Integration
Connect MySQL and Grist
When New or Updated Row fires in MySQL, your agent runs Create Record in Grist, or New or Updated Record in Grist to Add Row in MySQL. 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 MySQL and Grist to do together?
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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)Connecting MySQL and Grist lets a team keep its database and its working spreadsheets on the same page. Rows added or changed in MySQL can create or update records in a Grist table, and edits made in Grist can write back to MySQL with Add Row, Update Row or a lookup query. You can also read Grist records with Find Record or a read-only SQL query before deciding what to write.
Example flows
What MySQL and Grist can do together
From MySQL to Grist
When New or Updated Row in MySQL
then Create Record in Grist
From Grist to MySQL
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 MySQL and Grist
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 27 actions
- New or Updated Row
Triggers when a new row is added or modified.
- New or Updated Row (Custom Query)
Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database.
- New Row
Triggers when you add a new row.
- New Table
Fires when a new table appears in the connected MySQL database.
- Add Row
Adds a new row.
- Delete Row
Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value.
- Find Row
Finds a row in a table via a lookup column.
- Find Rows via Custom Query
Run an author-written SELECT against the connected MySQL database and return every row it produced. Mirrors PostgreSQL 715ae2ac, SQL Server 8e0bbb5d and Oracle 2c308e4d; MySQL placeholder style is ?.
- Find Row via Custom Query
Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected MySQL database and returns the first row it matches.
- Update Row
Updates an existing row.
- New or Updated Record
Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
- New or Updated Record (Instant)
Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
- New Record
Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
- New Record (Instant)
Triggers when a new Record is created
- Add Column
Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.
- Add Table
Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
- Create Document
Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
- Create or Update Record
Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
- Create Record
Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
- Create Workspace
Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
- Delete Document
Deletes a Grist document permanently.
- Delete Records
Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
- Delete Workspace
Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
- Find Record
Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
- Get Document
Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
- Get Org
Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
- Get Workspace
Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
- List Columns
Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
- List Orgs
Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
- List Tables
Returns the tables in a Grist document.
- List Workspaces
Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
- Run SQL Query
Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
- Update Document
Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
- Update Record
Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
- Update Workspace
Renames a Grist workspace.
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
MySQL and Grist, answered
Can changes in Grist write back into MySQL?
Yes. The Grist triggers for a new record or a new or updated record can lead to MySQL actions such as Add Row, Update Row, Find Row or Delete Row. You can look up the matching MySQL row first and then update only the columns you name.
How do I avoid creating duplicate rows in Grist?
Use Create or Update Record with a match column such as an order number or customer ID, so an existing Grist row is updated instead of a second one being added. Find Record also lets you check for the row first and branch on whether it exists.
What can start an automation from MySQL?
Any of MySQL's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Row, New or Updated Row (Custom Query), New Row and New Table. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Grist when something happens in MySQL?
Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Record, Find Record, Update Record and Create Document. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Grist to MySQL?
Yes. When something happens in Grist, your agent can act in MySQL too. This page covers both directions: Grist's triggers and MySQL's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for MySQL or Grist?
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 MySQL and Grist 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.