Integration
Connect Instapaper to Lob
When New bookmark fires in Instapaper, your agent runs Create Address in Lob. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Instapaper and Lob to do together?
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Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Instapaper can start in Lob
When New bookmark in Instapaper
then Create Address in Lob
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 Instapaper and Lob
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 54 actions
- New bookmark
Triggers when a new bookmark is saved to your Instapaper account.
- Add folder
Creates a new folder in the user's Instapaper account for organizing bookmarks.
- Add highlight
Creates a highlight on an Instapaper bookmark, optionally with a note attached, and returns the new highlight.
- Add Page
Saves a web page (or private content) to the user's Instapaper library and returns the saved bookmark.
- Add tag
Creates a new tag in the Instapaper account that bookmarks can be labelled with.
- Add tags to bookmark
Adds tags to and/or removes tags from an Instapaper bookmark, and returns the bookmark's tags afterwards. Tag names that don't exist yet are created.
- Delete bookmark
Permanently deletes a bookmark from the user's Instapaper library. This is not the same as archiving it.
- Delete folder
Deletes a folder from the user's Instapaper account. The bookmarks in it are kept and move back to the home list.
- List bookmarks
Returns the bookmarks in a user's Instapaper home, archive, liked list, a folder or a tag, optionally only those changed since a given time.
- List folders
Returns the folders in the connected Instapaper account.
- List highlights
Returns every highlight (and its note) on one Instapaper bookmark.
- List tags
Returns the tags in the connected Instapaper account.
- Update bookmark
Updates a bookmark's title, description or reading progress. Fields left blank stay unchanged.
- Update bookmark folder
Moves a bookmark to the archive, back to the home list, or into one of the user's folders, and returns the moved bookmark.
- Update tag
Renames an existing tag in the connected Instapaper account.
- Autocomplete US Address
Suggests complete US street addresses from the first part of one a person has typed, so an address field can autocomplete as they type.
- Bulk Verify International Addresses
Checks a batch of non-US addresses at once and returns each one standardized, with whether it is deliverable.
- Cancel Check
Cancels a check in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the check is still in the pre-print window.
- Cancel Letter
Cancels a letter in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the letter is still in the pre-print window.
- Cancel Postcard
Cancels a postcard in Lob so it is not mailed. Only works while the postcard is still in the pre-print window.
- Create Address
Saves an address in your Lob address book so you can reuse it as a sender or recipient on later mailings.
- Create Bank Account
Saves a bank account in Lob so you can send checks from it. Returns the new bank account's ID and whether it has been verified yet.
- Create Template
Saves a reusable HTML template in Lob that letters, postcards and checks can be built from. Returns the new template's ID and its published version.
- Delete Address
Deletes a saved address from Lob. Returns the deleted address's ID.
- Delete Bank Account
Deletes a saved bank account from Lob. Returns the deleted bank account's ID.
- Delete Template
Deletes an HTML template from Lob. Returns the deleted template's ID.
- Get Address
Returns one saved address from Lob by its ID, including the recipient details and any name/value pairs stored on it.
- Get Bank Account
Returns one saved bank account from Lob by its ID, including whether it has been verified.
- Get Check
Returns one check from Lob by its ID, including its amount, status and delivery tracking events.
- Get Letter
Returns one letter from Lob by its ID, including its status, addresses and delivery tracking events.
- Get Postcard
Returns one postcard from Lob by its ID, including its status, addresses and delivery tracking events.
- Get Template
Returns one HTML template from Lob by its ID, including its published version and version history.
- List Addresses
Returns the saved addresses in your Lob address book, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Bank Accounts
Returns the bank accounts saved in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Booklets
Returns the booklets you have created in Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Campaigns
Returns the direct-mail campaigns in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Checks
Returns the checks you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Informed Delivery Campaigns
Returns the USPS Informed Delivery campaigns in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Letters
Returns the letters you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Postcards
Returns the postcards you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List QR Code Analytics
Returns the QR code scans recorded on your Lob mailpieces — who scanned, when, and how many times — plus the overall scan total.
- List Snap Packs
Returns the snap packs you have sent through Lob, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Templates
Returns the saved HTML templates in your Lob account, newest first, with cursors for paging through more.
- List Uploads
Returns the recipient-list uploads in your Lob account, optionally narrowed to one campaign.
- Look Up ZIP Code
Looks up a US ZIP code and returns the cities, states and counties it covers, plus the USPS ZIP code type.
- Reverse Geocode Lookup
Takes a latitude and longitude and returns the nearest US ZIP codes with their city, state and distance from that point.
- Send Check
Prints and mails a physical check drawn on your Lob bank account to the recipient address you name.
- Send Letter
Prints and mails a letter to the recipient address you name, from a PDF, an HTML body, or a saved Lob template.
- Send Postcard
Prints and mails a postcard to the recipient address you name, using front and back artwork from a URL, HTML, or a saved Lob template.
- Update Template
Changes an existing Lob HTML template - its description, or which saved version is the live one. Anything you leave blank is left as it was.
- Validate Recipient Identity
Checks whether a person or company name is actually associated with a US address, and returns a confidence level and match score.
- Verify Bank Account
Confirms a Lob bank account by submitting the two micro-deposit amounts, so the account can be used to send checks.
- Verify International Address
Checks a non-US address, standardizes it, and tells you whether mail sent there is likely to be delivered.
- Verify Single Line US Address
Checks a US address given as one single line, standardizes it, and tells you whether mail sent there is deliverable.
- Verify US Address
Checks a US address, standardizes it to USPS format, and tells you whether mail sent there is deliverable.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Instapaper and Lob, answered
What can start an automation from Instapaper?
Any of Instapaper's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New bookmark. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Lob when something happens in Instapaper?
Any of Lob's 40 actions, including Create Address, Create Bank Account, Create Template and Send Check. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Lob to Instapaper?
Lob has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Instapaper. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lob's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Instapaper or Lob?
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 Instapaper and Lob 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.