Integration
Connect Grist and Mattermost
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Post Message in Mattermost, or New Channel in Mattermost 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.
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What do you want Grist and Mattermost to do together?
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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)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 Mattermost can do together
From Grist to Mattermost
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Post Message in Mattermost
From Mattermost to 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 Mattermost
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 47 actions
- New or Updated Record
Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
- New or Updated Record (Instant)
Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
- New Record
Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
- New Record (Instant)
Triggers when a new Record is created
- Add Column
Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.
- Add Table
Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
- Create Document
Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
- Create or Update Record
Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
- Create Record
Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
- Create Workspace
Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
- Delete Document
Deletes a Grist document permanently.
- Delete Records
Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
- Delete Workspace
Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
- Find Record
Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
- Get Document
Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
- Get Org
Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
- Get Workspace
Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
- List Columns
Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
- List Orgs
Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
- List Tables
Returns the tables in a Grist document.
- List Workspaces
Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
- Run SQL Query
Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
- Update Document
Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
- Update Record
Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
- Update Workspace
Renames a Grist workspace.
- New Channel
Triggers when a new public channel is created in a Mattermost team.
- New user
Triggers when a new user joins the selected Mattermost team.
- Add direct channel
Creates (or returns the existing) direct message channel between two users.
- Add Reaction
Adds an emoji reaction to a Mattermost post.
- Add user
Creates a new user account on the Mattermost server and returns the created user.
- Add User to Channel
Adds a user to a Mattermost channel.
- Add user to team
Adds a user to a team, making them a team member.
- Create Channel
Creates a public or private channel in a Mattermost team.
- Delete channel
Deletes (archives) a Mattermost channel, or permanently deletes it when requested.
- Delete Post
Deletes a Mattermost post.
- Delete reaction
Removes a user's emoji reaction from a post.
- Find channels by name
Searches a team's public channels (and channels you belong to) whose name or display name matches a search term, and returns the matching channels.
- Find posts by terms
Searches the posts in a team for the given search terms and returns the matching posts.
- Find User by Email
Finds a Mattermost user by email address.
- Find user by username
Finds a Mattermost user by their username and returns the user's profile.
- Get channel
Returns a Mattermost channel's details (name, display name, team, type, purpose and header) by its channel ID.
- Get Post
Returns a single Mattermost post by its ID.
- Get team
Returns a Mattermost team by its ID.
- Get user
Returns a Mattermost user's profile by their user ID.
- List channels
Returns the public channels on a Mattermost team.
- List posts
Returns the most recent posts in a Mattermost channel, newest first, optionally limited to posts changed since a time or before/after a given post.
- List Teams
Returns the Mattermost teams you belong to.
- List users
Returns users on the Mattermost server, optionally limited to a team, channel or group, or filtered by role and active status.
- Pin post
Pins a post to the channel it was posted in.
- Post Message
Posts a new message to a Mattermost channel, optionally as a reply in a thread.
- Remove user from channel
Removes a user from a channel.
- Update channel
Updates a channel's name, display name, purpose, header or other settings. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
- Update Post
Changes the text of an existing Mattermost post.
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 Mattermost, 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 Mattermost when something happens in Grist?
Any of Mattermost's 26 actions, including Create Channel, Post Message, Update channel and Update Post. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Mattermost to Grist?
Yes. When something happens in Mattermost, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: Mattermost's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Mattermost?
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 Mattermost 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.