--- title: "Connect Grist to RotaCloud - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Create User\" in RotaCloud." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-rotacloud" --- # Connect Grist to RotaCloud When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Create User** in [RotaCloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/rotacloud). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions RotaCloud **23** 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 RotaCloud 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 can start in RotaCloud - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Create User** in RotaCloud - When **New Record** in Grist then **Update User** in RotaCloud 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 RotaCloud ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 44 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. - Action **Assign User to Location** Adds a RotaCloud user to a location, keeping the locations they are already assigned to. - Action **Assign User to Role** Adds a role to a RotaCloud user's roles, keeping the roles they already have. - Action **Create Leave** Creates leave within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Location** Creates a location within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Role** Creates a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Create Shift** Creates a shift within RotaCloud. - Action **Create User** Creates a user within RotaCloud. - Action **Delete Location** Deletes a location from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Delete Role** Deletes a role from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from the RotaCloud account. - Action **Find Leave by ID** Fetches a leave request by ID, with its employee, leave type, dates, status and messages. An error occurs if the leave is not found. - Action **Find Location by ID** Returns the RotaCloud location with the specified ID. - Action **Find Location by Name** Returns the RotaCloud locations whose name matches the specified name (case-insensitive). - Action **Find Role by ID** Returns the RotaCloud role with the specified ID. - Action **Find Role by Name** Returns the roles whose name matches the specified name. - Action **Find Shift by ID** Fetches a shift by ID, with its times, location, role, assigned employee, notes and whether it is published or open. An error occurs if the shift is not found. - Action **Find User by Email** Returns the RotaCloud user whose email address matches the specified email. - Action **Find User by ID** Retrieves a single RotaCloud user by their ID. - Action **Unassign User From Location** Removes a user from one location in RotaCloud, keeping their other location assignments. - Action **Unassign User From Role** Unssigns a user from a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Update Location** Updates an existing RotaCloud location's name, address, geolocation or timezone. Fields left blank are left unchanged. - Action **Update Role** Updates a role within RotaCloud. - Action **Update User** Updates an existing user by ID ## 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) - [ **RotaCloud** RotaCloud is an online rota solution which makes it easy to build and share your rotas, make changes and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/rotacloud) 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 RotaCloud - [ **Postman to RotaCloud** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/postman-to-rotacloud) - [ **HubSpot to RotaCloud** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-rotacloud) - [ **Salesforce to RotaCloud** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-rotacloud) - [ **Slack to RotaCloud** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-rotacloud) - [ **Google Sheets to RotaCloud** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-rotacloud) - [ **Gmail to RotaCloud** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-rotacloud) Questions ## Grist and RotaCloud, 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 RotaCloud when something happens in Grist? Any of RotaCloud's 23 actions, including Create Leave, Create Location, Create Role and Create Shift. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from RotaCloud to Grist? RotaCloud has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads RotaCloud's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or RotaCloud? 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 RotaCloud 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.