--- title: "Connect Forem to Npm Registry - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New article\" fires in Forem, your agent runs \"Find packages by text\" in Npm Registry." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-npm-registry" --- # Connect Forem to Npm Registry When **New article** fires in [Forem](https://apiant.ai/connections/forem), your agent runs **Find packages by text** in [Npm Registry](https://apiant.ai/connections/npm-registry). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Forem **1** trigger Forem **8** actions Npm Registry **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Forem and Npm Registry 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. [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 Forem can start in Npm Registry - When **New article** in Forem then **Find packages by text** in Npm Registry - When **New article** in Forem then **Get package** in Npm Registry 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 Npm Registry ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 11 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. - Action **Find packages by text** Searches the public npm registry for packages matching your text and returns the matching packages with their scores, ranked by relevance. - Action **Get package** Returns the full registry metadata for an npm package, including its description, dist-tags, every published version, publish times, maintainers and README. - Action **Get package version** Returns the published metadata for one version of an npm package, including its dependencies, license, maintainers and download tarball details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Forem** Open-source community platform software for building forums where members post articles and discuss topics.](https://apiant.ai/connections/forem) - [ **Npm Registry** Registry API for publishing, searching, and installing JavaScript/Node.js packages and their metadata.](https://apiant.ai/connections/npm-registry) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Forem - [ **Forem to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-hubspot) - [ **Forem to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-salesforce) - [ **Forem to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-slack) - [ **Forem to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-google-sheets) - [ **Forem to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-gmail) - [ **Forem to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forem-to-google-calendar) ## More into Npm Registry - [ **HubSpot to Npm Registry** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-npm-registry) - [ **Salesforce to Npm Registry** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-npm-registry) - [ **Slack to Npm Registry** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-npm-registry) - [ **Google Sheets to Npm Registry** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-npm-registry) - [ **Gmail to Npm Registry** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-npm-registry) - [ **Google Calendar to Npm Registry** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-npm-registry) Questions ## Forem and Npm Registry, 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 Npm Registry when something happens in Forem? Any of Npm Registry's 3 actions, including Find packages by text, Get package and Get package version. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Npm Registry to Forem? Npm Registry has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Forem. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Npm Registry's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Forem or Npm Registry? 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 Npm Registry 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.