--- title: "Connect Nytimes to SnipForm - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New top story\" fires in Nytimes, your agent runs \"Add or update contact\" in SnipForm." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/nytimes-to-snipform" --- # Connect Nytimes to SnipForm When **New top story** fires in [Nytimes](https://apiant.ai/connections/nytimes), your agent runs **Add or update contact** in [SnipForm](https://apiant.ai/connections/snipform). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Nytimes **1** trigger Nytimes **5** actions SnipForm **11** 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 SnipForm 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 SnipForm - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Add or update contact** in SnipForm - When **New top story** in Nytimes then **Update contact** in SnipForm 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 SnipForm ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 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 link group** Create a short-link group. - Action **Add or update contact** Identify: finds or creates a contact by external_id or email and merges traits. - Action **Add short link** Create a short link in a group with destination_url, UTM, domain. POST under /v2/property/link-groups/{group}/links (see Short Links API docs). - Action **Delete contact** Delete (redact) a contact. - Action **Delete link group** Delete a link group. - Action **Get contact** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get short link** Returns one short link (id, group, code, short URL, destination, domain, UTM, active flag, clicks) - Action **List contacts** List contacts of the property. - Action **List link groups** List short-link groups. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact. /v2/property/contacts/{contact} (contacts:write). - Action **Update link group** Update a link group. ## 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) - [ **SnipForm** SnipForm is a serverless form solution that helps developers add a validated & secure form backend in a...](https://apiant.ai/connections/snipform) 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 SnipForm - [ **HubSpot to SnipForm** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-snipform) - [ **Salesforce to SnipForm** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-snipform) - [ **Slack to SnipForm** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-snipform) - [ **Google Sheets to SnipForm** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-snipform) - [ **Gmail to SnipForm** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-snipform) - [ **Google Calendar to SnipForm** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-snipform) Questions ## Nytimes and SnipForm, 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 SnipForm when something happens in Nytimes? Any of SnipForm's 11 actions, including Update contact, Update link group, Add link group and Add or update contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SnipForm to Nytimes? SnipForm has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Nytimes. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads SnipForm's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Nytimes or SnipForm? 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 SnipForm 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.