--- title: "Connect Hostaway and Pics.io - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Listing\" fires in Hostaway, your agent runs \"Add assets to collection\" in Pics.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-pics-io" --- # Connect Hostaway and Pics.io When **New Listing** fires in [Hostaway](https://apiant.ai/connections/hostaway), your agent runs **Add assets to collection** in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), or **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io to **Add Host Note to Reservation** in Hostaway. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Hostaway **3** triggers Hostaway **24** actions Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Hostaway and Pics.io 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 Hostaway and Pics.io can do together ### From Hostaway to Pics.io - When **New Listing** in Hostaway then **Add assets to collection** in Pics.io - When **New Review** in Hostaway then **Add keyword** in Pics.io ### From Pics.io to Hostaway - When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Add Host Note to Reservation** in Hostaway - When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io then **Create Expense** in Hostaway 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 Hostaway and Pics.io ## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New Listing** Triggers when a new listing is added to Hostaway. - Trigger **New Review** Triggers when a new review is received. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created in Hostaway. - Action **Add Host Note to Reservation** Sets the host note on a reservation, replacing any note already there. - Action **Cancel Reservation** Cancels a reservation. - Action **Create Expense** Records an expense or extra against a listing, for owner statements. - Action **Create Listing** Creates a listing. - Action **Create Reservation** Creates a reservation on a listing for a guest and dates. - Action **Delete Listing** Deletes a listing. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task. - Action **Find a Reservation** Returns a reservation by its Hostaway reservation ID, with the guest, dates, price and status. - Action **Get Listing** Returns a listing by its ID. - Action **Get Listing Calendar** Returns a listing's availability, price and stay rules for each day in a date range. - Action **Get Task** Returns a task by its ID. - Action **List Conversation Messages** Returns the messages in a guest conversation. - Action **List Conversations** Returns guest conversations, newest first. - Action **List Listings** Returns the listings in the account, optionally filtered by name, city or country. - Action **List Reservation Custom Fields** Returns the reservation custom fields defined in the account, with the IDs used to set their values. - Action **List Tasks** Returns tasks, optionally for one reservation or status. - Action **List Users** Returns the users in the Hostaway account. - Action **Reply to Review** Posts a public host reply to a guest review. - Action **Search Reservations** Finds reservations by listing, guest, channel or arrival and departure dates. - Action **Update Listing** Updates the name, address, price or capacity of a listing. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Action **Update Listing Calendar** Blocks or opens days on a listing calendar, or changes their price and stay rules. - Action **Update Reservation** Updates the dates, guest details, price or notes of a reservation. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Action **Update Reservation Custom Fields** Sets values for reservation custom fields you created in Hostaway. - Action **Update Task** Updates a task. Blank fields are left unchanged. - Trigger **Assets Added to Collection** Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections). - Trigger **Assets Color Changed** Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed. - Trigger **Assets Flag Changed** Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Assets Metadata Changed** Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io. - Trigger **Assets Moved to Collection** Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it). - Trigger **Assets Raiting Changed** Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library. - Trigger **Metadata Processing Completed** Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections). - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library. - Action **Add assets to collection** Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections. - Action **Add keyword** Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword. - Action **Create Collection** Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection. - Action **Delete collection** Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library. - Action **Find assets** Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date. - Action **Find collections** Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for. - Action **Find keywords** Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text. - Action **Get assets** Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs. - Action **List custom fields** Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options. - Action **Update asset** Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update custom field values on assets** Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once. ## Each app on its own - [ **Hostaway** Hostaway is a property management system with a built-in channel manager software that lets you manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/hostaway) - [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Hostaway - [ **Hostaway to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-hubspot) - [ **Hostaway to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-salesforce) - [ **Hostaway to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-slack) - [ **Hostaway to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-mailchimp) - [ **Hostaway to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-stripe) - [ **Hostaway to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hostaway-to-shopify) ## More into Pics.io - [ **HubSpot to Pics.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Sheets to Pics.io** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pics-io) - [ **Gmail to Pics.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Calendar to Pics.io** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pics-io) - [ **Google Drive to Pics.io** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-pics-io) - [ **Mailchimp to Pics.io** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-pics-io) Questions ## Hostaway and Pics.io, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Hostaway? Any of Hostaway's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Listing, New Review and New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Pics.io when something happens in Hostaway? Any of Pics.io's 11 actions, including Create Collection, Update asset, Update custom field values on assets and Add assets to collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Pics.io to Hostaway? Yes. When something happens in Pics.io, your agent can act in Hostaway too. This page covers both directions: Pics.io's triggers and Hostaway's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Hostaway or Pics.io? 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 Hostaway and Pics.io 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.