--- title: "Connect ikas to Auto Body Shop Directory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in ikas, your agent runs \"Find shops by city\" in Auto Body Shop Directory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ikas-to-auto-body-shop-directory" --- # Connect ikas to Auto Body Shop Directory When **New Order** fires in [ikas](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas), your agent runs **Find shops by city** in [Auto Body Shop Directory](https://apiant.ai/connections/auto-body-shop-directory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ikas **3** triggers ikas **10** actions Auto Body Shop Directory **1** action What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ikas and Auto Body Shop Directory 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 ikas can start in Auto Body Shop Directory - When **New Order** in ikas then **Find shops by city** in Auto Body Shop Directory 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 ikas and Auto Body Shop Directory ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 11 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created on ikas.com. - Trigger **Updated Order** Triggers when an order is updated on ikas.com. - Action **Add Order** Creates a new order (with transactions) in the ikas store; returns Order. - Action **Add product** Create a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (no id) - Action **List customers** List customers via GraphQL query listCustomer. - Action **List inventory levels** List product stock/inventory levels via GraphQL query listProductStockLocation. - Action **List orders** List orders via GraphQL query listOrder. - Action **List products** List products via GraphQL query listProduct. - Action **List Sales Channels** Lists the store's sales channels (read-only); supplies the salesChannelIds that saveProduct requires for new products. - Action **Update inventory level** Update stock quantity via GraphQL mutation saveProductStockLocations. - Action **Update order** Update an order / order status via GraphQL order mutations (e.g. updateOrderLine, saveOrder) - Action **Update product** Update a product via GraphQL mutation saveProduct (with id) - Action **Find shops by city** Search the directory for auto body shops in a given city. ## Each app on its own - [ **ikas** ikas is a headless e-commerce platform for SME's.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ikas) - [ **Auto Body Shop Directory** Auto Body Shop Directory is a listings service for automotive collision-repair and body shops.](https://apiant.ai/connections/auto-body-shop-directory) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ikas - [ **ikas to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ikas-to-salesforce) - [ **ikas to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Auto Body Shop Directory when something happens in ikas? Any of Auto Body Shop Directory's 1 action, including Find shops by city. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Auto Body Shop Directory to ikas? Auto Body Shop Directory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ikas. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Auto Body Shop Directory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ikas or Auto Body Shop Directory? 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 ikas and Auto Body Shop Directory 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.