--- title: "Connect Heartbeat to PDF Blocks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Course Completed\" fires in Heartbeat, your agent runs \"Extract Pages From PDF\" in PDF Blocks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-pdf-blocks" --- # Connect Heartbeat to PDF Blocks When **Course Completed** fires in [Heartbeat](https://apiant.ai/connections/heartbeat), your agent runs **Extract Pages From PDF** in [PDF Blocks](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Heartbeat **4** triggers Heartbeat **6** actions PDF Blocks **17** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Heartbeat and PDF Blocks 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 Heartbeat can start in PDF Blocks - When **Course Completed** in Heartbeat then **Extract Pages From PDF** in PDF Blocks - When **New Event** in Heartbeat then **Merge PDF Documents** in PDF Blocks 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 Heartbeat and PDF Blocks ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 23 actions - Trigger **Abandoned Invitation Link** Triggers when someone enters their information in an invitation link, but does not make a purchase or create their account. This will trigger after 4 hours, if the user still has not made a purchase or created their account. - Trigger **Course Completed** Triggers when a user completes a course. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new event is created. - Trigger **New Event RSVP** Triggers when someone RSVPs to an event. - Action **Create Event** Creates an event in a Heartbeat community and optionally invites people or groups. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in a Heartbeat community, optionally nested under another group and seeded with members. - Action **Create Thread** Posts a new thread in a Heartbeat channel. - Action **Deactivate User** Removes a person's access to a Heartbeat community by email. Their threads, comments and messages stay in place. - Action **List Channels** Returns all channels in the Heartbeat community, with each channel's name, emoji and type. - Action **List Threads** Returns all threads posted in a Heartbeat channel, with each thread's body, author, link and creation time. - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document. - Action **Add Password to PDF** Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access. - Action **Add restrictions to PDF** Add permission restrictions to a PDF. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates. - Action **Extract Pages From PDF** Extract one or more pages from a PDF document. - Action **Merge PDF Documents** Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. - Action **Remove pages from PDF** Remove selected pages from a PDF. - Action **Remove password from PDF** Decrypt a PDF with a known password. - Action **Remove restrictions from PDF** Remove permission restrictions from a PDF. - Action **Remove signatures from PDF** Remove digital signatures from a PDF. - Action **Reorder pages in PDF** Reorder pages into a specified sequence. - Action **Reverse pages in PDF** Reverse page order. - Action **Rotate pages in PDF** Rotate selected pages. - Action **Split PDF at page** Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary. - Action **Split PDF by file size** Cap each part's byte size when splitting. - Action **Split PDF by page count** Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks. - Action **Split PDF into page groups** Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs. ## Each app on its own - [ **Heartbeat** Heartbeat is a platform for online communities, where members can talk with each other, read content, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/heartbeat) - [ **PDF Blocks** PDF actions for your zaps: Merge PDF documents, protect PDFs with a password, watermark PDF documents, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Heartbeat - [ **Heartbeat to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-hubspot) - [ **Heartbeat to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-salesforce) - [ **Heartbeat to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-slack) - [ **Heartbeat to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-mailchimp) - [ **Heartbeat to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-stripe) - [ **Heartbeat to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/heartbeat-to-shopify) ## More into PDF Blocks - [ **HubSpot to PDF Blocks** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Salesforce to PDF Blocks** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Slack to PDF Blocks** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Blocks** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Gmail to PDF Blocks** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Calendar to PDF Blocks** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-blocks) Questions ## Heartbeat and PDF Blocks, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Heartbeat? Any of Heartbeat's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Course Completed, New Event, New Event RSVP and Abandoned Invitation Link. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Blocks when something happens in Heartbeat? Any of PDF Blocks's 17 actions, including Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add Password to PDF, Add restrictions to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Blocks to Heartbeat? PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Heartbeat. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Blocks's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Heartbeat or PDF Blocks? 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 Heartbeat and PDF Blocks 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.