--- title: "Connect Instapaper to Strava - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New bookmark\" fires in Instapaper, your agent runs \"Update activity\" in Strava." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instapaper-to-strava" --- # Connect Instapaper to Strava When **New bookmark** fires in [Instapaper](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper), your agent runs **Update activity** in [Strava](https://apiant.ai/connections/strava). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Instapaper **1** trigger Instapaper **14** actions Strava **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Instapaper and Strava 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 Instapaper can start in Strava - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Update activity** in Strava - When **New bookmark** in Instapaper then **Get activity** in Strava 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 Strava ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 28 actions - Trigger **New bookmark** Triggers when a new bookmark is saved to your Instapaper account. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new folder in the user's Instapaper account for organizing bookmarks. - Action **Add highlight** Creates a highlight on an Instapaper bookmark, optionally with a note attached, and returns the new highlight. - Action **Add Page** Saves a web page (or private content) to the user's Instapaper library and returns the saved bookmark. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in the Instapaper account that bookmarks can be labelled with. - Action **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. - Action **Delete bookmark** Permanently deletes a bookmark from the user's Instapaper library. This is not the same as archiving it. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder from the user's Instapaper account. The bookmarks in it are kept and move back to the home list. - Action **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. - Action **List folders** Returns the folders in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **List highlights** Returns every highlight (and its note) on one Instapaper bookmark. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **Update bookmark** Updates a bookmark's title, description or reading progress. Fields left blank stay unchanged. - Action **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. - Action **Update tag** Renames an existing tag in the connected Instapaper account. - Action **Get activity** Returns the full details of one of the authenticated athlete's Strava activities, including distance, times, elevation, laps, splits and segment efforts. - Action **Get athlete** Returns the profile of the Strava athlete whose account is connected, including name, location, follower counts, clubs, bikes and shoes. - Action **Get athlete stats** Returns an athlete's activity totals — recent (last 4 weeks), year-to-date and all-time ride, run and swim stats, plus their longest ride and biggest climb. Only activities visible to Everyone are counted. - Action **Get club** Returns the full details of a Strava club, including its name, location, sport type, member count and your membership status. - Action **Get gear** Returns a piece of the athlete's equipment (a bike or pair of shoes) by its id, including brand, model, description and total distance. - Action **Get route** Returns a Strava route by its id, including its name, distance, elevation gain, map and segments. Private routes require read_all access. - Action **Get segment** Returns a Strava segment's details, including distance, grade, elevation, location, and the athlete's own stats on it. - Action **List activities** Returns the connected athlete's activities, newest first, optionally limited to a time window. - Action **List activity comments** Returns the comments posted on a Strava activity, including each comment's text, author and posting time. - Action **List activity kudoers** Returns the athletes who gave kudos to a Strava activity. - Action **List clubs** Returns the clubs the connected Strava athlete is a member of. - Action **List routes** Returns the routes created by the authenticated Strava athlete. Private routes are included only when the connection has read_all access. - Action **List starred segments** Returns the segments the connected Strava athlete has starred. Private segments are included only when the connection has the read_all scope. - Action **Update activity** Updates an activity owned by the connected athlete, such as its name, description, sport type, gear, commute/trainer flags, tags or whether it is muted from the home feed. Returns the updated activity. ## Each app on its own - [ **Instapaper** Instapaper saves web pages to read later on your iPhone, iPad, Android, computer, or Kindle.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instapaper) - [ **Strava** Strava is a social fitness network and app designed for cyclists and runners.](https://apiant.ai/connections/strava) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Instapaper - [ **Instapaper to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instapaper-to-salesforce) - [ **Instapaper to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-strava) - [ **Google Sheets to Strava** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-strava) - [ **Gmail to Strava** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-strava) - [ **Google Calendar to Strava** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-strava) Questions ## Instapaper and Strava, 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 Strava when something happens in Instapaper? Any of Strava's 14 actions, including Update activity, Get activity, Get athlete and Get athlete stats. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Strava to Instapaper? Strava has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Instapaper. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Strava's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Instapaper or Strava? 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 Strava 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.