--- title: "Connect Federal Register and Formstack Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New document\" fires in Federal Register, your agent runs \"Create Document\" in Formstack Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-formstack-documents" --- # Connect Federal Register and Formstack Documents When **New document** fires in [Federal Register](https://apiant.ai/connections/federal-register), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), or **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents to **Find documents** in Federal Register. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Federal Register **1** trigger Federal Register **7** actions Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Federal Register and Formstack Documents 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 Federal Register and Formstack Documents can do together ### From Federal Register to Formstack Documents - When **New document** in Federal Register then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **New document** in Federal Register then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents ### From Formstack Documents to Federal Register - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Find documents** in Federal Register - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Get document** in Federal Register 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 Federal Register and Formstack Documents ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 22 actions - Trigger **New document** Polling trigger that fires when a new Federal Register document is published. - Action **Find documents** Search all Federal Register documents published since 1994 by term, agency, document type, publication/effective date, and docket number. - Action **Find public inspection documents** Search public inspection documents currently scheduled for future publication. - Action **Get agency** Fetch a particular agency's details by slug. - Action **Get document** Fetch a single Federal Register document by document_number, returning its full text and metadata. - Action **Get issue** Fetch a document table of contents for the print edition based on publication_date. - Action **Get public inspection document** Fetch a single public inspection document by document_number. - Action **List agencies** Fetch all agency details known to the Federal Register. - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Federal Register** The Federal Register is the daily journal of the United States government, published as a REST API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/federal-register) - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Federal Register - [ **Federal Register to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-hubspot) - [ **Federal Register to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-salesforce) - [ **Federal Register to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-slack) - [ **Federal Register to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-google-sheets) - [ **Federal Register to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-gmail) - [ **Federal Register to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/federal-register-to-google-calendar) ## More into Formstack Documents - [ **Shopify to Formstack Documents** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Airtable to Formstack Documents** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Trello to Formstack Documents** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-formstack-documents) - [ **ClickUp to Formstack Documents** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Discord to Formstack Documents** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-formstack-documents) - [ **Brevo to Formstack Documents** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-formstack-documents) Questions ## Federal Register and Formstack Documents, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Federal Register? Any of Federal Register's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Formstack Documents when something happens in Federal Register? Any of Formstack Documents's 15 actions, including Create Data Route, Create Data Route Merge, Create Document and Update Data Route. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Formstack Documents to Federal Register? Yes. When something happens in Formstack Documents, your agent can act in Federal Register too. This page covers both directions: Formstack Documents's triggers and Federal Register's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Federal Register or Formstack Documents? 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 Federal Register and Formstack Documents 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.