Integration
Connect Grist to PDF Blocks
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Extract Pages From PDF in PDF Blocks. 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 PDF Blocks 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)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 can start in PDF Blocks
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Extract Pages From PDF in PDF Blocks
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 PDF Blocks
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 38 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.
- Add Image Watermark to PDF
Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document.
- Add Password to PDF
Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access.
- Add restrictions to PDF
Add permission restrictions to a PDF.
- Add Text Watermark to PDF
Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates.
- Extract Pages From PDF
Extract one or more pages from a PDF document.
- Merge PDF Documents
Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document.
- Remove pages from PDF
Remove selected pages from a PDF.
- Remove password from PDF
Decrypt a PDF with a known password.
- Remove restrictions from PDF
Remove permission restrictions from a PDF.
- Remove signatures from PDF
Remove digital signatures from a PDF.
- Reorder pages in PDF
Reorder pages into a specified sequence.
- Reverse pages in PDF
Reverse page order.
- Rotate pages in PDF
Rotate selected pages.
- Split PDF at page
Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary.
- Split PDF by file size
Cap each part's byte size when splitting.
- Split PDF by page count
Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks.
- Split PDF into page groups
Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs.
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 PDF Blocks, 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 PDF Blocks when something happens in Grist?
Any of PDF Blocks's 17 actions, including Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add Password to PDF, Add restrictions to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from PDF Blocks to Grist?
PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Blocks's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or PDF Blocks?
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 PDF Blocks 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.