Integration
Connect Grist to Piriod
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Add contact in Piriod. 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 Piriod 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.
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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 can start in Piriod
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Add contact in Piriod
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 Piriod
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 44 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 contact
Creates a contact person in Piriod, optionally linked to a customer, who can receive invoice emails and collection reminders.
- Add coupon
Creates a discount coupon in Piriod that can be applied to invoices or invoice lines.
- Add credit note
Creates a draft credit note that adjusts an existing invoice.
- Add customer
Creates a customer in Piriod with their name, address, country and billing preferences.
- Add invoice
Creates a draft invoice for a customer with the given lines. Totals are computed by Piriod; finalize it separately to issue it.
- Add payment
Creates a payment in Piriod, optionally applied to an invoice, customer or subscription.
- Add product
Creates a product in Piriod, which plans can then be priced under.
- Add subscription
Creates a recurring subscription for a customer, billing one or more plans on a schedule.
- Add usage
Records a usage quantity against a metered subscription line in Piriod.
- Cancel subscription
Cancels a Piriod subscription. A subscription with no finalized invoices is deleted outright instead.
- Delete customer
Deletes a customer, or archives it when it has invoices, subscriptions or payment history.
- Finalize invoice
Finalizes a draft or pending invoice, submitting it to the tax agency where applicable and locking it. Returns the finalized invoice.
- Get coupon
Returns a single coupon by its id, including its discount amount, duration and status.
- Get credit note
Returns a single credit note, including its lines, amounts and status.
- Get customer
Returns a single customer by its id, including address, tax details, contacts, payment sources and balance totals.
- Get invoice
Returns a single invoice by its id, including its lines, totals, status and linked payments.
- Get subscription
Returns a subscription by its id, including its customer, plan lines, addons, billing dates and status.
- List payments
Returns a page of payments in your Piriod workspace, optionally filtered by customer, invoice, status, amount, currency or date.
- List products
Returns the products in your Piriod workspace, optionally filtered by name or plan.
- List usages
Returns usage records posted against metered subscription lines, optionally filtered by subscription line, date-time or quantity.
- Update customer
Updates an existing Piriod customer, changing only the details you fill in.
- Update invoice
Updates a draft invoice: change its customer, dates, collection method, lines, discounts or notes. Only draft invoices can be updated.
- Update subscription
Updates an existing Piriod subscription, such as its customer, plans, billing dates, collection method or coupon. Only the fields you fill in are changed.
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 Piriod, 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 Piriod when something happens in Grist?
Any of Piriod's 23 actions, including Update customer, Update invoice, Update subscription and Add contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Piriod to Grist?
Piriod has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Piriod's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Piriod?
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 Piriod 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.