# Connect Flatfile and Gridfox

When **New Agent** fires in [Flatfile](https://apiant.ai/connections/flatfile), your agent runs **Add record** in [Gridfox](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox), or **Record Created** in Gridfox to **Create Document** in Flatfile. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Flatfile **8** triggers Flatfile **4** actions Gridfox **2** triggers Gridfox **9** actions

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

## What do you want Flatfile and Gridfox 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 Flatfile and Gridfox can do together

### From Flatfile to Gridfox

- When **New Agent** in Flatfile then **Add record** in Gridfox
- When **New App** in Flatfile then **Update record** in Gridfox

### From Gridfox to Flatfile

- When **Record Created** in Gridfox then **Create Document** in Flatfile
- When **Record Created or Updated** in Gridfox then **Upload File** in Flatfile

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 Flatfile and Gridfox

## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 13 actions

- Trigger

**New Agent**

Triggers when a new agent is created.

- Trigger

**New App**

Triggers when a new app is created.

- Trigger

**New Document**

Triggers when a new document is created in a space.

- Trigger

**New Event**

Triggers when a new event occurs in Flatfile.

- Trigger

**New Prompt**

Triggers when a new prompt is created.

- Trigger

**New Sheet**

Trigger when a new sheet is created in a Flatfile workbook.

- Trigger

**New User**

Triggers when a new user is created.

- Trigger

**New Workbook**

Trigger when a new workbook is created in Flatfile.

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a new document in Flatfile.

- Action

**Create Prompt**

Creates a new AI prompt in Flatfile.

- Action

**Get Document**

Retrieves a single document from a Flatfile space by its ID.

- Action

**Upload File**

Uploads a file to Flatfile.

- Trigger

**Record Created**

Triggers when a new record is created.

- Trigger

**Record Created or Updated**

Fires when a record in the chosen Gridfox table is created or updated.

- Action

**Add record**

Create a record in a table.

- Action

**Add user**

Add a user to the project.

- Action

**Delete record**

Delete a record.

- Action

**Find records**

Search records in a table by search parameters.

- Action

**Get record**

Get a record by reference field value.

- Action

**Get record audit**

Get audit history for a record.

- Action

**List tables**

List tables in the project.

- Action

**List User Groups**

lists the project's user groups with their member users (id, email).

- Action

**Update record**

Update a record by reference field value.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Flatfile** Flatfile is an AI-powered data import and exchange platform that helps teams and businesses seamlessly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/flatfile)
- [ **Gridfox** Manage your work, your way with Gridfox. The tool for team collaboration that helps you build custom...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Flatfile

- [ **Flatfile to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-hubspot)
- [ **Flatfile to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-salesforce)
- [ **Flatfile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-slack)
- [ **Flatfile to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Flatfile to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-google-calendar)
- [ **Flatfile to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/flatfile-to-google-drive)

## More into Gridfox

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

Questions

## Flatfile and Gridfox, answered

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### What can start an automation from Flatfile?

Any of Flatfile's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Agent, New App, New Document and New Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Gridfox when something happens in Flatfile?

Any of Gridfox's 9 actions, including Update record, Add record, Add user and Find records. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Gridfox to Flatfile?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Flatfile or Gridfox?

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.
