--- title: "Connect Hex and Shade - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Project Run\" fires in Hex, your agent runs \"Copy a File\" in Shade, or \"Asset Updated\" in Shade to \"Create Project\" in Hex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/hex-to-shade" --- # Connect Hex and Shade When **New Project Run** fires in [Hex](https://apiant.ai/connections/hex), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade 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 Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** 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 Shade 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 Shade can do together ### From Hex to Shade - When **New Project Run** in Hex then **Copy a File** in Shade - When **List Groups** in Hex then **Share File or Folder** in Shade ### From Shade to Hex - When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Create Project** in Hex - When **New Asset** in Shade 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 Shade ## Triggers and actions 11 triggers · 29 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 **Asset Updated** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Drive** Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select. - Trigger **New Public Share Link** Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Transcription** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription. - Trigger **Public Share Link Updated** Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed. - Action **Copy a File** Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive. - Action **Find an Asset** Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters. - Action **Get Public Links for a File or Folder** Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive. - Action **Search Asset Chunks** Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type. - Action **Search for an Asset by Description** Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index. - Action **Share File or Folder** Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation. ## 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) - [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade) 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 Shade - [ **Dropbox to Shade** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-shade) - [ **HubSpot to Shade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shade) - [ **Salesforce to Shade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shade) - [ **Slack to Shade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shade) - [ **Google Sheets to Shade** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shade) - [ **Gmail to Shade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shade) Questions ## Hex and Shade, answered ### ### 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. ### ### What can your agent do in Shade when something happens in Hex? Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shade to Hex? Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in Hex too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and Hex's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Hex or Shade? 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 Shade 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.