--- title: "Connect Grain and ShipStation - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Playlist\" fires in Grain, your agent runs \"Create or Update Order\" in ShipStation." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-shipstation" --- # Connect Grain and ShipStation When **New Playlist** fires in [Grain](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain), your agent runs **Create or Update Order** in [ShipStation](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation), or **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation to **Add Recording to Playlist** in Grain. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grain **4** triggers Grain **22** actions ShipStation **1** trigger ShipStation **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Grain and ShipStation 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 Grain and ShipStation can do together ### From Grain to ShipStation - When **New Playlist** in Grain then **Create or Update Order** in ShipStation - When **New Upload** in Grain then **Mark Order as Shipped** in ShipStation ### From ShipStation to Grain - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Add Recording to Playlist** in Grain - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Add Tag to Recording** in Grain 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 Grain and ShipStation ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers ยท 40 actions - Trigger **New Playlist** Triggers when a new playlist is created in Grain. - Trigger **New Upload** Triggers when a new upload is created in Grain. - Trigger **Recording Added** Triggers when a new recording appears in your Grain account. - Trigger **Story Added** Triggers when a new story is created in Grain. - Action **Add Recording to Playlist** Adds a recording to a Grain playlist. - Action **Add Tag to Recording** Adds a tag to a Grain recording. - Action **Create Clip** Creates a clip from a time range of a Grain recording, snapped to whole transcript sentences. - Action **Create Playlist** Creates a Grain playlist. - Action **Delete Clip** Deletes a Grain clip. - Action **Delete Playlist** Deletes a Grain playlist. - Action **Get Playlist** Returns one Grain playlist. - Action **Get Recording** Returns one Grain recording with its participants and calendar details. - Action **Get Transcript** Returns the transcript of a Grain recording as speaker-labelled sections with timestamps. - Action **List Meeting Types** Returns the meeting types defined in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Playlists** Returns your Grain playlists, newest first, one page at a time. - Action **List Recordings** Returns your Grain recordings with their participants, optionally filtered by title or start time. - Action **List Stories** Returns your Grain stories, one page at a time. - Action **List Teams** Returns the teams in your Grain workspace. - Action **List Users** Returns the users in your Grain workspace, each with ID, name and email. - Action **Remove Recording from Playlist** Removes a recording from a Grain playlist. - Action **Remove Tag from Recording** Removes a tag from a Grain recording. - Action **Share Recording with Team** Shares a Grain recording with a team. - Action **Share Recording with User** Shares a Grain recording with a user in your workspace. - Action **Update Clip** Updates a Grain clip's title or time range. - Action **Update Playlist** Updates a Grain playlist's title or link access. - Action **Update Recording** Renames a Grain recording. - Trigger **New or Updated Order** Polling trigger: fires when an order is created or modified. - Action **Add Warehouse** Create a new warehouse location. - Action **Create or Update Order** Create a new order or update an existing one (upsert by orderNumber/orderKey). - Action **Delete Order** Delete (deactivate) an order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieve a single customer by customer ID. - Action **Get Order** Retrieve a single order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Product** Retrieve a single product by ID. - Action **Get Rates** Get shipping rate estimates for a carrier between two locations and package. - Action **Get Store** Retrieve details of a single store by ID. - Action **Get Warehouse** Retrieve details of a single warehouse by ID. - Action **List Carriers** List the shipping carriers connected to the account. - Action **List Customers** List customers in the ShipStation account. - Action **List Orders** List orders, optionally filtered by status, customer, or modified date. - Action **List Products** List products in the ShipStation catalog. - Action **List Stores** Retrieve the list of stores connected to the account. - Action **List Warehouses** List the ship-from warehouse locations configured in the account. - Action **Mark Order as Shipped** Mark an order as shipped with a carrier code and tracking number. - Action **Update Product** Update an existing product's details (SKU, name, price, weight, etc). - Action **Update Warehouse** Update an existing warehouse's name/address/return address. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grain** Grain joins your calls to take notes, document the next steps, and file automated meeting notes in platforms...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grain) - [ **ShipStation** ShipStation order, shipment, and fulfillment management.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grain - [ **Grain to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-hubspot) - [ **Grain to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-salesforce) - [ **Grain to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-slack) - [ **Grain to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-mailchimp) - [ **Grain to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-stripe) - [ **Grain to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grain-to-shopify) ## More into ShipStation - [ **Erpnext to ShipStation** Open-source ERP system for accounting, inventory, manufacturing, sales, projects, and CRM.](https://apiant.ai/connect/erpnext-to-shipstation) - [ **Slack to ShipStation** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shipstation) - [ **Google Calendar to ShipStation** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipstation) - [ **Google Drive to ShipStation** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-shipstation) - [ **Pipedrive to ShipStation** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-shipstation) - [ **ActiveCampaign to ShipStation** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-shipstation) Questions ## Grain and ShipStation, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Grain? Any of Grain's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Playlist, New Upload, Recording Added and Story Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ShipStation when something happens in Grain? Any of ShipStation's 18 actions, including Create or Update Order, Update Product, Update Warehouse and Add Warehouse. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ShipStation to Grain? Yes. When something happens in ShipStation, your agent can act in Grain too. This page covers both directions: ShipStation's triggers and Grain's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grain or ShipStation? 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 Grain and ShipStation 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.