Integration
Connect Grist and Outline
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Create Document in Outline, or New Collection in Outline 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 Outline to do together?
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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 Outline can do together
From Grist to Outline
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Create Document in Outline
From Outline 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 Outline
Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 53 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 Collection
Triggers when a new collection is created in Outline.
- New Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added in Outline, optionally on one document or collection.
- New Document
Triggers when a new document is published in Outline, optionally within one collection.
- Add group
Creates a new group in Outline that can be used to organize users and grant collection access.
- Add group member
Adds a user to a group in Outline, optionally as a group admin.
- Add share
Creates a share link for an Outline document or collection, returning the share's URL and settings.
- Archive Document
Archives an Outline document so it leaves the active collection.
- Create Collection
Creates a collection in Outline to group documents.
- Create Document
Creates a document in an Outline collection and returns its ID and link.
- Delete Collection
Deletes an Outline collection and all of its documents.
- Delete comment
Deletes a comment, including all of its replies when it is a top-level comment.
- Delete Document
Deletes an Outline document, moving it to trash or removing it permanently.
- Delete group
Deletes a group. Its members lose access to any collections the group had been added to.
- Duplicate document
Duplicates an existing document, optionally with its child documents, into the same or another collection.
- Find documents by title
Returns documents whose titles match the search keywords you provide.
- Get Collection
Returns an Outline collection's name, description and link.
- Get comment
Returns a single comment on an Outline document, including its author, document and resolution status.
- Get Document
Returns an Outline document with its title and Markdown text.
- Get group
Returns a group's details, including its name, description and member count.
- Get User
Returns an Outline user's name, email and role.
- Invite users
Invites one or more people to join the Outline workspace by email, with a chosen role for each.
- List Collections
Lists the collections in the Outline workspace.
- List comments
Returns comments in your Outline workspace, optionally limited to one document or collection.
- List Documents
Lists Outline documents, most recently updated first, optionally within one collection.
- List groups
Returns the groups in the Outline workspace, optionally filtered by member, external ID or name search.
- List revisions
Returns the revision history of an Outline document, newest snapshots with who created them and when.
- List Users
Lists users in the Outline workspace, optionally filtered by name or email.
- Move document
Moves a document to a different collection or under a different parent document. With no parent document given, it lands at the collection root.
- Restore document
Restores an archived or deleted document, optionally to a previous revision or into a different collection.
- Search Documents
Searches Outline documents by keyword and returns matching documents with a context snippet.
- Update Collection
Updates an Outline collection's name, description or color.
- Update comment
Updates the body of an existing comment on an Outline document.
- Update Document
Updates the title or text of an Outline document.
- Update group
Updates an existing group's name, icon or color in Outline.
- Update user
Updates a user's name, avatar, language or sidebar preferences in Outline. Updates the connected user when no user is given.
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 Outline, 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 Outline when something happens in Grist?
Any of Outline's 32 actions, including Create Collection, Create Document, Update Collection and Update comment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Outline to Grist?
Yes. When something happens in Outline, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: Outline's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Outline?
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 Outline 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.