Integration
Connect Flatfile to Minor Planet Center
When something happens in Flatfile, your agent does the next thing in Minor Planet Center. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Flatfile and Minor Planet Center to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Flatfile can start in Minor Planet Center
When New Agent in Flatfile
then Find MPECs in Minor Planet Center
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 Minor Planet Center
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 15 actions
- New Agent
Triggers when a new agent is created.
- New App
Triggers when a new app is created.
- New Document
Triggers when a new document is created in a space.
- New Event
Triggers when a new event occurs in Flatfile.
- New Prompt
Triggers when a new prompt is created.
- New Sheet
Trigger when a new sheet is created in a Flatfile workbook.
- New User
Triggers when a new user is created.
- New Workbook
Trigger when a new workbook is created in Flatfile.
- Create Document
Creates a new document in Flatfile.
- Create Prompt
Creates a new AI prompt in Flatfile.
- Get Document
Retrieves a single document from a Flatfile space by its ID.
- Upload File
Uploads a file to Flatfile.
- Find MPECs
Search Minor Planet Electronic Circulars by object or search terms, optionally filtered by issue date range.
- Find near-duplicate observations
Search the MPC's published observation database for near-duplicates of a given observation by time and angular proximity.
- Get action code
Resend an observation submission's action code (used to retract observations or label objects) to the email address on file.
- Get magnitude band
Retrieve reference information for a magnitude band used in MPC observations, or all bands.
- Get NEOCP observations
Retrieve observation data for an object currently on the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page by tracklet identifier.
- Get object identifier
Look up the designations and identification details for a minor planet or comet given a name, provisional or permanent designation.
- Get observations
Retrieve recorded astrometric observation data for a solar system object by designation.
- Get observation status
Check the processing status of individual submitted observations by tracklet/station, observation ID, obs80 string, or submission block ID.
- Get observatory codes
Retrieve details for one or all observatories registered with the MPC by observatory code.
- Get orbital elements
Retrieve orbital elements and related parameters for a solar system object by designation.
- List objects
List solar system objects belonging to a named group such as NEOs, comets, or TNOs, ordered by designation.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Flatfile and Minor Planet Center, answered
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.
What can your agent do in Minor Planet Center when something happens in Flatfile?
Any of Minor Planet Center's 11 actions, including Find MPECs, Find near-duplicate observations, Get action code and Get magnitude band. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Minor Planet Center to Flatfile?
Minor Planet Center has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Flatfile. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Minor Planet Center's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Flatfile or Minor Planet Center?
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.
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.