# Connect Formstack Documents to Spoonacular Recipe

When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), your agent runs **Find menu items** in [Spoonacular Recipe](https://apiant.ai/connections/spoonacular-recipe). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** actions Spoonacular Recipe **11** 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 Spoonacular Recipe to do together?

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### 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.

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### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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### 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.

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### 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.

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Example flows

## What Formstack Documents can start in Spoonacular Recipe

- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Find menu items** in Spoonacular Recipe
- When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Extract recipe from website** in Spoonacular Recipe

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 Spoonacular Recipe

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 26 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

**Extract recipe from website**

Extracts recipe data such as title, ingredients and instructions from a recipe web page or supported video link.

- Action

**Find grocery products**

Searches packaged grocery products, such as frozen pizza or Greek yogurt, by name and optional nutrition limits per serving.

- Action

**Find ingredients**

Searches spoonacular's whole-food ingredients (fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, meat, dairy and more) by name, with optional macronutrient and intolerance filters.

- Action

**Find menu items**

Searches fast food and chain restaurant menu items by name, optionally filtered by calories and macronutrients, and returns the matching menu items.

- Action

**Find recipes**

Searches Spoonacular's recipe database by keyword with optional cuisine, diet, ingredient, time and nutrient filters, and returns the matching recipes.

- Action

**Find recipes by ingredients**

Finds recipes that use as many of the given ingredients as possible while requiring as few additional ingredients as possible.

- Action

**Generate meal plan**

Generates a meal plan of breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes for one day or a whole week, aiming at a daily calorie target and an optional diet.

- Action

**Get ingredient**

Returns all available information about an ingredient, such as its image, supermarket aisle, estimated cost and nutrition, optionally for a given amount and unit.

- Action

**Get random recipes**

Returns one or more random popular recipes, optionally filtered by tags such as diet, meal type, or cuisine.

- Action

**Get recipe**

Returns full information about a recipe by its ID, including ingredients, instructions, diet and allergen details, and optionally nutrition, wine pairing and taste data.

- Action

**Get recipe nutrition**

Returns the nutrition breakdown for a recipe: nutrients with daily-value percentages, glycemic properties, flavonoids, per-ingredient nutrients, caloric breakdown and weight per serving.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents)
- [ **Spoonacular Recipe** Food API providing recipe search, ingredient parsing, meal planning, and nutrition data for developers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/spoonacular-recipe)

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)
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- [ **Formstack Documents to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-sheets)
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- [ **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 Spoonacular Recipe

- [ **HubSpot to Spoonacular Recipe** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-spoonacular-recipe)
- [ **Salesforce to Spoonacular Recipe** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-spoonacular-recipe)
- [ **Slack to Spoonacular Recipe** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-spoonacular-recipe)
- [ **Google Sheets to Spoonacular Recipe** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-spoonacular-recipe)
- [ **Gmail to Spoonacular Recipe** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-spoonacular-recipe)
- [ **Google Calendar to Spoonacular Recipe** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-spoonacular-recipe)

Questions

## Formstack Documents and Spoonacular Recipe, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Spoonacular Recipe when something happens in Formstack Documents?

Any of Spoonacular Recipe's 11 actions, including Extract recipe from website, Find grocery products, Find ingredients and Find menu items. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Spoonacular Recipe to Formstack Documents?

Spoonacular Recipe has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Formstack Documents. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Spoonacular Recipe's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents or Spoonacular Recipe?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
