--- title: "Connect Grafana to Plumsail Documents - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Dashboard\" fires in Grafana, your agent runs \"Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)\" in Plumsail Documents." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grafana-to-plumsail-documents" --- # Connect Grafana to Plumsail Documents When **New Dashboard** fires in [Grafana](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana), your agent runs **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** in [Plumsail Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/plumsail-documents). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grafana **1** trigger Grafana **24** actions Plumsail Documents **22** 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 Plumsail Documents 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Grafana can start in Plumsail Documents - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** in Plumsail Documents - When **New Dashboard** in Grafana then **Add HTML Watermark to PDF** in Plumsail Documents 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 Plumsail Documents ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 46 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. - Action **Add HTML Watermark to PDF** Adds an HTML watermark to a PDF document and returns a link to the watermarked PDF. - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Adds an image watermark to every chosen page of a PDF and returns a download link to the watermarked PDF. - Action **Add PDF Watermark to PDF** Overlays a page from another PDF as a watermark on a PDF document and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Adds a text watermark to a PDF and returns a download link to the watermarked file. - Action **Compress PDF** Compresses and optimizes a PDF document to reduce its size, and returns a download link to the compressed PDF. - Action **Convert CSV to Excel File (XLSX)** Converts a CSV file into an Excel workbook (XLSX) and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert DOC to DOCX** Converts a legacy Word DOC document into a DOCX file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert DOCX to PDF** Converts a Word DOCX document to PDF and returns a download link to the PDF. - Action **Convert PPT to PPTX** Converts a PowerPoint PPT presentation to PPTX format and returns a download link to the converted file. - Action **Convert PPTX to PDF** Converts a PowerPoint PPTX presentation into a PDF file and returns a download link. - Action **Convert to PDF** Converts a document from a public URL into a PDF file and returns a download link to the PDF. - Action **Convert XLS to XLSX** Converts a legacy Excel XLS file into an XLSX workbook and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Convert XLSX to PDF** Converts an Excel XLSX spreadsheet into a PDF file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Fill in PDF Form** Fills in the fields of a fillable PDF form with the data you provide and returns a download link to the completed PDF. - Action **Fill Merge Fields in DOCX Document** Fills the merge fields of a Word DOCX document with your data and returns a download link to the filled document. - Action **Generate Document From DOCX Template** Creates a document from a Word DOCX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From Fillable PDF** Generates a PDF document by filling a fillable PDF template with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From PPTX Template** Creates a document from a PowerPoint PPTX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Generate Document From XLSX Template** Creates a document from an Excel XLSX template filled with your data and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Merge Any Files Into PDF** Converts multiple files (documents, images, PDFs) and merges them into a single PDF, returning a download link. - Action **Merge DOCX Files** Merges several Word (DOCX) documents into a single DOCX file and returns a download link to the result. - Action **Protect PDF** Adds passwords and printing, editing, copying and annotation restrictions to a PDF file, and returns a link to the protected PDF. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grafana** Grafana offers application analytics visualization services and features graphing, styling, template...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grafana) - [ **Plumsail Documents** Generate documents from DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML templates and populate fillable PDF forms.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plumsail-documents) 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 Plumsail Documents - [ **HubSpot to Plumsail Documents** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Salesforce to Plumsail Documents** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Slack to Plumsail Documents** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Google Sheets to Plumsail Documents** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Gmail to Plumsail Documents** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-plumsail-documents) - [ **Google Calendar to Plumsail Documents** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-plumsail-documents) Questions ## Grafana and Plumsail Documents, 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 Plumsail Documents when something happens in Grafana? Any of Plumsail Documents's 22 actions, including Add HTML Watermark to PDF, Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add PDF Watermark to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Plumsail Documents to Grafana? Plumsail Documents has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grafana. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Plumsail Documents's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grafana or Plumsail Documents? 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 Plumsail Documents 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.