--- title: "Connect Grafana and LiveSwitch - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Dashboard\" fires in Grafana, your agent runs \"Create Contact\" in LiveSwitch." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-liveswitch" --- # Connect Grafana and LiveSwitch When **New Dashboard** fires in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), your agent runs **Create Contact** in [LiveSwitch](https://apiant.ai/connections/liveswitch), or **New Contact Matching Filter** in LiveSwitch to **Add Team Member** in Grafana. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grafana **1** trigger Grafana **24** actions LiveSwitch **5** triggers LiveSwitch **24** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Grafana and LiveSwitch 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 Grafana and LiveSwitch can do together ### From Grafana to LiveSwitch - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Create Contact** in LiveSwitch - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Update Contact** in LiveSwitch ### From LiveSwitch to Grafana - When **New Contact Matching Filter** in LiveSwitch then **Add Team Member** in Grafana - When **New Conversation Matching Filter** in LiveSwitch then **Create Alert Rule** in Grafana 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 Grafana and LiveSwitch ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 48 actions - Trigger **New Dashboard** Triggers when a new dashboard is created in your Grafana instance. - Action **Add Team Member** Adds an existing Grafana user to a team. - Action **Create Alert Rule** Creates a Grafana-managed alert rule (or recording rule) in a folder and rule group, and returns the new rule. - Action **Create Annotation** Creates an annotation in Grafana, either on a specific dashboard panel or as an organization-wide annotation. Supports point-in-time and region annotations with tags. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder in Grafana, optionally nested under a parent folder. - Action **Create or Update Dashboard** Creates a new dashboard or updates an existing one from a complete dashboard model, optionally placing it in a folder and recording a version-history message. - Action **Create Team** Creates a new team in your Grafana organization with a name and optional email. - Action **Delete Alert Rule** Deletes a Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID. - Action **Delete Annotation** Deletes an annotation from Grafana by its id. - Action **Delete Dashboard** Deletes a dashboard from your Grafana instance by its unique identifier. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a Grafana folder along with all dashboards and alerts stored in it. - Action **Find Annotations** Returns annotations matching the given time range, dashboard, panel, user, alert, type or tags. - Action **Find Teams** Finds teams in your Grafana organization by name or partial name. - Action **Get Alert Rule** Returns a single Grafana-managed alert rule or recording rule by its UID, including its queries, labels, annotations and folder. - Action **Get Annotation** Returns a single annotation by its id, including its text, tags, time range and the dashboard and panel it belongs to. - Action **Get Dashboard** Returns a Grafana dashboard, including its full dashboard model and metadata such as its folder and URL, given the dashboard's unique identifier. - Action **Get Data Source** Returns a single Grafana data source, including its type, URL, access mode and settings, looked up by its UID. - Action **Get Folder** Returns a Grafana folder by its UID, including its title and parent folder. - Action **Get Team** Returns a Grafana team's details (name, email, organization, created and updated times) by its ID. - Action **List Data Sources** Returns all data sources configured in your Grafana organization, with their names, types and connection settings. - Action **List Folders** Returns all folders in your Grafana organization that you have permission to view, with each folder's UID, title and parent folder. - Action **Remove Team Member** Removes a user from a Grafana team. - Action **Update Alert Rule** Updates an existing Grafana alert or recording rule, replacing its title, queries, condition, labels and other settings. - Action **Update Annotation** Updates the text, tags, or time range of an existing annotation. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Folder** Updates an existing folder's title, or moves it under a different parent folder. - Trigger **New Contact Matching Filter** Triggers when a new contact appears in your LiveSwitch organization, optionally limited to contacts matching a filter. - Trigger **New Conversation Matching Filter** Triggers when a new conversation is created in LiveSwitch, optionally limited to conversations matching a filter. - Trigger **New Guided Instructions** Triggers when a new set of guided instructions is added to your LiveSwitch organization, returning its name, description, where it is shown and its steps. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project appears in LiveSwitch, optionally limited by status, contact or external ID. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is created in LiveSwitch. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in LiveSwitch from a name, email or phone, and any custom attributes defined for contacts, and returns the created contact. - Action **Create Conversation** Creates a LiveSwitch conversation, such as a live call, recording request, photo session or scheduled call, for a new or existing contact. Returns the conversation with its join and review links. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in LiveSwitch with a name, status, address, tags, associated contacts and custom attributes, and returns the new project including its links. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a tag in your LiveSwitch organization, with an optional display color, and returns the new tag. - Action **Find All Tags** Returns the tags in your LiveSwitch organization, optionally narrowed by a filter and sorted in the order you choose. - Action **Find Contact by ID** Returns a single LiveSwitch contact by its id, including its name, email, phone and custom attribute values. - Action **Find Contact by Phone** Returns the LiveSwitch contact that has the given phone number, including its custom attributes. - Action **Find Conversation by ID** Returns one LiveSwitch conversation by its ID, including its join and review links, status, contact, tags, notes and custom attributes. - Action **Find Conversations** Returns the conversations in your LiveSwitch organization that match an optional filter, most recent first unless you choose another order. - Action **Find Document by ID** Returns a single LiveSwitch document, either a snapshot or an uploaded file, with its project, conversation, tags and links. - Action **Find Form by ID** Returns a LiveSwitch form by its id, including its name, headline, notes and the fields it collects. - Action **Find Form Submission by ID** Returns a single form submission by its id, including the form, contact and conversation it belongs to and the answers given. - Action **Find Guided Instructions** Returns the guided instructions in your LiveSwitch organization that match the specified filter or conversation type. - Action **Find Project by ID** Returns a single LiveSwitch project by its ID, including its status, share links, tags, contacts and custom attributes. - Action **Find Projects** Returns the projects in your LiveSwitch organization, optionally narrowed by status, external ID, contact or a custom filter. - Action **Find Recording by ID** Returns one LiveSwitch recording by its ID, including its public link, thumbnail, type, status and tags. - Action **Find Recordings by Conversation** Returns the recordings that belong to a LiveSwitch conversation, including their public links, status and tags. - Action **Find Recordings by Project** Returns the recordings that belong to the specified project, including their public links, status, type and tags. - Action **Get Current User (Me)** Returns the LiveSwitch user the connected account is signed in as, including their name, contact details and organization. - Action **Get Organization Settings** Returns the settings of the organization you are logged in to, including its default country code, whether recordings start automatically, and whether SMS is enabled. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact by ID, changing only the name, email, phone and custom attribute values you supply, and returns the updated contact. - Action **Update Conversation** Updates a conversation's name, notes, tags, contact, project or assigned user in LiveSwitch and returns the updated conversation. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing project's name, external ID, status, tags, address, contacts and custom attributes, and returns the updated project. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Tag** Updates the name or display color of an existing tag and returns the updated tag. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) - [ **LiveSwitch** LiveSwitch is a video business communication company that provides instant connectivity between customers...](https://apiant.ai/connections/liveswitch) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grafana - [ **Grafana to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-hubspot) - [ **Grafana to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-salesforce) - [ **Grafana to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-slack) - [ **Grafana to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-mailchimp) - [ **Grafana to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-stripe) - [ **Grafana to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-shopify) ## More into LiveSwitch - [ **HubSpot to LiveSwitch** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-liveswitch) - [ **Google Sheets to LiveSwitch** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-liveswitch) - [ **Gmail to LiveSwitch** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-liveswitch) - [ **Google Calendar to LiveSwitch** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-liveswitch) - [ **Google Drive to LiveSwitch** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-liveswitch) - [ **ActiveCampaign to LiveSwitch** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-liveswitch) Questions ## Grafana and LiveSwitch, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Grafana? Any of Grafana's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Dashboard. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in LiveSwitch when something happens in Grafana? Any of LiveSwitch's 24 actions, including Create Contact, Create Conversation, Create Project and Create Tag. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from LiveSwitch to Grafana? Yes. When something happens in LiveSwitch, your agent can act in Grafana too. This page covers both directions: LiveSwitch's triggers and Grafana's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grafana or LiveSwitch? 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 Grafana and LiveSwitch 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.