--- title: "Connect Nytimes to Shotstack - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New top story\" fires in Nytimes, your agent runs \"Add template\" in Shotstack." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-shotstack" --- # Connect Nytimes to Shotstack When **New top story** fires in [Nytimes](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes), your agent runs **Add template** in [Shotstack](https://apiant.ai/connections/shotstack). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Nytimes **1** trigger Nytimes **5** actions Shotstack **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 Nytimes and Shotstack 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 Nytimes can start in Shotstack - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Add template** in Shotstack - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Update template** in Shotstack 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 Nytimes and Shotstack ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 19 actions - Trigger **New top story** Triggers when a new article appears among The New York Times' current top stories for the section you choose. - Action **Find articles by criteria** Returns New York Times articles that match the search terms, filters and date range you specify. - Action **List archive articles** Returns every New York Times article published in a given month and year, from the archive going back to 1851. - Action **List best sellers** Returns the books on a New York Times Best Sellers list (for example Hardcover Fiction) for a given print date, or the latest list. - Action **List most popular articles** Returns the most popular New York Times articles over the last 1, 7 or 30 days, ranked by views, emails or shares. - Action **List top stories** Returns the articles currently featured as top stories in a chosen New York Times section, such as the home page, world, business or technology. - Action **Add template** Create a reusable edit template. - Action **Delete asset** Delete a hosted asset. - Action **Delete template** Delete a template. - Action **Generate asset** Generate an AI asset (text-to-image, text-to-speech, etc). - Action **Get generation status** Returns a generation job's status, asset URL and error. - Action **Get Ingest Job Status** Get the status of an ingest job. - Action **Get template** Retrieve a template by id. - Action **Ingest** Ingest a file. - Action **Inspect media** Probe a media URL for metadata. - Action **List sources** List ingested sources. - Action **List templates** List all templates. - Action **Render asset** Queue a render of an edit (timeline+output JSON) into video/image/audio. - Action **Render template** Render a stored template with merge fields. - Action **Update template** Update a template. ## Each app on its own - [ **Nytimes** REST API for searching New York Times articles, top stories by section, and book review/bestseller data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes) - [ **Shotstack** Shotstack is a service that allows you to edit videos, images and audio at scale.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shotstack) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Nytimes - [ **Nytimes to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-salesforce) - [ **Nytimes to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-slack) - [ **Nytimes to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-stripe) - [ **Nytimes to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-shopify) - [ **Nytimes to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Nytimes to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-pipedrive) ## More into Shotstack - [ **HubSpot to Shotstack** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shotstack) - [ **Salesforce to Shotstack** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shotstack) - [ **Slack to Shotstack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shotstack) - [ **Google Sheets to Shotstack** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shotstack) - [ **Gmail to Shotstack** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shotstack) - [ **Google Calendar to Shotstack** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shotstack) Questions ## Nytimes and Shotstack, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Nytimes? Any of Nytimes's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New top story. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shotstack when something happens in Nytimes? Any of Shotstack's 14 actions, including Update template, Add template, Generate asset and Get generation status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shotstack to Nytimes? Shotstack has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Nytimes. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shotstack's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Nytimes or Shotstack? 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 Nytimes and Shotstack 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.