--- title: "Connect Gridfox to Olostep - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Record Created\" fires in Gridfox, your agent runs \"Create Crawl\" in Olostep." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-olostep" --- # Connect Gridfox to Olostep When **Record Created** fires in [Gridfox](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox), your agent runs **Create Crawl** in [Olostep](https://apiant.ai/connections/olostep). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gridfox **2** triggers Gridfox **9** actions Olostep **8** 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 Olostep 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 Olostep - When **Record Created** in Gridfox then **Create Crawl** in Olostep - When **Record Created or Updated** in Gridfox then **Create Map** in Olostep 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 Olostep ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 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 **Ask AI Answer** Asks Olostep's AI to answer a question or perform a research task by searching and browsing live web pages, returning the answer and its sources. - Action **Batch Scrape URLs** Starts a new Olostep batch that scrapes a list of URLs in parallel. Returns the batch id and status; results are fetched later once the batch completes. - Action **Create Crawl** Starts a new Olostep crawl of a website and returns the crawl id to track progress. - Action **Create Map** Discovers the URLs on a website. Can take up to 120 seconds for complex sites. - Action **Get map** Retrieve a previously completed map (the list of URLs found on a website) by its ID. - Action **Get scrape** Retrieves the result of a previously created scrape by its id. - Action **Scrape Website** Scrapes a web page and returns its content in the formats you choose (Markdown, HTML, text, structured JSON or a screenshot). - Action **Search web** Searches the web with a natural-language query and returns a deduplicated list of relevant links with titles and descriptions. ## 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) - [ **Olostep** Olostep is a web scraping and crawling API that extracts structured data from any website in real-time for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/olostep) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Gridfox - [ **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) - [ **Gridfox to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-shopify) ## More into Olostep - [ **Seafile to Olostep** Seafile is an open-source cloud storage platform that enables secure file sharing, and collaborative...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-olostep) - [ **HubSpot to Olostep** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-olostep) - [ **Salesforce to Olostep** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-olostep) - [ **Slack to Olostep** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-olostep) - [ **Google Sheets to Olostep** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-olostep) - [ **Gmail to Olostep** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-olostep) Questions ## Gridfox and Olostep, 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 Olostep when something happens in Gridfox? Any of Olostep's 8 actions, including Create Crawl, Create Map, Ask AI Answer and Batch Scrape URLs. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Olostep to Gridfox? Olostep has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gridfox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Olostep's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gridfox or Olostep? 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 Olostep 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.