--- title: "Connect Gridfox to Npm Registry - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Record Created\" fires in Gridfox, your agent runs \"Find packages by text\" in Npm Registry." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-npm-registry" --- # Connect Gridfox to Npm Registry When **Record Created** fires in [Gridfox](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox), your agent runs **Find packages by text** in [Npm Registry](https://apiant.ai/connections/npm-registry). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gridfox **2** triggers Gridfox **9** actions Npm Registry **3** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Gridfox and Npm Registry 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 Gridfox can start in Npm Registry - When **Record Created** in Gridfox then **Find packages by text** in Npm Registry - When **Record Created or Updated** in Gridfox then **Get package** in Npm Registry 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 Gridfox and Npm Registry ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 12 actions - Trigger **Record Created** Triggers when a new record is created. - Trigger **Record Created or Updated** Fires when a record in the chosen Gridfox table is created or updated. - Action **Add record** Create a record in a table. - Action **Add user** Add a user to the project. - Action **Delete record** Delete a record. - Action **Find records** Search records in a table by search parameters. - Action **Get record** Get a record by reference field value. - Action **Get record audit** Get audit history for a record. - Action **List tables** List tables in the project. - Action **List User Groups** lists the project's user groups with their member users (id, email). - Action **Update record** Update a record by reference field value. - Action **Find packages by text** Searches the public npm registry for packages matching your text and returns the matching packages with their scores, ranked by relevance. - Action **Get package** Returns the full registry metadata for an npm package, including its description, dist-tags, every published version, publish times, maintainers and README. - Action **Get package version** Returns the published metadata for one version of an npm package, including its dependencies, license, maintainers and download tarball details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Gridfox** Manage your work, your way with Gridfox. The tool for team collaboration that helps you build custom...](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox) - [ **Npm Registry** Registry API for publishing, searching, and installing JavaScript/Node.js packages and their metadata.](https://apiant.ai/connections/npm-registry) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Gridfox - [ **Gridfox to Checkly** Synthetic monitoring platform for uptime, API, and browser checks with alerting and status pages.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-checkly) - [ **Gridfox to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-hubspot) - [ **Gridfox to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-salesforce) - [ **Gridfox to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-slack) - [ **Gridfox to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-mailchimp) - [ **Gridfox to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-stripe) ## More into Npm Registry - [ **HubSpot to Npm Registry** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-npm-registry) - [ **Salesforce to Npm Registry** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-npm-registry) - [ **Slack to Npm Registry** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-npm-registry) - [ **Google Sheets to Npm Registry** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-npm-registry) - [ **Gmail to Npm Registry** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-npm-registry) - [ **Google Calendar to Npm Registry** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-npm-registry) Questions ## Gridfox and Npm Registry, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Gridfox? Any of Gridfox's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Record Created and Record Created or Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Npm Registry when something happens in Gridfox? Any of Npm Registry's 3 actions, including Find packages by text, Get package and Get package version. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Npm Registry to Gridfox? Npm Registry has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gridfox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Npm Registry's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gridfox or Npm Registry? 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 Gridfox and Npm Registry 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.