--- title: "Connect Gridfox to Veterans Affairs Facilities - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Record Created\" fires in Gridfox, your agent runs \"Find nearby facilities\" in Veterans Affairs Facilities." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/gridfox-to-veterans-affairs-facilities" --- # Connect Gridfox to Veterans Affairs Facilities When **Record Created** fires in [Gridfox](https://apiant.ai/connections/gridfox), your agent runs **Find nearby facilities** in [Veterans Affairs Facilities](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Gridfox **2** triggers Gridfox **9** actions Veterans Affairs Facilities **5** 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **Record Created** in Gridfox then **Find nearby facilities** in Veterans Affairs Facilities - When **Record Created or Updated** in Gridfox then **Get facility** in Veterans Affairs Facilities 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 14 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 nearby facilities** Returns the VA health facilities reachable by driving within the specified time from a latitude/longitude, with the drive-time band for each. - Action **Get facility** Retrieve a specific VA facility by its facility ID (prefix_stationNumber format). - Action **Get facility service** Retrieve a specific service offered at a facility by facility ID and service ID. - Action **List facility IDs** Returns the IDs of all VA facilities, optionally limited to one facility type. - Action **List facility services** Retrieve all services offered at a given VA facility. ## 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) - [ **Veterans Affairs Facilities** REST API for looking up VA hospitals, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries, including addresses, hours...](https://apiant.ai/connections/veterans-affairs-facilities) 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities - [ **HubSpot to Veterans Affairs Facilities** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Salesforce to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Slack to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Sheets to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Gmail to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) - [ **Google Calendar to Veterans Affairs Facilities** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-veterans-affairs-facilities) Questions ## Gridfox and Veterans Affairs Facilities, 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities when something happens in Gridfox? Any of Veterans Affairs Facilities's 5 actions, including Find nearby facilities, Get facility, Get facility service and List facility IDs. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Veterans Affairs Facilities to Gridfox? Veterans Affairs Facilities has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gridfox. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Veterans Affairs Facilities's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Gridfox or Veterans Affairs Facilities? 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 Veterans Affairs Facilities 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.