--- title: "Connect Newsflash to Chatrace - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New corroborated event\" fires in Newsflash, your agent runs \"Add contact\" in Chatrace." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-chatrace" --- # Connect Newsflash to Chatrace When **New corroborated event** fires in [Newsflash](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash), your agent runs **Add contact** in [Chatrace](https://apiant.ai/connections/chatrace). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Newsflash **2** triggers Newsflash **6** actions Chatrace **22** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Newsflash and Chatrace 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 Newsflash can start in Chatrace - When **New corroborated event** in Newsflash then **Add contact** in Chatrace - When **New event** in Newsflash then **Add tag to contact** in Chatrace 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 Newsflash and Chatrace ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 28 actions - Trigger **New corroborated event** Fires each time an already-seen event gains another corroborating outlet, raising its corroboration/confidence score. Mirrors the event.corroborated message from the vendor's SSE stream. - Trigger **New event** Fires when a new deduped news event first appears in the corpus. Mirrors the event.new message from the vendor's SSE stream. - Action **Find Articles** Search raw per-outlet articles (same filter params as Find Events: q, semantic, source, category, from, to, min_sources, limit). - Action **Find Events** Search deduped news events by keyword, semantic query, source, category, time window, and min corroboration. - Action **Get Account Info** Get the connected account's email, tier, daily request limit, and usage so far today. - Action **Get Corpus Stats** Get corpus size/freshness stats for the news event graph. - Action **Get Event** Get one news event by id plus every corroborating article. - Action **List Sources** List every tracked news source: slug, name, category, lang, country, live article_count. - Action **Add contact** Create a new contact. - Action **Add custom field** Create a new custom field definition. - Action **Add tag** Create a new tag. - Action **Add tag to contact** Apply a tag to a contact. - Action **Clear contact cart** Empty a contact's shopping cart. - Action **Delete contact custom field value** Remove a custom field's value from a contact. - Action **Delete tag** Delete a tag. - Action **Find contacts by custom field** Search for contacts by a custom field value. - Action **Get AI agent** Retrieve an AI agent by ID. - Action **Get contact** Retrieve a contact by ID. - Action **Get contact custom field value** Retrieve a custom field's value on a contact. - Action **Get custom field** Retrieve a custom field definition by ID. - Action **Get tag** Retrieve a tag by ID. - Action **List AI agents** List configured AI agents. - Action **List custom fields** List account-level custom field definitions. - Action **List tags** List all account tags. - Action **Remove tag from contact** Remove a tag from a contact. - Action **Send file** Send a file to a contact. - Action **Send text message** Send a text message to a contact. - Action **Update AI agent** Update an AI agent's configuration. - Action **Update contact custom field value** Set a custom field's value on a contact. - Action **Update product** Update a product's details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Newsflash** Deduplicated news events from 260+ sources with corroboration/confidence scores for AI agents](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash) - [ **Chatrace** Omnichannel chatbot platform for automating customer support and sales via WhatsApp, SMS, Messenger...](https://apiant.ai/connections/chatrace) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Newsflash - [ **Newsflash to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-salesforce) - [ **Newsflash to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-slack) - [ **Newsflash to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-stripe) - [ **Newsflash to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-shopify) - [ **Newsflash to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-pipedrive) - [ **Newsflash to Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-notion) ## More into Chatrace - [ **Chaport to Chatrace** Chaport is a live chat for websites designed as a modern messenger.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-chatrace) - [ **HubSpot to Chatrace** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-chatrace) - [ **Salesforce to Chatrace** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-chatrace) - [ **Slack to Chatrace** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-chatrace) - [ **Google Sheets to Chatrace** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-chatrace) - [ **Gmail to Chatrace** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-chatrace) Questions ## Newsflash and Chatrace, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Newsflash? Any of Newsflash's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New corroborated event and New event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Chatrace when something happens in Newsflash? Any of Chatrace's 22 actions, including Send file, Send text message, Update AI agent and Update contact custom field value. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Chatrace to Newsflash? Chatrace has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Newsflash. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Chatrace's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Newsflash or Chatrace? 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 Newsflash and Chatrace 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.