--- title: "Connect Gift Up! and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Gift Card Updated\" fires in Gift Up!, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Add item\" in Gift Up!." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Gift Up! and The Old Reader When **Gift Card Updated** fires in [Gift Up!](https://apiant.ai/connections/gift-up), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Add item** in Gift Up!. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gift Up! **4** triggers Gift Up! **2** 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 Gift Up! 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 Gift Up! and The Old Reader can do together ### From Gift Up! to The Old Reader - When **Gift Card Updated** in Gift Up! then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Gift Card** in Gift Up! then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Gift Up! - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add item** in Gift Up! - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **List items** in Gift Up! 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 Gift Up! and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 14 actions - Trigger **Gift Card Redeemed** Trigger when a gift card is redeemed. - Trigger **Gift Card Updated** Triggers on any changes to a gift card, including redemptions. - Trigger **New Gift Card** Trigger when a new gift card is created. - Trigger **New Order** Trigger when a new order is placed. - Action **Add item** Create a new item (a purchasable gift card design/product). - Action **List items** List all items. - 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 - [ **Gift Up!** Gift Up! is a digital gift card system for your website or Facebook page.](https://apiant.ai/connections/gift-up) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Gift Up! - [ **Gift Up! to Google Gemini** Google AI Studio is a fast, easy way to start prototyping generative AI ideas using Google's Gemini model.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-google-gemini) - [ **Gift Up! to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-hubspot) - [ **Gift Up! to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-salesforce) - [ **Gift Up! to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-slack) - [ **Gift Up! to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-google-sheets) - [ **Gift Up! to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gift-up-to-gmail) ## More into 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](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) - [ **Google Calendar to The Old Reader** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Gift Up! and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Gift Up!? Any of Gift Up!'s 4 triggers in the catalog, including Gift Card Updated, New Gift Card, New Order and Gift Card Redeemed. 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 Gift Up!? 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 Gift Up!? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Gift Up! too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Gift Up!'s actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gift Up! 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 Gift Up! 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.