--- title: "Connect Geekbot and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Report\" fires in Geekbot, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Get current user\" in Geekbot." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Geekbot and The Old Reader When **New Report** fires in [Geekbot](https://apiant.ai/connections/geekbot), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Get current user** in Geekbot. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Geekbot **1** trigger Geekbot **17** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Geekbot and The Old Reader 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 Geekbot and The Old Reader can do together ### From Geekbot to The Old Reader - When **New Report** in Geekbot then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Report** in Geekbot then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Geekbot - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Get current user** in Geekbot - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add out-of-office period** in Geekbot 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 Geekbot and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New Report** Triggers when a new standup report is submitted in Geekbot. - Action **Add out-of-office period** Schedules an out-of-office period for you or, if you are an admin, for another team member, covering whole days from the start date to the end date. - Action **Add poll** Creates a one-shot Geekbot poll that posts a question with answer choices to a channel. - Action **Add standup** Creates a new Geekbot standup with its questions, schedule and broadcast channel. - Action **Delete report** Deletes a standup report you authored, removing its broadcast message if one was posted. - Action **Delete standup** Deletes a standup and returns the details of the standup that was removed. You must have permission to edit the standup. - Action **Get current user** Returns the user who owns the connected API key, along with the team they belong to. - Action **Get poll** Returns one poll you created, including its schedule, channel, members and optionally its questions. - Action **Get report** Returns one submitted standup report, including who posted it, when, and the answer to each question. - Action **Get standup** Returns one standup by id, including its schedule, members, broadcast settings and optionally its questions. - Action **List out-of-office periods** Returns out-of-office periods for the team members you can view, ordered by start date, optionally narrowed by users, standups or a date window. - Action **List polls** Returns the active and paused polls you created in Geekbot, optionally filtered by state, channel, anonymity or creation date. - Action **List poll votes** Returns the vote results for a poll, grouped by broadcast and question. Without a date range it covers only the latest broadcast. - Action **List reports** Returns submitted Geekbot standup reports within a time window, optionally filtered by standup or user. - Action **List standups** Returns the active and paused standups visible to the connected user, with optional filters for state, anonymity, channel and creation date. - Action **List teams** Returns the Geekbot team tied to the connected API key, including its users who take part in at least one standup visible to the connected user. - Action **Start Report** Starts a standup immediately so its report questions go out, either to all of its participants or only to the users or emails you name. Returns the vendor's confirmation that the standup was queued. - Action **Update standup** Updates a standup's name, schedule, questions, channel and participants. Returns the updated standup. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Geekbot** Geekbot runs asynchronous standups, retrospectives, and surveys — enabling easy, effective, and transparent...](https://apiant.ai/connections/geekbot) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Geekbot - [ **Geekbot to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-hubspot) - [ **Geekbot to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-salesforce) - [ **Geekbot to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-slack) - [ **Geekbot to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-google-sheets) - [ **Geekbot to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-gmail) - [ **Geekbot to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/geekbot-to-google-calendar) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **Asana to The Old Reader** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-the-old-reader) - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Geekbot and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Geekbot? Any of Geekbot's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Report. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Geekbot? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Geekbot? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Geekbot too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Geekbot's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Geekbot or The Old Reader? 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 Geekbot and The Old Reader 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.