--- title: "Connect Newsflash to Descript - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New corroborated event\" fires in Newsflash, your agent runs \"Export project transcript\" in Descript." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-descript" --- # Connect Newsflash to Descript When **New corroborated event** fires in [Newsflash](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash), your agent runs **Export project transcript** in [Descript](https://apiant.ai/connections/descript). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Newsflash **2** triggers Newsflash **6** actions Descript **8** 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 Descript 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 Descript - When **New corroborated event** in Newsflash then **Export project transcript** in Descript - When **New event** in Newsflash then **Publish project media** in Descript 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 Descript ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 14 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 **Cancel job** Cancel a pending/running async job by job_id. - Action **Export project transcript** Export the transcript of a Descript project composition as plain text, Markdown, HTML, RTF, DOCX or SRT subtitles. The transcript comes back in the response itself. - Action **Get project** Get details of a single Descript project by project_id. - Action **Get published project metadata** Partner API: get metadata (title, duration, publisher, privacy, subtitles) for a published Descript project by its URL slug. - Action **List agent models** List the Underlord agent models available for use with the Agent edit operation. - Action **List projects** List Descript projects on the account. - Action **Publish project media** Publish a Descript project's media (render + publish output). - Action **Run agent edit** Prompt the Underlord AI agent to perform edits on a Descript project (e.g. remove filler words, generate clips). ## Each app on its own - [ **Newsflash** Deduplicated news events from 260+ sources with corroboration/confidence scores for AI agents](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash) - [ **Descript** Text-based video and audio editor that transcribes recordings and lets users cut footage by editing the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/descript) 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 Descript - [ **HubSpot to Descript** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-descript) - [ **Salesforce to Descript** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-descript) - [ **Slack to Descript** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-descript) - [ **Google Sheets to Descript** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-descript) - [ **Gmail to Descript** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-descript) - [ **Google Calendar to Descript** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-descript) Questions ## Newsflash and Descript, 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 Descript when something happens in Newsflash? Any of Descript's 8 actions, including Export project transcript, Get project, Get published project metadata and List agent models. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Descript to Newsflash? Descript has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Newsflash. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Descript's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Newsflash or Descript? 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 Descript 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.