---
title: "Connect Hex and Pinata - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Project Run\" fires in Hex, your agent runs \"Add file to group\" in Pinata, or \"New Pin\" in Pinata to \"Create Project\" in Hex."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-pinata"
---

# Connect Hex and Pinata

When **New Project Run** fires in [Hex](https://apiant.ai/connections/hex), your agent runs **Add file to group** in [Pinata](https://apiant.ai/connections/pinata), or **New Pin** in Pinata to **Create Project** in Hex. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Hex **4** triggers Hex **22** actions Pinata **1** trigger Pinata **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 Hex and Pinata 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 Hex and Pinata can do together

### From Hex to Pinata

- When **New Project Run** in Hex then **Add file to group** in Pinata
- When **List Groups** in Hex then **Add group** in Pinata

### From Pinata to Hex

- When **New Pin** in Pinata then **Create Project** in Hex
- When **New Pin** in Pinata then **Update Project Status** in Hex

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 Hex and Pinata

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 36 actions

- Trigger

**List Groups**

Triggers when a group is found in your Hex workspace.

- Trigger

**List Projects**

Triggers when a project is found in your Hex workspace.

- Trigger

**List Users**

Triggers when a user is found in your Hex workspace.

- Trigger

**New Project Run**

Triggers when a new API-triggered run appears for a Hex project.

- Action

**Add Collection**

Create a new collection.

- Action

**Create Embed URL**

Creates a presigned URL to embed a published Hex project.

- Action

**Create Group**

Creates a new group in your Hex workspace.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new Hex project.

- Action

**Deactivate User**

Deactivate a workspace user.

- Action

**Delete Cell**

Delete a cell.

- Action

**Delete Group**

Delete a group.

- Action

**Get Cell**

Fetch a single cell by id.

- Action

**Get Cell Output**

Fetch a cell's output value.

- Action

**Get Collection**

Fetch a single collection by id.

- Action

**Get Data Connection**

Fetch a single data connection by id.

- Action

**Get Group**

Fetch a single group by id.

- Action

**Get Project**

Retrieves metadata about a specific Hex project.

- Action

**Get Project Runs**

Retrieves the run history for a Hex project, optionally filtered by status.

- Action

**Get Run Status**

Retrieves the status of a Hex project run, automatically waiting until the run reaches a final state (completed, errored, killed, or unable to allocate a kernel).

- Action

**List Cells**

List cells within a project.

- Action

**List Collections**

List collections (folders) in the workspace.

- Action

**List Data Connections**

List configured data connections in the workspace.

- Action

**Share Project With Groups**

Shares a Hex project with one or more groups at a specified access level.

- Action

**Update Cell**

Edit a cell's contents.

- Action

**Update Collection**

Edit a collection's name/contents.

- Action

**Update Project Status**

Updates the status of a Hex project (or removes it).

- Trigger

**New Pin**

Triggers when you have a new pinned file.

- Action

**Add file to group**

Associates an existing file with a group by ID.

- Action

**Add group**

Adds a new group for organizing pinned files.

- Action

**Delete file**

Deletes a file from your Pinata account on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Delete group**

Deletes a group from your Pinata account on the public or private IPFS network. Files in the group are not deleted.

- Action

**Get file**

Fetches a file's metadata by ID. An error occurs if the file is not found.

- Action

**Get group**

Retrieves a single Pinata group by its id on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**List files**

Returns all files on the chosen IPFS network, optionally filtered.

- Action

**List groups**

Returns all groups on the account.

- Action

**Pin File**

Uploads (pins) a file to Pinata on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Pin JSON to IPFS**

Uploads a JSON object to Pinata and pins it to public IPFS, returning its CID.

- Action

**Pin NFT Metadata File**

Uploads a JSON object (such as NFT metadata with name, description, image and attributes) to Pinata and pins it to IPFS, returning its CID.

- Action

**Remove file from group**

Removes a file from a group on the public or private IPFS network. The file itself is not deleted.

- Action

**Update file**

Updates the name and/or key-value metadata of a file on Pinata's public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Update group**

Updates the name or public/private setting of a Pinata group.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Hex** Hex is a data science and analytics platform for building collaborative data projects and notebooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/hex)
- [ **Pinata** Pinata is the simplest way to upload and manage files on IPFS.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pinata)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Hex

- [ **Hex to Vercel** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-vercel)
- [ **Hex to Cohere AI** Cohere provides access to advanced Large Language Models and NLP tools.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-cohere-ai)
- [ **Hex to Free Dictionary** Free Dictionary is an open English dictionary service.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-free-dictionary)
- [ **Hex to Google Slides** Google Slides is a cloud-based presentation editor with real-time collaboration, template gallery, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-google-slides)
- [ **Hex to Hyperstack Certificates** Hyperstack helps you easily create and manage digital certificates & badges for your events or courses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-hyperstack-certificates)
- [ **Hex to PagerDuty Events API** PagerDuty Events API v2 — send alert events (trigger/acknowledge/resolve) and change events using a service...](https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-pagerduty-events-api)

## More into Pinata

- [ **Google Sheets to Pinata** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pinata)
- [ **Google Calendar to Pinata** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pinata)
- [ **Mailchimp to Pinata** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-pinata)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to Pinata** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-pinata)
- [ **Notion to Pinata** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-pinata)
- [ **Airtable to Pinata** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-pinata)

Questions

## Hex and Pinata, answered

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### What can start an automation from Hex?

Any of Hex's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Project Run, List Groups, List Projects and List Users. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Pinata when something happens in Hex?

Any of Pinata's 14 actions, including Update file, Update group, Add file to group and Add group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Pinata to Hex?

Yes. When something happens in Pinata, your agent can act in Hex too. This page covers both directions: Pinata's triggers and Hex's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Hex or Pinata?

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 Hex and Pinata 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.
