--- title: "Connect Formstack Documents to Frase - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Merged Document\" fires in Formstack Documents, your agent runs \"Add brief\" in Frase." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-frase" --- # Connect Formstack Documents to Frase When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), your agent runs **Add brief** in [Frase](https://apiant.ai/connections/frase). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions Frase **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Formstack Documents and Frase 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Formstack Documents can start in Frase - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add brief** in Frase - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Add topic cluster** in Frase 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 Formstack Documents and Frase ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 31 actions - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. - Action **Add brief** Creates a Frase content brief from a completed research session. The brief is created with a pending status and its outline is generated in the background; if a brief already exists for the research session, that brief is returned instead. - Action **Add topic cluster** Creates a topic cluster in Frase, either org-wide or scoped to one of your sites. - Action **Add tracked prompt** Add a new prompt for Frase to track for AI visibility across AI answer engines. - Action **Analyze SERP** Analyzes the Google search results for a keyword, returning organic results, the AI Overview and its sources, People Also Ask questions, and related searches. - Action **Delete content** Moves a content article to the trash in Frase (soft delete). Trashed content can be restored later. - Action **Generate content** Starts generating an article from an existing Frase brief. Generation runs in the background; the returned content id can be used to check its progress. - Action **Get audit** Retrieve a site audit's details and summary, optionally including the audited pages. - Action **Get brief** Retrieve a Frase brief by its ID, including its outline sections. - Action **Get content** Retrieve a specific Frase content article by its ID, including its body, metadata, and SEO/GEO/E-E-A-T scores. - Action **Get research** Retrieve a specific Frase research session by its ID, including its status, summary, findings, sources and type-specific research data. - Action **List sites** Lists the websites associated with your Frase organization. - Action **List topic clusters** Lists the organization's topic clusters, optionally limited to one site. - Action **Start audit** Start a new site audit on one of your Frase sites. - Action **Start research** Start AI-powered research on a topic in Frase. Research runs asynchronously; the returned research id can be used to check progress and read the results. - Action **Update brief** Update a Frase brief's metadata (topic, keywords, content type, intent, word count, tone, audience, guardrails) and/or replace its outline. - Action **Update content** Updates a Frase content article's title, body, status, SEO metadata, or target keywords. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) - [ **Frase** SEO content platform that researches, drafts, optimizes, and publishes articles and tracks AI search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/frase) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Formstack Documents - [ **Formstack Documents to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-hubspot) - [ **Formstack Documents to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-salesforce) - [ **Formstack Documents to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-slack) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-sheets) - [ **Formstack Documents to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-gmail) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-calendar) ## More into Frase - [ **Vast.ai to Frase** Vast.ai is a GPU cloud marketplace for renting compute by the hour.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vast-ai-to-frase) - [ **HubSpot to Frase** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-frase) - [ **Salesforce to Frase** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-frase) - [ **Slack to Frase** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-frase) - [ **Google Sheets to Frase** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-frase) - [ **Gmail to Frase** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-frase) Questions ## Formstack Documents and Frase, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Formstack Documents? Any of Formstack Documents's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Merged Document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Frase when something happens in Formstack Documents? Any of Frase's 16 actions, including Update brief, Update content, Add brief and Add topic cluster. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Frase to Formstack Documents? Frase has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Formstack Documents. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Frase's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents or Frase? 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 Formstack Documents and Frase 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.