--- title: "Connect Files.com and Runn - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Automation Run Completed\" fires in Files.com, your agent runs \"Create Client\" in Runn." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-runn" --- # Connect Files.com and Runn When **Automation Run Completed** fires in [Files.com](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com), your agent runs **Create Client** in [Runn](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn), or **New Assignment** in Runn to **Add User to Group** in Files.com. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Files.com **7** triggers Files.com **16** actions Runn **11** triggers Runn **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Files.com and Runn 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Files.com and Runn can do together ### From Files.com to Runn - When **Automation Run Completed** in Files.com then **Create Client** in Runn - When **Group Created** in Files.com then **Create Project** in Runn ### From Runn to Files.com - When **New Assignment** in Runn then **Add User to Group** in Files.com - When **New Client** in Runn then **Update User** in Files.com 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 Files.com and Runn ## Triggers and actions 18 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **Automation Run Completed** Triggered when a run of the selected Files.com automation finishes, whether it succeeded, failed or was canceled. Each run is reported once, after it completes. - Trigger **File Deleted** Triggered when a file or folder is deleted in Files.com. Reports the path that was deleted and who deleted it. - Trigger **Group Created** Triggered when a new group is created in Files.com. Reports the group's name, members and login permissions. - Trigger **New File or Folder Created** Triggered when a file or folder is created in Files.com, whether uploaded, copied or created by an automation. Reports the new path and who created it. - Trigger **New File Uploaded** Triggered when a new file appears in the folder you choose. Reports the file's path, name, size and last-modified time. - Trigger **Share Link Created** Triggered when a new share link is created in Files.com. Reports the link's public address, what it shares and when it expires. - Trigger **User Created** Triggered when a new user is created in Files.com. Reports the user's name, username, email and login permissions. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds an existing Files.com user to a group, optionally as a group administrator. Returns the new group membership, including the group name and the user's username. - Action **Copy File** Copies a file or folder in Files.com to a new path, leaving the original in place. Returns the copy status, plus a migration ID when a large copy continues in the background. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the given path in Files.com, optionally creating any missing parent folders. Returns the new folder's path, name and creation details. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in Files.com, optionally with its starting members, group administrators and login-protocol permissions. Returns the new group including its ID. - Action **Create Share Link** Creates a public share link for one or more files or folders in Files.com, optionally password-protected, expiring or use-limited. Returns the link's public address. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file or folder from Files.com at the given path. Deleting a folder that still has contents requires the recursive option. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder from Files.com at the given path. Use the recursive option to delete a folder that still has files or subfolders in it. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from Files.com by its ID. The group's members keep their own accounts; only the group is removed. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from Files.com by their ID, removing their access to the site. - Action **Download File** Gets a temporary download address for a file in Files.com, along with the file's name, size and checksums. Pass the download address to a later step to fetch or attach the file. - Action **List Folder Contents** Lists the files and folders inside a Files.com folder, with each item's path, name, type, size and last-modified time. - Action **Move File** Moves or renames a file or folder in Files.com to a new path. The original path no longer exists afterwards. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a Files.com group. Looks up the membership for the group and user you name, then removes it. - Action **Run Automation** Starts a run of the Files.com automation you choose, the same as pressing Run in Files.com. The run continues in the background. - Action **Update User** Updates a Files.com user's details, login permissions and access settings. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file into Files.com at the path you choose, fetching the bytes from the file's web address. Returns the stored file's path, name and size. - Trigger **New Assignment** Triggers when a new assignment is created in Runn, optionally limited to one person, role or project. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Contract** Triggers when a new contract is added to a person in Runn. - Trigger **New Holiday Group** Triggers when a new holiday group is added to your Runn account. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person is added in Runn. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Rate Card** Triggers when a new rate card is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Role** Triggers when a new role is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Skill** Triggers when a new skill is created in Runn. - Trigger **New Team** Triggers when a new team is created in Runn. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is added to your Runn account. - Action **Assign a Manager** Adds a Runn user as a manager of a person or placeholder, keeping any managers they already have. Returns the updated person. - Action **Create Assignment** Creates an assignment that schedules a person or placeholder on a project in a role for a date range, with the same number of minutes on each working day. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in Runn with a name and, optionally, a website and links to external systems. - Action **Create Contract** Adds a new contract to a person in Runn, setting their role, dates, employment type, cost and working hours. - Action **Create Person** Creates a person in Runn, along with their first contract (role, employment type, cost and working hours). - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in Runn for a client, optionally setting its budget, pricing model, rate card, team and managers, or duplicating it from an existing template project. - Action **Create Role** Creates a role in Runn, with optional default hourly cost, standard charge-out rate and external references. - Action **Create Skill** Creates a new skill in Runn that can be assigned to people and placeholders. - Action **Create Timesheet (Actual)** Records the time a person actually spent on a project for one day, creating the actual or overwriting an existing one for the same date, person, project, role and workstream. - Action **Find Client** Returns Runn clients whose name contains the text you enter (case-insensitive), with each client's id, website, archived status and external references. - Action **Find Person** Finds people in Runn by email, first name, last name or external id, returning every match and the first matching person. - Action **Find Project** Returns the projects whose name contains the text you give (ignoring case), optionally narrowed by external ID or last-modified date. - Action **Find Role** Finds roles in Runn whose name contains the text you give, ignoring case. Returns the matching roles, how many matched, and the first match. ## Each app on its own - [ **Files.com** Files.com is Smart Cloud Storage for modern teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com) - [ **Runn** Runn is a resource management platform that helps teams align people, projects, and strategy with real-time...](https://apiant.ai/connections/runn) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Files.com - [ **Files.com to CVE.report** CVE records with NVD KEV and EPSS enrichment](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-cve-report) - [ **Files.com to LeadSimple** LeadSimple is the CRM that property management and real estate companies use to scale and grow.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-leadsimple) - [ **Files.com to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-hubspot) - [ **Files.com to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/files-com-to-salesforce) - [ **Files.com to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Files.com's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Automation Run Completed, Group Created, New File or Folder Created and New File Uploaded. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Runn when something happens in Files.com? Any of Runn's 13 actions, including Create Assignment, Create Client, Create Contract and Create Person. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Runn to Files.com? Yes. When something happens in Runn, your agent can act in Files.com too. This page covers both directions: Runn's triggers and Files.com's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Files.com or Runn? 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 Files.com and Runn 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.