Integration
Connect Forem and Katana
When New article fires in Forem, your agent runs Add manufacturing order in Katana, or New Customer in Katana to Get user in Forem. Describe the whole flow 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 Forem and Katana to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
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 Forem and Katana can do together
From Forem to Katana
When New article in Forem
then Add manufacturing order in Katana
From Katana to 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 Katana
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 30 actions
- New article
Triggers when a new article is published on the Forem community, newest first.
- Add article
Creates a new article on DEV/Forem, either published or saved as a draft.
- Find articles
Searches published articles by keyword and returns the matching articles, optionally limited to the most popular ones from the last N days.
- Get article
Returns a single published article by its numeric ID, including its content, tags and author details.
- Get user
Returns a single Forem user's public profile by their user id.
- List articles
Returns a list of published articles, optionally filtered by tag, author, state, popularity window or collection.
- List my articles
Returns the published articles of the account you connected, newest first.
- List my unpublished articles
Returns your unpublished (draft) articles, most recently created first.
- Update article
Updates an existing article you authored, changing only the fields you fill in.
- New Customer
Triggers when a new customer is created in Katana.
- New Sales Order
Triggers when a new sales order is created in Katana.
- Add manufacturing order
Creates a manufacturing order in Katana for a product variant at a location. Recipe and operation rows are added automatically from the product's recipe.
- Add material
Creates a material in Katana, with one or more variants, and returns the new material.
- Add product
Creates a product in Katana with one or more variants, including its unit of measure, category, and sell/make/buy settings.
- Add purchase order
Creates a purchase order for a supplier, together with its line items, in Katana.
- Create Customer
Creates a customer in Katana.
- Create Sales Order
Creates a sales order in Katana for a customer with one product variant line.
- Delete customer
Deletes a customer from Katana by its ID.
- Delete sales order
Deletes a single sales order in Katana by its ID.
- Find Customer
Finds Katana customers matching a name, email or phone number.
- Get manufacturing order
Returns the details of a manufacturing order, including its status, quantities, costs, dates and custom field values.
- Get product
Returns a Katana product by its ID, including its variants and configuration options.
- Get purchase order
Returns a purchase order by its ID, including its rows, totals, status and custom field values.
- Get Sales Order
Returns one Katana sales order by its ID.
- List customers
Returns the customers in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by name, email, company, category and date ranges.
- List inventory
Returns current inventory levels per variant and location, optionally filtered by location or variant.
- List manufacturing orders
Returns manufacturing orders, most recent first, optionally filtered by status, order number, location, linked sales order, or created/updated date ranges.
- List products
Returns the products in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by name, unit of measure, flags, supplier or date ranges.
- List purchase orders
Returns the purchase orders in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by status, supplier, location, order number and date ranges.
- List sales orders
Returns the sales orders in your Katana account, most recent first, optionally filtered by customer, status, location, dates and more.
- Update Customer
Updates an existing Katana customer. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
- Update product
Updates an existing Katana product. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else is left as it is.
- Update sales order
Updates an existing Katana sales order. Only the fields you fill in are changed; everything else is left as is.
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
Forem and Katana, 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 Katana when something happens in Forem?
Any of Katana's 22 actions, including Create Customer, Create Sales Order, Update Customer and Update product. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Katana to Forem?
Yes. When something happens in Katana, your agent can act in Forem too. This page covers both directions: Katana's triggers and Forem's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Forem or Katana?
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 Katana 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.