--- title: "Connect Nuclino and Shade - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in Nuclino, your agent runs \"Copy a File\" in Shade, or \"Asset Updated\" in Shade to \"Add item\" in Nuclino." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-shade" --- # Connect Nuclino and Shade When **New item** fires in [Nuclino](https://apiant.ai/connections/nuclino), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade to **Add item** in Nuclino. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Nuclino **1** trigger Nuclino **9** actions Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Nuclino and Shade 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 Nuclino and Shade can do together ### From Nuclino to Shade - When **New item** in Nuclino then **Copy a File** in Shade - When **New item** in Nuclino then **Share File or Folder** in Shade ### From Shade to Nuclino - When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Add item** in Nuclino - When **New Asset** in Shade then **Update item** in Nuclino 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 Nuclino and Shade ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item or collection is created in a Nuclino team or workspace. - Action **Add item** Creates a new item or collection in a Nuclino workspace or inside an existing collection, with optional title, Markdown content and field values. - Action **Add workspace** Creates a new, empty workspace in a Nuclino team. - Action **Delete item** Deletes an item or collection in Nuclino by moving it to the workspace trash. - Action **Get item** Returns a Nuclino item or collection by its ID, including its Markdown content and field values. - Action **Get user** Returns a Nuclino user's name, email and avatar by their user ID. - Action **Get workspace** Returns a Nuclino workspace, including its name, team, default view, fields and top-level items. - Action **List items** Returns the items and collections in a Nuclino team or workspace, optionally filtered by a search query (without item content). - Action **List teams** Returns the Nuclino teams the connected account belongs to. - Action **Update item** Updates the title, Markdown content, or field values of an existing Nuclino item or collection. - Trigger **Asset Updated** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Drive** Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select. - Trigger **New Public Share Link** Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Transcription** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription. - Trigger **Public Share Link Updated** Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed. - Action **Copy a File** Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive. - Action **Find an Asset** Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters. - Action **Get Public Links for a File or Folder** Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive. - Action **Search Asset Chunks** Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type. - Action **Search for an Asset by Description** Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index. - Action **Share File or Folder** Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation. ## Each app on its own - [ **Nuclino** Team wiki and knowledge-base platform for collaborative document editing, project notes, and fast internal...](https://apiant.ai/connections/nuclino) - [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Nuclino - [ **Nuclino to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-salesforce) - [ **Nuclino to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-slack) - [ **Nuclino to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-stripe) - [ **Nuclino to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-shopify) - [ **Nuclino to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Nuclino to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nuclino-to-pipedrive) ## More into Shade - [ **Dropbox to Shade** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-shade) - [ **HubSpot to Shade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shade) - [ **Salesforce to Shade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shade) - [ **Slack to Shade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shade) - [ **Google Sheets to Shade** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shade) - [ **Gmail to Shade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shade) Questions ## Nuclino and Shade, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Nuclino? Any of Nuclino's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shade when something happens in Nuclino? Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shade to Nuclino? Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in Nuclino too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and Nuclino's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Nuclino or Shade? 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 Nuclino and Shade 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.