# Connect Grist and shipcloud When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Add order** in [shipcloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipcloud), or **New Shipment Status** in shipcloud to **Create or Update Record** in Grist. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions shipcloud **1** trigger shipcloud **16** 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 shipcloud to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 and shipcloud can do together ### From Grist to shipcloud - When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Add order** in shipcloud - When **New Record** in Grist then **Add address** in shipcloud ### From shipcloud to Grist - When **New Shipment Status** in shipcloud then **Create or Update Record** in Grist - When **New Shipment Status** in shipcloud 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 shipcloud ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 37 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. - Trigger **New Shipment Status** Triggers when a shipcloud shipment changes status (label created, picked up, in transit, delivered, deleted and more). - Action **Add address** Creates a new address in your shipcloud address book, ready to use as a shipment's sender or recipient. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in shipcloud with its delivery address and line items, so shipments can later be associated with it. - Action **Add pickup request** Requests a carrier pickup for your shipments, either all shipments not yet picked up or only the ones you list. - Action **Create Shipment** Creates a shipment in shipcloud and, optionally, books the shipping label with the carrier. - Action **Create Shipment Quote** Returns the price a carrier would charge for shipping a package between two addresses, without creating a shipment. - Action **Delete shipment** Deletes a shipment. Prepared shipments can be deleted any time; shipments with a label only before the carrier's cutoff time. - Action **Find Shipment** Finds shipments matching a reference number, tracking number, carrier, status or creation date range. - Action **Get address** Returns a saved address from your shipcloud address book by its id. - Action **Get order** Returns an order previously sent to shipcloud, including its delivery address and line items. - Action **Get pickup request** Returns a pickup request, including its carrier, pickup time window, pickup address and included shipments. - Action **Get shipment** Returns the details of a single shipment, including its carrier, tracking information, label and addresses. - Action **List addresses** Returns the addresses saved in your shipcloud account, optionally filtered by name, company, street, city, postal code, country or phone. - Action **List carriers** Returns the carriers available to your shipcloud account, with their services, package types, additional services and label formats. - Action **List orders** Returns the orders previously created in your shipcloud account, including delivery address and line items. - Action **List shipments** Returns the shipments in your shipcloud account, optionally filtered by carrier, tracking number, reference number, service, type, source, tracking status or creation time. - Action **Update shipment** Updates an existing shipment, such as its addresses, package, carrier or service, and can create its shipping label. ## 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) - [ **shipcloud** Shipcloud is a shipping service provider for creating shipping labels as well as tracking shipments.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipcloud) 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 Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-postman) - [ **Grist to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-hubspot) - [ **Grist to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-salesforce) - [ **Grist to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-google-sheets) ## More into shipcloud - [ **HubSpot to shipcloud** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shipcloud) - [ **Salesforce to shipcloud** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shipcloud) - [ **Google Sheets to shipcloud** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shipcloud) - [ **Gmail to shipcloud** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shipcloud) - [ **Google Calendar to shipcloud** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipcloud) - [ **Google Drive to shipcloud** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-shipcloud) Questions ## Grist and shipcloud, 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 shipcloud when something happens in Grist? Any of shipcloud's 16 actions, including Create Shipment, Create Shipment Quote, Update shipment and Add address. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from shipcloud to Grist? Yes. When something happens in shipcloud, your agent can act in Grist too. This page covers both directions: shipcloud's triggers and Grist's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or shipcloud? 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. ### ### 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.