--- title: "Connect My Music Staff to Shutterstock - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Email\" fires in My Music Staff, your agent runs \"Find audio tracks\" in Shutterstock." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-shutterstock" --- # Connect My Music Staff to Shutterstock When **New Email** fires in [My Music Staff](https://apiant.ai/connections/my-music-staff), your agent runs **Find audio tracks** in [Shutterstock](https://apiant.ai/connections/shutterstock). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. My Music Staff **8** triggers My Music Staff **13** actions Shutterstock **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want My Music Staff and Shutterstock 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What My Music Staff can start in Shutterstock - When **New Email** in My Music Staff then **Find audio tracks** in Shutterstock - When **New Invoice** in My Music Staff then **Find images** in Shutterstock 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 My Music Staff and Shutterstock ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **Attendance Taken** Triggers when attendance is taken or edited for a calendar event. - Trigger **New Email** Triggers when a new email message is created. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created (manually or by auto-invoicing). - Trigger **New SMS** Triggers when a new SMS message is created. - Trigger **New Student** Triggers when a new student is added to your My Music Staff account. - Trigger **Payment Added** Triggers when a payment is recorded in a Family Account. - Trigger **Student Added to Event** Triggers when a student is added to an event on the calendar. - Trigger **Student Updated** Triggers when a student's profile information is updated. - Action **Add Calendar Event** /calendar/event (body CalendarEventInputItem) — creates a calendar event with its student attendees, which creates Attendance records for each student. - Action **Add Payment** Records a payment in the Family Account - Action **Add Student** Adds a new student to your My Music Staff account. - Action **Find All Parents** Finds all parents based on Family ID or on search text. - Action **Find Attendance Records** Searches attendance records by date range, student, teacher, event, or status. Returns matching records with a total count. - Action **Find Event** Finds an event based on Event ID. - Action **Find Parent** Finds first Parent based on Family ID or on search text. - Action **Find Student** Finds students based on Student ID or on search text. - Action **List Lesson Notes** Returns a student's past lessons, newest first, with the attendance status and the lesson notes written for the student, the parent and the teacher. - Action **List Student Repertoire** Returns the pieces assigned to a student with each piece's progress status (Recommended, Requested, In Progress or Completed) and the dates it was started and completed. - Action **Search Repertoire** Searches your studio's repertoire library by title or composer, instrument and genre, and returns the matching pieces. - Action **Search Students** Searches your students by name, email, family or status and returns the matching students with their family details. - Action **Update Student** Updates a student's details, such as, status (Active, Trial, Lead, Waiting, Inactive), name, email, phone, birthday, etc. - Action **Find audio tracks** Searches Shutterstock's music library for audio tracks matching keywords, genre, mood or instrument, and returns the matching tracks with preview links. - Action **Find images** Searches the Shutterstock image library by keyword and filters, returning matching images with their descriptions, contributors and preview links. - Action **Find videos** Searches the Shutterstock video library by keyword and returns the matching videos with their previews and details. - Action **Get audio track** Returns the details of a Shutterstock audio track, including its title, artists, genres, moods, duration and preview files. - Action **Get image** Returns the details of a Shutterstock image, including its description, keywords, categories, contributor, available sizes and preview links. - Action **Get video** Returns the details of a Shutterstock video, including its description, duration, keywords, categories and preview assets. ## Each app on its own - [ **My Music Staff** My Music Staff is a tool for private music teachers and schools, managing scheduling, payments, attendance...](https://apiant.ai/connections/my-music-staff) - [ **Shutterstock** Stock photo, video, and music licensing platform with an API for searching, previewing, and downloading...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shutterstock) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from My Music Staff - [ **My Music Staff to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-salesforce) - [ **My Music Staff to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-elevenlabs) - [ **My Music Staff to Pixabay** Pixabay is a free image and video library. Search over 4 million royalty-free photos, illustrations, vector...](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-pixabay) - [ **My Music Staff to Steady** Steady is a subscription platform for blogs, journalism, podcasts and other content creators.](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-steady) - [ **My Music Staff to Who Hosts This** Discover the hosting provider for any web site](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-who-hosts-this) - [ **My Music Staff to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/my-music-staff-to-slack) ## More into Shutterstock - [ **HubSpot to Shutterstock** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shutterstock) - [ **Salesforce to Shutterstock** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shutterstock) - [ **Slack to Shutterstock** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shutterstock) - [ **Google Sheets to Shutterstock** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shutterstock) - [ **Gmail to Shutterstock** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shutterstock) - [ **Google Calendar to Shutterstock** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shutterstock) Questions ## My Music Staff and Shutterstock, answered ### ### What can start an automation from My Music Staff? Any of My Music Staff's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Email, New Invoice, New SMS and New Student. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shutterstock when something happens in My Music Staff? Any of Shutterstock's 6 actions, including Find audio tracks, Find images, Find videos and Get audio track. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shutterstock to My Music Staff? Shutterstock has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in My Music Staff. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shutterstock's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for My Music Staff or Shutterstock? 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 My Music Staff and Shutterstock 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.