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title: "Connect Gridfox and Tella - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Record Created\" fires in Gridfox, your agent runs \"Add Tag to Video\" in Tella, or \"New Video Created\" in Tella to \"Add record\" in Gridfox."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-tella"
---

# Connect Gridfox and Tella

When **Record Created** fires in [Gridfox](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox), your agent runs **Add Tag to Video** in [Tella](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella), or **New Video Created** in Tella to **Add record** in Gridfox. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Gridfox **2** triggers Gridfox **9** actions Tella **1** trigger Tella **13** 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 Tella 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 and Tella can do together

### From Gridfox to Tella

- When **Record Created** in Gridfox then **Add Tag to Video** in Tella
- When **Record Created or Updated** in Gridfox then **Add Video** in Tella

### From Tella to Gridfox

- When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Add record** in Gridfox
- When **New Video Created** in Tella then **Update record** in Gridfox

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 Tella

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 22 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.

- Trigger

**New Video Created**

Fires instantly when a new video is created in your Tella workspace.

- Action

**Add Tag to Video**

Adds an existing tag to a Tella video. Requires edit access to the video; adding a private tag only affects the connected user's library.

- Action

**Add Video**

Creates a new Tella video from an uploaded video source; the source becomes the video's first clip.

- Action

**Add Video to Playlist**

Adds an existing video to a Tella playlist.

- Action

**Create Playlist**

Creates a new playlist in your workspace.

- Action

**Delete Playlist**

Permanently deletes a Tella playlist. Videos in the playlist are not deleted.

- Action

**Delete Video**

Permanently deletes a Tella video.

- Action

**Find Playlist**

Finds playlists whose name matches the name you give (case-insensitive) and returns the matches, with the first match broken out.

- Action

**Find Video**

Returns the videos whose title contains the specified name.

- Action

**Get Playlist**

Returns the details of a Tella playlist, including its name, description, access settings, number of videos and view link.

- Action

**Get Video**

Retrieves a Tella video's details, including chapters, transcript, thumbnails, exports, settings and links.

- Action

**Remove Video from Playlist**

Removes a video from a playlist by playlist ID and video ID.

- Action

**Update Playlist**

Updates an existing Playlist by ID, e.g. name/description.

- Action

**Update Video**

Update a Tella video's title, description, sharing and access settings, viewer options, subtitle styling, audio and canvas settings. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

## 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)
- [ **Tella** Tella is a screen recorder that allows you to record, edit and share videos.](https://apiant.ai/connections/tella)

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 Tella

- [ **HubSpot to Tella** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tella)
- [ **Salesforce to Tella** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tella)
- [ **Slack to Tella** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tella)
- [ **Google Sheets to Tella** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tella)
- [ **Gmail to Tella** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tella)
- [ **Google Calendar to Tella** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-tella)

Questions

## Gridfox and Tella, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in Tella when something happens in Gridfox?

Any of Tella's 13 actions, including Create Playlist, Update Playlist, Update Video and Add Tag to Video. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Tella to Gridfox?

Yes. When something happens in Tella, your agent can act in Gridfox too. This page covers both directions: Tella's triggers and Gridfox's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Gridfox or Tella?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Gridfox and Tella 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
