Integration
Connect Grist and iLovePDF
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Audit PDF File in iLovePDF, or New Completed Task in iLovePDF to Create or Update Record in Grist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Grist and iLovePDF to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Grist and iLovePDF can do together
From Grist to iLovePDF
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Audit PDF File in iLovePDF
When New Record in Grist
then Download Original Files in iLovePDF
From iLovePDF to Grist
When New Completed Task in iLovePDF
then Create or Update Record in Grist
When New Completed Task in iLovePDF
then Create Record in Grist
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 Grist and iLovePDF
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 33 actions
Trigger
New or Updated RecordTriggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Record (Instant)Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
Trigger
New RecordTriggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
Trigger
New Record (Instant)Triggers when a new Record is created
Action
Add ColumnAdds a column to a table in a Grist document.
Action
Add TableCreates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
Action
Create DocumentCreates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
Action
Create or Update RecordAdds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
Action
Create RecordAdds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
Action
Create WorkspaceCreates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
Action
Delete DocumentDeletes a Grist document permanently.
Action
Delete RecordsDeletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
Action
Delete WorkspaceDeletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
Action
Find RecordSearches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
Action
Get DocumentReturns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
Action
Get OrgReturns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
Action
Get WorkspaceReturns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
Action
List ColumnsReturns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
Action
List OrgsReturns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
Action
List TablesReturns the tables in a Grist document.
Action
List WorkspacesReturns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
Action
Run SQL QueryRuns a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
Action
Update DocumentRenames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
Action
Update RecordChanges the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
Action
Update WorkspaceRenames a Grist workspace.
Trigger
New Completed TaskTriggers when an iLovePDF task (compress, merge, split, OCR and the other tools) finishes successfully, optionally only for one tool.
Action
Audit PDF FileDownloads the audit trail PDF of a signature request.
Action
Compress PDFCompresses a PDF from a public URL and returns the compressed file.
Action
Download Original FilesDownloads the original, unsigned files of a signature request.
Action
Download Signed FilesDownloads the signed file of a completed signature request (a ZIP when it held several files).
Action
Merge PDFCombines two PDFs from public URLs into one PDF and returns it.
Action
Ocr PDFRuns OCR on a scanned PDF from a public URL and returns a searchable PDF.
Action
Office to PDFConverts an Office document (DOC, DOCX, PPT, XLS, ODT and similar) from a public URL into a PDF and returns it.
Action
PDF to PDF/AConverts a PDF from a public URL into PDF/A for archiving and returns it.
Action
Protect PDFPassword-protects a PDF from a public URL and returns the protected file.
Action
Send ReminderSends a reminder email to every signer of a signature request who has not signed yet.
Action
Send Signature RequestSends a PDF from a public URL to a signer by email for a legally binding e-signature.
Action
Unlock PDFRemoves password security from a PDF at a public URL and returns the unlocked file.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Grist and iLovePDF, answered
What can start an automation from Grist?
Any of Grist's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record, New or Updated Record (Instant), New Record and New Record (Instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in iLovePDF when something happens in Grist?
Any of iLovePDF's 12 actions, including Send Reminder, Send Signature Request, Audit PDF File and Compress PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from iLovePDF to Grist?
Yes. When something happens in iLovePDF, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: iLovePDF's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or iLovePDF?
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 Grist and iLovePDF 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.