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title: "Connect Grist to ZapCap - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New or Updated Record\" fires in Grist, your agent runs \"Get clip task\" in ZapCap."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/grist-to-zapcap"
---

# Connect Grist to ZapCap

When **New or Updated Record** fires in [Grist](https://apiant.ai/connections/grist), your agent runs **Get clip task** in [ZapCap](https://apiant.ai/connections/zapcap). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Grist **4** triggers Grist **21** actions ZapCap **14** 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 ZapCap 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 ZapCap

- When **New or Updated Record** in Grist then **Get clip task** in ZapCap
- When **New Record** in Grist then **Add font** in ZapCap

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 ZapCap

## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 35 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

**Add font**

Uploads a custom font file (TTF, OTF, WOFF or WOFF2) to ZapCap so it can be used in caption styling.

- Action

**Add video**

Uploads a video (or audio file) to ZapCap from a public URL and returns the new video's id, which is used to create captioning tasks.

- Action

**Approve transcript**

Approves a captioning task's transcript and starts rendering the video with the transcript currently stored on the task.

- Action

**Delete font**

Deletes a custom font you uploaded to ZapCap.

- Action

**Generate video clips**

Starts a ZapCap task that cuts short clips out of an uploaded long-form video. The task runs in the background; use Get clip task with the returned task id to check its status and fetch the clips.

- Action

**Get account balance**

Returns the remaining API credit balance (USD) on the connected ZapCap account.

- Action

**Get clip task**

Retrieves a ZapCap clip task (viral shorts generation) for a video, including its status and generated clips.

- Action

**Get font**

Retrieves the details of one uploaded custom font: its file name, font family and style.

- Action

**Get transcript**

Get the word-by-word transcript of a ZapCap captioning task.

- Action

**Get video task**

Fetches the status and result of a captioning task by ID. An error occurs if the task is not found.

- Action

**List templates**

Lists every captioning template available to the account, with its id, categories and preview links. Use a template id when creating a video processing task.

- Action

**List videos**

Lists the videos uploaded to your ZapCap account, with their metadata and associated task ids.

- Action

**Process Video**

Starts a captioning (processing) task on an uploaded ZapCap video using a template. The task runs asynchronously; use Get video task to check its status and fetch the rendered video.

- Action

**Update transcript**

Updates an existing video task's transcript by ID before rendering.

## 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)
- [ **ZapCap** ZapCap is an AI-powered tool that generates captions for your videos.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zapcap)

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 ZapCap

- [ **Nifty to ZapCap** Nifty helps you communicate with your team members and manage your projects — all in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-zapcap)
- [ **Peerdom to ZapCap** Peerdom helps teams navigate change with smart org charts that boost collaboration and performance.](https://apiant.ai/connect/peerdom-to-zapcap)
- [ **HubSpot to ZapCap** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zapcap)
- [ **Salesforce to ZapCap** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zapcap)
- [ **Slack to ZapCap** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zapcap)
- [ **Google Sheets to ZapCap** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zapcap)

Questions

## Grist and ZapCap, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in ZapCap when something happens in Grist?

Any of ZapCap's 14 actions, including Update transcript, Add font, Add video and Approve transcript. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ZapCap to Grist?

ZapCap has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ZapCap's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Grist or ZapCap?

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 ZapCap 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.
