# Connect Inistate to ConvertAPI PDF Tools

When **Changed Information** fires in [Inistate](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate), your agent runs **Email to PDF** in [ConvertAPI PDF Tools](https://apiant.ai/connections/convertapi-pdf-tools). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Inistate **6** triggers Inistate **9** actions ConvertAPI PDF Tools **17** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Inistate and ConvertAPI PDF Tools 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 Inistate can start in ConvertAPI PDF Tools

- When **Changed Information** in Inistate then **Email to PDF** in ConvertAPI PDF Tools
- When **Changed State** in Inistate then **Advanced: Convert File** in ConvertAPI PDF Tools

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 Inistate and ConvertAPI PDF Tools

## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 26 actions

- Trigger

**Activity Performed**

Triggers when an activity is performed on an entry in the chosen module, detected as a change to the entry's last-updated time.

- Trigger

**Changed Information**

Triggers when an entry's information in an Inistate module is changed.

- Trigger

**Changed State**

Triggers when an entry in the selected Inistate module moves to a different workflow state.

- Trigger

**Information Due**

Triggers when an entry in the chosen module reaches its due date.

- Trigger

**New Entry**

Triggers when a new entry is created in the selected Inistate module.

- Trigger

**Updated Entry**

Triggers when an entry in the selected module is created or changed.

- Action

**Create Entry**

Creates a new entry in an Inistate module with the field values you supply.

- Action

**Delete Entry**

Deletes an entry from an Inistate module.

- Action

**Duplicate Entry**

Creates a copy of an existing entry in an Inistate module.

- Action

**Edit Entry**

Edits an existing entry in an Inistate module, updating the field values you supply.

- Action

**Get Activity Form**

Returns the fields an Inistate activity asks for (such as the create form, or the Reject form on an entry), with each field's id, name, type and options.

- Action

**List Entries**

Returns entries from an Inistate module, optionally narrowed to one of the module's listings.

- Action

**List Modules**

Returns the modules (record types such as Leave Request or Expense Claim) set up in an Inistate workspace.

- Action

**List Workspaces**

Returns the Inistate workspaces the connected user belongs to, with each workspace's id and name.

- Action

**Perform Activity**

Runs an activity (such as Submit, Approve or Reject) on an existing Inistate entry, moving it through its workflow.

- Action

**Advanced: Convert File**

Convert files between formats (e.g., PDF, DOCX, JPG) automatically. Use this to standardize files from uploads, emails, or cloud storage.

- Action

**Combine or Merge PDF Files**

Merge multiple PDF files into a single document. Perfect for combining reports, invoices, contracts or other documents.

- Action

**Compress PDF**

Reduce PDF file size up to 90% while preserving quality. Perfect for email attachments, uploads, or storage optimization.

- Action

**Email to PDF**

Convert email files (MSG, EML) into PDF documents. Great for archiving emails or sharing them in a universal format.

- Action

**Images to PDF**

Combine images (JPG, PNG, etc.) into a single PDF document. Great for scans, receipts, or generating reports from images.

- Action

**Office to PDF**

Convert Office files (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) into PDF format. Useful for sharing documents in a consistent, print-ready format.

- Action

**PDF to DOCX**

Convert PDFs into editable Word (DOCX) documents. Useful for editing contracts, reports, or scanned documents.

- Action

**PDF to PDF/A**

Convert PDFs to PDF/A format for long-term archiving. Ideal for compliance, legal storage, and document preservation.

- Action

**PDF to PNG**

The API for converting PDF documents to PNG images. Each PDF page will be converted to separate png image. Useful for previews, thumbnails, or sharing individual pages.

- Action

**PDF to PPTX**

Convert PDFs into editable PowerPoint (PPTX) presentations. Ideal for reusing content in slides or presentations.

- Action

**PDF to XLSX**

Extract tables from PDFs into Excel (XLSX) format. Great for working with financial data, reports, or structured tables.

- Action

**Protect PDF**

Add password protection to secure PDF documents. Useful for protecting sensitive files before sharing or storing.

- Action

**Redact PDF**

Remove or mask sensitive information in PDF documents. Useful for compliance, privacy, and secure document sharing.

- Action

**Repair PDF**

Fix corrupted or damaged PDF files automatically. Helpful when dealing with broken downloads or failed file transfers.

- Action

**WEB to JPG**

Convert web pages into JPG images from a URL. Useful for previews, sharing snapshots, or visual archives.

- Action

**WEB to PDF**

Convert any web page into a PDF using its URL. Great for saving invoices, articles, or dashboards automatically.

- Action

**WEB to PNG**

Convert web pages into PNG images from a URL. Ideal for high-quality screenshots or design references.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Inistate** Inistate is simplifying processes to best-fit sustainable and scalable solutions and reinventing no-code...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate)
- [ **ConvertAPI PDF Tools** ConvertAPI PDF Tools is a file automation service to convert PDFs, images and Office files, plus merge...](https://apiant.ai/connections/convertapi-pdf-tools)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## Inistate and ConvertAPI PDF Tools, answered

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### What can start an automation from Inistate?

Any of Inistate's 6 triggers in the catalog, including Changed Information, Changed State, New Entry and Updated Entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in ConvertAPI PDF Tools when something happens in Inistate?

Any of ConvertAPI PDF Tools's 17 actions, including Advanced: Convert File, Combine or Merge PDF Files, Compress PDF and Email to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from ConvertAPI PDF Tools to Inistate?

ConvertAPI PDF Tools has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Inistate. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ConvertAPI PDF Tools's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Inistate or ConvertAPI PDF Tools?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Inistate and ConvertAPI PDF Tools 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
