--- title: "Connect Newsflash to ZapCap - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New corroborated event\" fires in Newsflash, your agent runs \"Get clip task\" in ZapCap." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/newsflash-to-zapcap" --- # Connect Newsflash to ZapCap When **New corroborated event** fires in [Newsflash](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash), your agent runs **Get clip task** in [ZapCap](https://apiant.ai/connections/zapcap). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Newsflash **2** triggers Newsflash **6** actions ZapCap **14** 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 ZapCap 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 ZapCap - When **New corroborated event** in Newsflash then **Get clip task** in ZapCap - When **New event** in Newsflash then **Add font** in ZapCap 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 ZapCap ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 20 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 font** Uploads a custom font file (TTF, OTF, WOFF or WOFF2) to ZapCap so it can be used in caption styling. - Action **Add video** Uploads a video (or audio file) to ZapCap from a public URL and returns the new video's id, which is used to create captioning tasks. - Action **Approve transcript** Approves a captioning task's transcript and starts rendering the video with the transcript currently stored on the task. - Action **Delete font** Deletes a custom font you uploaded to ZapCap. - Action **Generate video clips** Starts a ZapCap task that cuts short clips out of an uploaded long-form video. The task runs in the background; use Get clip task with the returned task id to check its status and fetch the clips. - Action **Get account balance** Returns the remaining API credit balance (USD) on the connected ZapCap account. - Action **Get clip task** Retrieves a ZapCap clip task (viral shorts generation) for a video, including its status and generated clips. - Action **Get font** Retrieves the details of one uploaded custom font: its file name, font family and style. - Action **Get transcript** Get the word-by-word transcript of a ZapCap captioning task. - Action **Get video task** Fetches the status and result of a captioning task by ID. An error occurs if the task is not found. - Action **List templates** Lists every captioning template available to the account, with its id, categories and preview links. Use a template id when creating a video processing task. - Action **List videos** Lists the videos uploaded to your ZapCap account, with their metadata and associated task ids. - Action **Process Video** Starts a captioning (processing) task on an uploaded ZapCap video using a template. The task runs asynchronously; use Get video task to check its status and fetch the rendered video. - Action **Update transcript** Updates an existing video task's transcript by ID before rendering. ## Each app on its own - [ **Newsflash** Deduplicated news events from 260+ sources with corroboration/confidence scores for AI agents](https://apiant.ai/connections/newsflash) - [ **ZapCap** ZapCap is an AI-powered tool that generates captions for your videos.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zapcap) 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 ZapCap - [ **Nifty to ZapCap** Nifty helps you communicate with your team members and manage your projects — all in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-zapcap) - [ **Peerdom to ZapCap** Peerdom helps teams navigate change with smart org charts that boost collaboration and performance.](https://apiant.ai/connect/peerdom-to-zapcap) - [ **HubSpot to ZapCap** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zapcap) - [ **Salesforce to ZapCap** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zapcap) - [ **Slack to ZapCap** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zapcap) - [ **Google Sheets to ZapCap** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zapcap) Questions ## Newsflash and ZapCap, 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 ZapCap when something happens in Newsflash? Any of ZapCap's 14 actions, including Update transcript, Add font, Add video and Approve transcript. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ZapCap to Newsflash? ZapCap has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Newsflash. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ZapCap's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Newsflash or ZapCap? 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 ZapCap 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.