--- title: "Connect Forminit to Extracto - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Submission\" fires in Forminit, your agent runs \"Extract data from URL\" in Extracto." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-extracto" --- # Connect Forminit to Extracto When **New Submission** fires in [Forminit](https://apiant.ai/connections/forminit), your agent runs **Extract data from URL** in [Extracto](https://apiant.ai/connections/extracto). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Forminit **1** trigger Forminit **1** action Extracto **1** action What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Forminit and Extracto 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 Forminit can start in Extracto - When **New Submission** in Forminit then **Extract data from URL** in Extracto 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 Forminit and Extracto ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 2 actions - Trigger **New Submission** Triggers when a new submission is received on a Forminit form. - Action **List submissions** Returns the stored submissions for a Forminit form, newest first, optionally filtered by a search keyword. - Action **Extract data from URL** renders the given URL in a real browser, extracts fields per a caller-supplied JSON schema (type hints: string/number/boolean/array/nested object), validates the result against that schema, and returns matching JSON or a structured error. Inputs: url (string), schema (object). This is the entirety of Extracto's documented API surface as of 2026-09-14 (docs page states "full API reference ships at launch"). ## Each app on its own - [ **Forminit** Forminit is a complete headless backend API for your forms. You build the form.](https://apiant.ai/connections/forminit) - [ **Extracto** Web data extraction API returning typed, schema-validated JSON from any URL](https://apiant.ai/connections/extracto) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Forminit - [ **Forminit to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-hubspot) - [ **Forminit to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-salesforce) - [ **Forminit to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-slack) - [ **Forminit to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-google-sheets) - [ **Forminit to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-gmail) - [ **Forminit to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/forminit-to-google-calendar) ## More into Extracto - [ **HubSpot to Extracto** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-extracto) - [ **Salesforce to Extracto** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-extracto) - [ **Slack to Extracto** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-extracto) - [ **Google Sheets to Extracto** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-extracto) - [ **Gmail to Extracto** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-extracto) - [ **Google Calendar to Extracto** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-extracto) Questions ## Forminit and Extracto, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Forminit? Any of Forminit's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Submission. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Extracto when something happens in Forminit? Any of Extracto's 1 action, including Extract data from URL. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Extracto to Forminit? Extracto has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Forminit. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Extracto's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Forminit or Extracto? 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 Forminit and Extracto 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.