Integration
Connect Nytimes and VideoAsk
When New top story fires in Nytimes, your agent runs Add tag to contact in VideoAsk, or New Videoask in VideoAsk to Find articles by criteria in Nytimes. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
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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.
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What Nytimes and VideoAsk can do together
From Nytimes to VideoAsk
When New top story in Nytimes
then Add tag to contact in VideoAsk
From VideoAsk to Nytimes
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 VideoAsk
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 20 actions
- New top story
Triggers when a new article appears among The New York Times' current top stories for the section you choose.
- Find articles by criteria
Returns New York Times articles that match the search terms, filters and date range you specify.
- List archive articles
Returns every New York Times article published in a given month and year, from the archive going back to 1851.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- New Videoask
Triggers when a new videoask is created in the selected VideoAsk organization.
- Add question
Adds a new question step to a videoask, using a video from a public link, media already in VideoAsk, or a new upload.
- Add tag
Creates a new tag in a VideoAsk organization that can be applied to contacts.
- Add tag to contact
Adds an existing tag to a VideoAsk contact and returns the tags now on that contact.
- Create a Contact in a Videoask (OLD)
Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number.
- Create a Contact in VideoAsk (Recommended)
Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number.
- Delete contact
Deletes a contact (respondent) and their contact details from your VideoAsk organization.
- Delete form
Deletes a VideoAsk form (videoask). Optionally performs a soft delete so the form can be restored later.
- Find conversations by filter
Returns the responses (conversations) on a videoask that match the filters you choose, such as unread only, reply status, tag, score range or creation date range.
- Find forms by keyword
Returns the videoasks in an organization whose titles match the specified keyword.
- Get contact
Returns a single VideoAsk response (contact) for a videoask, with the respondent's details and, optionally, their answers and the conversation messages.
- Get form
Returns a videoask (form) by its id, including all of its questions.
- List forms
Returns all videoasks (forms) in a VideoAsk organization, newest first.
- List tags
Returns the tags in a VideoAsk organization, optionally only those with a given title.
- Update contact
Updates an existing VideoAsk contact's name, email address or phone number.
- Update form
Updates an existing videoask's title, privacy, contact form, scheduled close date and display settings such as the end screen.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Nytimes and VideoAsk, 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 VideoAsk when something happens in Nytimes?
Any of VideoAsk's 15 actions, including Create a Contact in a Videoask (OLD), Create a Contact in VideoAsk (Recommended), Update contact and Update form. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from VideoAsk to Nytimes?
Yes. When something happens in VideoAsk, your agent can act in Nytimes too. This page covers both directions: VideoAsk's triggers and Nytimes's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Nytimes or VideoAsk?
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 VideoAsk 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.