action **List Expiration Items** Returns the expiration items in your Expiration Reminder account, optionally limited to one status, with the total number of items. - Action **List Locations** Returns the locations in your Expiration Reminder account, with the total number of locations. - Action **Renew Expiration** Renews an Expiration Reminder expiration item by moving it to a new expiration date. Returns the renewed item. - Action **Update Expiration Item** Updates an existing Expiration Reminder expiration item. Fields you leave blank are left unchanged; custom fields defined in your account can be set too. Returns the updated item. - Action **Create Research Task** Starts an asynchronous Exa research (Agent) run for a natural-language question and returns the run, including its id and status. Use Get Research Task to read the finished answer. - Action **Find similar links** Returns web pages similar to a given URL, optionally with their text, highlights or summaries. - Action **Generate Answer** Answers a question using Exa web search results, returning the generated answer and the sources it cites. - Action **Get Research Task** Returns a research (Agent) run by its id, including its status, answer text, structured result, citations and cost. - Action **Get Webpage Content** Returns the full text, highlights, summary and metadata for one or more webpages by URL. - Action **Perform Web Search** Searches the web with Exa and returns the matching pages (title, URL, published date, author and any requested contents), plus synthesized output when an output schema is given. ## Each app on its own - [ **Expiration Reminder** Expiration Reminder automatically tracks expiration dates and renewals for employee certifications, software...](https://apiant.ai/connections/expiration-reminder) - [ **Exa** Exa is a Web Search API that helps you search the web, extract content from any URL, and find similar...](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Expiration Reminder - [ **Expiration Reminder to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-hubspot) - [ **Expiration Reminder to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-salesforce) - [ **Expiration Reminder to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-slack) - [ **Expiration Reminder to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-google-sheets) - [ **Expiration Reminder to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-gmail) - [ **Expiration Reminder to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/expiration-reminder-to-google-calendar) ## More into Exa - [ **HubSpot to Exa** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-exa) - [ **Salesforce to Exa** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-exa) - [ **Slack to Exa** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-exa) - [ **Google Sheets to Exa** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-exa) - [ **Gmail to Exa** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-exa) - [ **Google Calendar to Exa** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-exa) Questions ## Expiration Reminder and Exa, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Expiration Reminder? Any of Expiration Reminder's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Expiration Item and Status Changed Expiration Item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Exa when something happens in Expiration Reminder? Any of Exa's 6 actions, including Create Research Task, Find similar links, Generate Answer and Get Research Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Exa to Expiration Reminder? Exa has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Expiration Reminder. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Exa's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Expiration Reminder or Exa? 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 Expiration Reminder and Exa 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.