--- title: "Connect GitHub and Grist - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Branch\" fires in GitHub, your agent runs \"Create or Update Record\" in Grist." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-grist" --- # Connect GitHub and Grist When **New Branch** fires in [GitHub](https://apiant.ai/connections/github), your agent runs **Create or Update Record** in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), or **New or Updated Record** in Grist to **Add Labels to Issue** in GitHub. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. GitHub **15** triggers GitHub **19** actions Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want GitHub and Grist 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 GitHub and Grist can do together ### From GitHub to Grist - When **New Branch** in GitHub then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **New Collaborator** in GitHub then **Create Record** in Grist ### From Grist to GitHub - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Add Labels to Issue** in GitHub - When **New Record** in Grist then **Create Issue** in GitHub 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 GitHub and Grist ## Triggers and actions 19 triggers · 40 actions - Trigger **Issue Closed** Triggers when an issue in a repository is closed. - Trigger **New Branch** Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Collaborator** Triggers when a new collaborator is added to a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Commit** Triggers when a new commit is pushed to a GitHub repository's default branch. - Trigger **New Commit Comment** Triggers when someone comments on a commit in a repository. - Trigger **New Gist** Triggers when you create a new gist on GitHub. - Trigger **New Global Event** Triggers when a new public event happens anywhere on GitHub, such as a push, fork, or new issue. - Trigger **New Issue** Triggers when a new issue is created in a repository. - Trigger **New Label** Triggers when a new label is added to a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Milestone** Triggers when a new milestone is created in a repository. - Trigger **New Pull Request** Triggers when a new pull request is opened in a repository. - Trigger **New Release** Triggers when a new release is published in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Repo Event** Triggers when new activity (pushes, issues, pull requests, releases and more) happens in a GitHub repository. - Trigger **New Repository** Triggers when a new public repository appears under a GitHub user or organization. - Trigger **New Watcher** Triggers when someone starts watching a repository. - Action **Add Labels to Issue** Adds labels to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository, keeping its existing labels. - Action **Check Organization Membership** Checks whether a GitHub user is a member of an organization and returns true or false. - Action **Create Branch** Creates a new branch in a repository, starting from the commit you choose. - Action **Create Comment** Adds a comment to an issue or pull request in a GitHub repository. - Action **Create Gist** Creates a new gist with one file on the connected GitHub account. - Action **Create Issue** Creates a new issue in a GitHub repository. - Action **Create or Update File** Creates a new file in a repository, or replaces an existing file's contents, as a commit. - Action **Create Pull Request** Opens a pull request asking to merge one branch into another. - Action **Delete Branch** Deletes a branch from a repository. Any open pull request from that branch is closed. - Action **Find Branch** Finds a branch in a GitHub repository by name and returns its latest commit and protection status. - Action **Find Issue** Finds an issue in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, body, state, author and labels. - Action **Find Organization** Finds a GitHub organization by its login and returns its profile details. - Action **Find Pull Request** Finds a pull request in a GitHub repository by its number and returns its title, state, branches and merge status. - Action **Find Repository** Returns a GitHub repository by its owner and name, including its description, visibility, default branch and counts. - Action **Find User** Finds a GitHub user by username and returns their public profile. - Action **Get File Contents** Returns a file from a GitHub repository, with its base64-encoded content, at the default branch or a chosen branch, tag or commit. - Action **Submit Review** Submits a review on a pull request: approve it, request changes, or leave a review comment. - Action **Update Issue** Updates an existing issue in a GitHub repository, such as its title, text, state, labels or assignees. - Action **Update Pull Request** Changes a pull request's title, description, target branch, or open/closed state. - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Record (Instant)** Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added. - Trigger **New Record** Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table. - Trigger **New Record (Instant)** Triggers when a new Record is created - Action **Add Column** Adds a column to a table in a Grist document. - Action **Add Table** Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID. - Action **Create or Update Record** Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID. - Action **Create Record** Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID. - Action **Create Workspace** Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a Grist document permanently. - Action **Delete Records** Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID. - Action **Delete Workspace** Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it. - Action **Find Record** Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values. - Action **Get Document** Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization. - Action **Get Org** Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level. - Action **Get Workspace** Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains. - Action **List Columns** Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type. - Action **List Orgs** Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach. - Action **List Tables** Returns the tables in a Grist document. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains. - Action **Run SQL Query** Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows. - Action **Update Document** Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Record** Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Workspace** Renames a Grist workspace. ## Each app on its own - [ **GitHub** GitHub is the perfect place to share code and work collaboratively on private and open source software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/github) - [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from GitHub - [ **GitHub to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-hubspot) - [ **GitHub to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-salesforce) - [ **GitHub to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-slack) - [ **GitHub to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-sheets) - [ **GitHub to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-gmail) - [ **GitHub to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/github-to-google-calendar) ## More into Grist - [ **MySQL to Grist** Connect directly to a MySQL database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-grist) - [ **Fillout Forms to Grist** Create powerful forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer with Fillout Forms.](https://apiant.ai/connect/fillout-forms-to-grist) - [ **Google Tasks to Grist** Google Tasks provides a simple to-do list and task management system integrated into Gmail and Google...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-tasks-to-grist) - [ **Slack to Grist** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-grist) - [ **Google Calendar to Grist** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-grist) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Grist** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-grist) Questions ## GitHub and Grist, answered ### ### What can start an automation from GitHub? Any of GitHub's 15 triggers in the catalog, including New Branch, New Collaborator, New Commit and New Commit Comment. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in GitHub? Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Document, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Grist to GitHub? Yes. When something happens in Grist, your agent can act in GitHub too. This page covers both directions: Grist's triggers and GitHub's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for GitHub or Grist? 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 GitHub and Grist 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.