---
title: "Connect OpenAI and folk - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New batch\" fires in OpenAI, your agent runs \"Create Deal\" in folk, or \"Company Added\" in folk to \"Create message\" in OpenAI."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-folk"
---

# Connect OpenAI and folk

When **New batch** fires in [OpenAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai), your agent runs **Create Deal** in [folk](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk), or **Company Added** in folk to **Create message** in OpenAI. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

OpenAI **5** triggers OpenAI **69** actions folk **11** triggers folk **16** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want OpenAI and folk 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 OpenAI and folk can do together

### From OpenAI to folk

- When **New batch** in OpenAI then **Create Deal** in folk
- When **New file** in OpenAI then **Create Note** in folk

### From folk to OpenAI

- When **Company Added** in folk then **Create message** in OpenAI
- When **Company Custom Field Updated** in folk then **Create assistant** in OpenAI

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 OpenAI and folk

## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 85 actions

- Trigger

**New batch**

List your organization's batches.

- Trigger

**New file**

Returns a list of files.

- Trigger

**New model**

Lists the currently available models.

- Trigger

**New vector store**

Returns a list of vector stores.

- Trigger

**New video**

List recently generated videos for the current project.

- Action

**Cancel batch**

Cancels an in-progress batch.

- Action

**Cancel run**

Cancels a run that is in_progress.

- Action

**Cancel vector store file batch**

Cancel a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Content moderation**

Classifies text for hate, harassment, self-harm, sexual, and violence categories using the Moderations API.

- Action

**Count input tokens**

Returns input token counts of the request.

- Action

**Create assistant**

Create an assistant with a model and instructions.

- Action

**Create chat completion**

Sends a list of chat messages to a model via the Chat Completions API and returns the assistant's reply.

- Action

**Create completion**

Creates a completion for the provided prompt and parameters.

- Action

**Create embedding**

Generates a vector embedding for input text using an embeddings model (e.g. text-embedding-3-small).

- Action

**Create message**

Create a message.

- Action

**Create run**

Create a run.

- Action

**Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests**

Creates and executes a batch from an uploaded file of requests

- Action

**Create thread**

Create a thread.

- Action

**Create thread and run**

Create a thread and run it in one request.

- Action

**Create vector store**

Create a vector store.

- Action

**Create vector store file**

Create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store.

- Action

**Create vector store file batch**

Create a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Create video edit job**

Create a new video generation job by editing a source or existing generated video.

- Action

**Create video extension**

Create an extension of a completed video.

- Action

**Create video generation job**

Create a new video generation job from a prompt and optional reference assets.

- Action

**Create video remix**

Create a remix of a completed video using a refreshed prompt.

- Action

**Delete assistant**

Delete an assistant.

- Action

**Delete eval run**

Delete an eval run.

- Action

**Delete file**

Delete a file and remove it from all vector stores.

- Action

**Delete message**

Deletes a message.

- Action

**Delete thread**

Delete a thread.

- Action

**Delete vector store**

Delete a vector store.

- Action

**Delete vector store file**

Delete a vector store file (removes from store, file itself not deleted).

- Action

**Delete video**

Permanently delete a completed or failed video and its stored assets.

- Action

**Download video content**

Download the generated video bytes or a derived preview asset.

- Action

**Edit image**

Creates an edited or extended image given one or more source images and a prompt.

- Action

**Generate image**

Generates an image from a text prompt using gpt-image-1 / DALL-E and returns the image URL or base64 data.

- Action

**Generate speech**

Converts text into spoken audio using a TTS model and the selected voice. Returns audio bytes.

- Action

**Get assistant**

Retrieves an assistant.

- Action

**Get batch**

Retrieves a batch.

- Action

**Get file**

Returns information about a specific file.

- Action

**Get file content**

Returns the contents of the specified file.

- Action

**Get message**

Retrieve a message.

- Action

**Get model**

Retrieves a model instance.

- Action

**Get run**

Retrieves a run.

- Action

**Get run step**

Retrieves a run step.

- Action

**Get thread**

Retrieves a thread.

- Action

**Get vector store**

Retrieves a vector store.

- Action

**Get vector store file**

Retrieves a vector store file.

- Action

**Get vector store file batch**

Retrieves a vector store file batch.

- Action

**Get vector store file content**

Retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file.

- Action

**Get video**

Fetch the latest metadata for a generated video.

- Action

**List conversation items**

List all items for a conversation with the given ID.

- Action

**List files**

Lists files that have been uploaded to your OpenAI account.

- Action

**List messages**

Returns a list of messages for a given thread.

- Action

**List models**

Lists the models currently available to your account.

- Action

**List runs**

Returns a list of runs belonging to a thread.

- Action

**List run steps**

Returns a list of run steps belonging to a run.

- Action

**List vector store file batch files**

Returns a list of vector store files in a batch.

- Action

**List vector store files**

Returns a list of vector store files.

- Action

**OpenAI agent message**

Runs one AI agent turn on OpenAI and returns the model's reply. The turn is billed to the OpenAI account connected on this step, and the agent can call the account's AI tool automations.

- Action

**Retrieve response**

Retrieves a previously created model response by its Response ID.

- Action

**Search vector store**

Search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and filter.

- Action

**Send model a message**

Sends a message to an OpenAI model via the Responses API and emits its response. Returns a Response ID usable as previous_response_id for multi-turn conversations.

- Action

**Submit tool outputs to run**

Submit tool outputs when a run requires action.

- Action

**Transcribe audio**

Transcribes audio into the input language.

- Action

**Translate audio**

Translates audio into English.

- Action

**Update assistant**

Modifies an assistant.

- Action

**Update message**

Modifies a message.

- Action

**Update run**

Modifies a run.

- Action

**Update thread**

Modifies a thread.

- Action

**Update vector store**

Modifies a vector store.

- Action

**Update vector store file attributes**

Update attributes on a vector store file.

- Action

**Upload file**

Upload a file that can be used across various endpoints.

- Trigger

**Company Added**

Triggers when a new company is created or added to a group.

- Trigger

**Company Custom Field Updated**

Triggers when a company custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated.

- Trigger

**Company Removed**

Triggers when a company is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group.

- Trigger

**Company Updated**

Triggers when a company basic field (like name, email or URL) in a group is updated.

- Trigger

**Deal Added**

Fires when a new deal is created.

- Trigger

**Deal Removed**

Fires when a deal is deleted from a pipeline.

- Trigger

**Deal Updated**

Fires when a deal is updated (stage change, field update).

- Trigger

**Person Added**

Triggers when a new person is created or added to a group.

- Trigger

**Person Custom Field Updated**

Triggers when a person custom field (for example tag, status, text, assignee) is updated.

- Trigger

**Person Removed**

Triggers when a person is deleted from the workspace or removed from a group.

- Trigger

**Person Updated**

Triggers when a person basic field (like first name, job title, email or URL) in a group is updated.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a company in folk, optionally adding it to a group and setting that group's custom fields.

- Action

**Create Deal**

Creates a deal in a folk group, optionally linked to companies and people, and sets that deal type's custom fields.

- Action

**Create Group**

Creates a group in folk. A default "All people" table view is added to the group automatically.

- Action

**Create Note**

Creates a note on a folk person, company or deal. Optionally posts it as a reply to an existing note.

- Action

**Create Person**

Creates a person in folk, optionally adding them to a group and setting that group's custom fields.

- Action

**Create Reminder**

Creates a reminder on a folk person, company or deal, scheduled with an iCalendar recurrence rule.

- Action

**Delete Company**

Deletes a company from folk by its id.

- Action

**Delete Person**

Deletes a person from folk by their id. This also removes their custom fields, notes and associations.

- Action

**Find a Company**

Searches folk companies by name, email or website and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping.

- Action

**Find a Person**

Searches folk people by email, full name or phone and returns the matches, with the first one broken out for easy mapping.

- Action

**Get a Company**

Fetches one folk company by id, including its custom field values.

- Action

**Get a Note**

Fetches one folk note by id, with its text, author and the record it is attached to.

- Action

**Get a Person**

Fetches one folk person by id, including their custom field values.

- Action

**List Groups**

Returns the groups in the folk workspace, with each group's id, name and visibility.

- Action

**Update Company**

Updates a folk company. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list.

- Action

**Update Person**

Updates a folk person. Only the fields you fill in are changed; list fields such as emails replace the whole list.

## Each app on its own

- [ **OpenAI** OpenAI's platform for text generation (Responses + Chat Completions), image generation (gpt-image-1 /...](https://apiant.ai/connections/openai)
- [ **folk** folk is the next generation CRM for teams](https://apiant.ai/connections/folk)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from OpenAI

- [ **OpenAI to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-hubspot)
- [ **OpenAI to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-salesforce)
- [ **OpenAI to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-slack)
- [ **OpenAI to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-stripe)
- [ **OpenAI to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-quickbooks-online)
- [ **OpenAI to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-pipedrive)

## More into folk

- [ **Stripe to folk** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-folk)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to folk** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-folk)
- [ **Airtable to folk** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-folk)
- [ **Asana to folk** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-folk)
- [ **ClickUp to folk** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-folk)
- [ **Discord to folk** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-folk)

Questions

## OpenAI and folk, answered

###

### What can start an automation from OpenAI?

Any of OpenAI's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New batch, New file, New model and New vector store. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in folk when something happens in OpenAI?

Any of folk's 16 actions, including Create Company, Create Deal, Create Group and Create Note. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from folk to OpenAI?

Yes. When something happens in folk, your agent can act in OpenAI too. This page covers both directions: folk's triggers and OpenAI's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for OpenAI or folk?

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 OpenAI and folk 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.
