Integration

Connect Forem and Grist

When New article fires in Forem, your agent runs Create or Update Record in Grist, or New or Updated Record in Grist to Get user in Forem. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Forem1 trigger Forem8 actions Grist4 triggers Grist21 actions

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 Forem and Grist to do together?

Ask the assistant

Connect your AI client

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

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

Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

Setup guide

Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

Setup guide

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

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

Example flows

What Forem and Grist can do together

From Forem to Grist

When New article in Foremthen Create or Update Record in Grist
When New article in Foremthen Create Record in Grist

From Grist to Forem

When New or Updated Record in Gristthen Get user in Forem
When New Record in Gristthen Add article in Forem

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 Forem and Grist

Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 29 actions

Trigger
New article
Triggers when a new article is published on the Forem community, newest first.
Action
Add article
Creates a new article on DEV/Forem, either published or saved as a draft.
Action
Find articles
Searches published articles by keyword and returns the matching articles, optionally limited to the most popular ones from the last N days.
Action
Get article
Returns a single published article by its numeric ID, including its content, tags and author details.
Action
Get user
Returns a single Forem user's public profile by their user id.
Action
List articles
Returns a list of published articles, optionally filtered by tag, author, state, popularity window or collection.
Action
List my articles
Returns the published articles of the account you connected, newest first.
Action
List my unpublished articles
Returns your unpublished (draft) articles, most recently created first.
Action
Update article
Updates an existing article you authored, changing only the fields you fill in.
Trigger
New or Updated Record
Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Record (Instant)
Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
Trigger
New Record
Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
Trigger
New Record (Instant)
Triggers when a new Record is created
Action
Add Column
Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.
Action
Add Table
Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
Action
Create Document
Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
Action
Create or Update Record
Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
Action
Create Record
Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
Action
Create Workspace
Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
Action
Delete Document
Deletes a Grist document permanently.
Action
Delete Records
Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
Action
Delete Workspace
Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
Action
Find Record
Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
Action
Get Document
Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
Action
Get Org
Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
Action
Get Workspace
Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
Action
List Columns
Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
Action
List Orgs
Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
Action
List Tables
Returns the tables in a Grist document.
Action
List Workspaces
Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
Action
Run SQL Query
Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
Action
Update Document
Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
Action
Update Record
Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
Action
Update Workspace
Renames a Grist workspace.

Each app on its own

Reviews

What our customers say

More into Grist

Questions

Forem and Grist, answered

What can start an automation from Forem?

Any of Forem's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New article. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in Forem?

Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Document, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can it also run from Grist to Forem?

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

Do I have to build a connector for Forem or Grist?

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 Forem and Grist 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.

Connect Forem and Grist

What do you want Forem and Grist to do together?

What Forem and Grist can do together

From Forem to Grist

From Grist to Forem

Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 29 actions

Each app on its own

What our customers say

More from Forem

More into Grist

Forem and Grist, answered

What can start an automation from Forem?

What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in Forem?

Can it also run from Grist to Forem?

Do I have to build a connector for Forem or Grist?

Can my AI client use Forem and Grist without building an automation?

What happens when something fails?

Is there a free plan?