--- title: "Connect Grist and Nytimes - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Find articles by criteria\" in Nytimes." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-nytimes" --- # Connect Grist and Nytimes When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Find articles by criteria** in [Nytimes](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes), or **New top story** in Nytimes to **Create or Update Record** in Grist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions Nytimes **1** trigger Nytimes **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 Grist and Nytimes 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 Grist and Nytimes can do together ### From Grist to Nytimes - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Find articles by criteria** in Nytimes - When **New Record** in Grist then **List best sellers** in Nytimes ### From Nytimes to Grist - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **New top story** in Nytimes 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 Nytimes ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 26 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Record** Triggered 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 Record** Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table. - Trigger **New Record (Instant)** Triggers when a new Record is created - Action **Add Column** Adds a column to a table in a Grist document. - Action **Add Table** Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID. - Action **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. - Action **Create Record** Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID. - Action **Create Workspace** Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a Grist document permanently. - Action **Delete Records** Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID. - Action **Delete Workspace** Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it. - Action **Find Record** Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values. - Action **Get Document** Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization. - Action **Get Org** Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level. - Action **Get Workspace** Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains. - Action **List Columns** Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type. - Action **List Orgs** Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach. - Action **List Tables** Returns the tables in a Grist document. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains. - Action **Run SQL Query** Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows. - Action **Update Document** Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Record** Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update Workspace** Renames a Grist workspace. - Trigger **New top story** Triggers when a new article appears among The New York Times' current top stories for the section you choose. - Action **Find articles by criteria** Returns New York Times articles that match the search terms, filters and date range you specify. - Action **List archive articles** Returns every New York Times article published in a given month and year, from the archive going back to 1851. - Action **List best sellers** Returns the books on a New York Times Best Sellers list (for example Hardcover Fiction) for a given print date, or the latest list. - Action **List most popular articles** Returns the most popular New York Times articles over the last 1, 7 or 30 days, ranked by views, emails or shares. - Action **List top stories** Returns the articles currently featured as top stories in a chosen New York Times section, such as the home page, world, business or technology. ## Each app on its own - [ **Grist** Grist combines the flexibility of a spreadsheet with the robustness of a database to organize your data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist) - [ **Nytimes** REST API for searching New York Times articles, top stories by section, and book review/bestseller data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Grist - [ **Grist to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-gmail) - [ **Grist to Clickhouse** Column-oriented database for real-time analytical SQL queries at petabyte scale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-clickhouse) - [ **Grist to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-mistral-ai) - [ **Grist to OpusClip** OpusClip is a AI video tool that turns long videos into viral shorts with captions and transcripts.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-opusclip) - [ **Grist to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-postman) - [ **Grist to RuneScape** The RuneScape Wiki API exposes data for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-runescape) ## More into Nytimes - [ **HubSpot to Nytimes** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-nytimes) - [ **Google Sheets to Nytimes** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-nytimes) - [ **Gmail to Nytimes** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-nytimes) - [ **Google Calendar to Nytimes** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-nytimes) - [ **Google Drive to Nytimes** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-nytimes) - [ **Mailchimp to Nytimes** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-nytimes) Questions ## Grist and Nytimes, 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 Nytimes when something happens in Grist? Any of Nytimes's 5 actions, including Find articles by criteria, List best sellers, List most popular articles and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Nytimes to Grist? Yes. When something happens in Nytimes, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: Nytimes's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Nytimes? 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 Nytimes 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.