--- title: "Connect Memberful to The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Custom Fields Updated\" fires in Memberful, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Memberful to The Old Reader When **Custom Fields Updated** fires in [Memberful](https://apiant.ai/connections/memberful), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Memberful **11** triggers The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Memberful and The Old Reader 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 Memberful can start in The Old Reader - When **Custom Fields Updated** in Memberful then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **Member Updated** in Memberful then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader 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 Memberful and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 12 actions - Trigger **Custom Fields Updated** Triggers when a member updates their custom fields. - Trigger **Member Deleted** Triggers when a member is deleted. - Trigger **Member Updated** Triggers when a member's profile information is updated. - Trigger **New Member** Triggers when a new member account is created. - Trigger **Order Purchased** Triggers when a member completes an order or when staff manually adds a new order. Not sent for subscription renewal orders. - Trigger **Order Refunded** Triggers when an order is refunded. - Trigger **Subscription Created** Triggers when a member's subscription is created. - Trigger **Subscription Reactivated** Triggers when a member renews an inactive subscription and it becomes active again. - Trigger **Subscription Renewed** Triggers when a member's subscription is renewed. - Trigger **Subscription Updated** Triggers when a member's subscription is updated. - Trigger **Tax ID Updated** Triggers when a member adds, changes or removes their tax ID. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Memberful** Memberful makes it easy to sell memberships to your audience.](https://apiant.ai/connections/memberful) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Memberful - [ **Memberful to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-hubspot) - [ **Memberful to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-salesforce) - [ **Memberful to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-slack) - [ **Memberful to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-google-sheets) - [ **Memberful to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-gmail) - [ **Memberful to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/memberful-to-google-calendar) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Calendar to The Old Reader** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Memberful and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Memberful? Any of Memberful's 11 triggers in the catalog, including Custom Fields Updated, Member Updated, New Member and Subscription Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Memberful? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Memberful? The Old Reader has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Memberful. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads The Old Reader's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Memberful or The Old Reader? 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 Memberful and The Old Reader without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in The Old Reader 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.