Integration
Connect Grist and Playbook Creative
When New or Updated Record fires in Grist, your agent runs Create Asset in Playbook Creative, or Asset Added in Playbook Creative 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Grist and Playbook Creative 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)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 Playbook Creative can do together
From Grist to Playbook Creative
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Create Asset in Playbook Creative
When New Record in Grist
then Create Board in Playbook Creative
From Playbook Creative to Grist
When Asset Added in Playbook Creative
then Create or Update Record in Grist
When Asset Updated in Board in Playbook Creative
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 Playbook Creative
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 39 actions
Trigger
New or Updated RecordTriggered 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 RecordTriggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
Trigger
New Record (Instant)Triggers when a new Record is created
Action
Add ColumnAdds a column to a table in a Grist document.
Action
Add TableCreates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
Action
Create DocumentCreates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
Action
Create or Update RecordAdds 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 RecordAdds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
Action
Create WorkspaceCreates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
Action
Delete DocumentDeletes a Grist document permanently.
Action
Delete RecordsDeletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
Action
Delete WorkspaceDeletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
Action
Find RecordSearches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
Action
Get DocumentReturns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
Action
Get OrgReturns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
Action
Get WorkspaceReturns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
Action
List ColumnsReturns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
Action
List OrgsReturns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
Action
List TablesReturns the tables in a Grist document.
Action
List WorkspacesReturns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
Action
Run SQL QueryRuns a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
Action
Update DocumentRenames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
Action
Update RecordChanges the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
Action
Update WorkspaceRenames a Grist workspace.
Trigger
Asset AddedTriggers when a new asset is added to the chosen Playbook board. Returns the asset, the board and the organization it belongs to.
Trigger
Asset Updated in BoardTriggers when an asset on a chosen Playbook board is updated, returning the asset and what changed.
Action
Create AssetCreates an asset in a Playbook workspace, either from a file URL (fetched by Playbook or saved as a link) or as a text note, optionally placing it on a board.
Action
Create BoardCreates a new board in a Playbook workspace, optionally nested under an existing board as a sub-board.
Action
Create OrganizationCreates a new Playbook organization (workspace) with the given name and returns its id and slug.
Action
Delete assetDeletes an asset from a Playbook workspace.
Action
Delete boardDeletes a board from a Playbook workspace.
Action
Find AssetSearches a Playbook workspace for assets matching the words you enter, best match first, with optional filters for media type, boards, tags, statuses, uploader and more.
Action
Find BoardReturns the boards in a Playbook workspace whose title matches the text you search for.
Action
Get assetReturns one asset from a Playbook workspace, including its title, media type, tags, status, custom field values and preview URLs.
Action
Get boardReturns one Playbook board, including its title, description, asset count, published-page state and preview assets.
Action
List assetsReturns the assets in a Playbook workspace, optionally limited to one board, one uploader, or assets uploaded after a given time.
Action
List boardsReturns the boards in a Playbook workspace, optionally filtered by title and sorted by title or creation date.
Action
List organizationsReturns every Playbook organization (workspace) the connected user belongs to, with each one's name, slug, plan and usage limits.
Action
List usersReturns the members of a Playbook workspace, optionally narrowed to those whose name or email matches a search.
Action
Move AssetMoves one or more assets into a different board in a Playbook workspace.
Action
Update AssetUpdates an existing Playbook asset's title, board placement, status, tags or custom field values, and can save a new version of it.
Action
Update Asset StatusSets the status of an asset in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated asset.
Action
Update asset tagsAdds and/or removes tags on a Playbook asset, leaving its other tags untouched, and returns the updated asset.
Action
Update boardUpdates a board's title, description, or parent board in a Playbook workspace and returns the updated board.
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 Playbook Creative, 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 Playbook Creative when something happens in Grist?
Any of Playbook Creative's 18 actions, including Create Asset, Create Board, Create Organization and Update Asset. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Playbook Creative to Grist?
Yes. When something happens in Playbook Creative, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: Playbook Creative's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Grist or Playbook Creative?
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 Playbook Creative 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.