--- title: "Connect Formstack Documents and SignNow - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Merged Document\" fires in Formstack Documents, your agent runs \"Update Document\" in SignNow." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-signnow" --- # Connect Formstack Documents and SignNow When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), your agent runs **Update Document** in [SignNow](https://apiant.ai/connections/signnow), or **Document Updated** in SignNow to **Create Document** in Formstack Documents. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions SignNow **3** triggers SignNow **13** 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 SignNow 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 and SignNow can do together ### From Formstack Documents to SignNow - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Update Document** in SignNow - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Upload Document** in SignNow ### From SignNow to Formstack Documents - When **Document Updated** in SignNow then **Create Document** in Formstack Documents - When **New Document** in SignNow then **Update Document** in Formstack Documents 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 SignNow ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 28 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. - Trigger **Document Deleted** Triggers when a document has been deleted. - Trigger **Document Updated** Triggers when a document has been updated. - Trigger **New Document** Triggers when a document has been uploaded to SignNow. - Action **Add signing link** Creates a single signing link (and QR code) for a SignNow document or template so anyone with the link can sign it. - Action **Add template** Creates a template in SignNow from an existing document. The source document is flattened into a reusable template. - Action **Delete document** Deletes a document from the SignNow account. - Action **Download document** Downloads a SignNow document as a PDF, or as a zip that also includes its attachments. - Action **Get document** Get a document by id. - Action **Invite to Sign** Sends a free form invite to sign an existing SignNow document that has no fields; the signer can place their signature anywhere on the document. - Action **List documents** Lists the documents in a SignNow folder (for example your Documents folder), with optional filtering by signing status or date and sorting. - Action **List signing links** Lists the signing links created for a document or template. - Action **Merge documents** Merges existing SignNow documents into one new document. - Action **Resend invite** Resends the email invite to sign a document to a signer who has not yet signed. - Action **Update Document** edits an existing document (e.g. adds or updates fields/texts), which fires the user.document.update event without sending an invite (avoids the daily invite limit). - Action **Upload Document** Uploads a file to the SignNow account and returns the new document's ID. - Action **Upload Document & Extract Fields** Uploads a.doc,.docx or.pdf file to SignNow and converts its text tags (and optionally its fillable PDF fields) into SignNow fields. ## Each app on its own - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) - [ **SignNow** SignNow provides a secure and easy electronic signature solution that enables you to sign, send and manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/signnow) 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 SignNow - [ **HubSpot to SignNow** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-signnow) - [ **Salesforce to SignNow** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-signnow) - [ **Google Sheets to SignNow** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-signnow) - [ **Gmail to SignNow** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-signnow) - [ **Google Calendar to SignNow** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-signnow) - [ **Google Drive to SignNow** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-signnow) Questions ## Formstack Documents and SignNow, 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 SignNow when something happens in Formstack Documents? Any of SignNow's 13 actions, including Update Document, Upload Document, Upload Document & Extract Fields and Add signing link. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SignNow to Formstack Documents? Yes. When something happens in SignNow, your agent can act in Formstack Documents too. This page covers both directions: SignNow's triggers and Formstack Documents's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents or SignNow? 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 SignNow 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.