--- title: "Connect IDX Leads to TheNews - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Lead\" fires in IDX Leads, your agent runs \"Find news articles\" in TheNews." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-thenews" --- # Connect IDX Leads to TheNews When **New Lead** fires in [IDX Leads](https://apiant.ai/connections/idx-leads), your agent runs **Find news articles** in [TheNews](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. IDX Leads **1** trigger TheNews **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want IDX Leads and TheNews 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 IDX Leads can start in TheNews - When **New Lead** in IDX Leads then **Find news articles** in TheNews - When **New Lead** in IDX Leads then **Get article** in TheNews 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 IDX Leads and TheNews ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 4 actions - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead is added to the IDX Broker account. - Action **Find news articles** Returns news articles matching your search words and filters, such as source, language, and publish date. - Action **Get article** Returns a single news article by its unique ID, including its title, description, URL, image, source and categories. - Action **List sources** Returns news sources (domains and source IDs) available in The News API, optionally filtered by category and language. Returns up to 50 sources. - Action **List top stories** Returns live and historical top news stories, optionally filtered by country, language, category, source, publish date or search terms. ## Each app on its own - [ **IDX Leads** IDX Leads is a system for real estate lead capture.](https://apiant.ai/connections/idx-leads) - [ **TheNews** Aggregated headlines, top story and live news JSON API](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from IDX Leads - [ **IDX Leads to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-hubspot) - [ **IDX Leads to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-salesforce) - [ **IDX Leads to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-slack) - [ **IDX Leads to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-google-sheets) - [ **IDX Leads to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-gmail) - [ **IDX Leads to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/idx-leads-to-google-calendar) ## More into TheNews - [ **HubSpot to TheNews** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-thenews) - [ **Salesforce to TheNews** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-thenews) - [ **Slack to TheNews** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thenews) - [ **Google Sheets to TheNews** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thenews) - [ **Gmail to TheNews** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-thenews) - [ **Google Calendar to TheNews** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-thenews) Questions ## IDX Leads and TheNews, answered ### ### What can start an automation from IDX Leads? Any of IDX Leads's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Lead. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TheNews when something happens in IDX Leads? Any of TheNews's 4 actions, including Find news articles, Get article, List sources and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TheNews to IDX Leads? TheNews has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in IDX Leads. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TheNews's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for IDX Leads or TheNews? 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 IDX Leads and TheNews without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in TheNews 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.