--- title: "Connect OpnForm to Thunderbit - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Submission\" fires in OpnForm, your agent runs \"Distill page\" in Thunderbit." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-thunderbit" --- # Connect OpnForm to Thunderbit When **New Submission** fires in [OpnForm](https://apiant.ai/connections/opnform), your agent runs **Distill page** in [Thunderbit](https://apiant.ai/connections/thunderbit). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. OpnForm **1** trigger OpnForm **9** actions Thunderbit **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want OpnForm and Thunderbit 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 OpnForm can start in Thunderbit - When **New Submission** in OpnForm then **Distill page** in Thunderbit - When **New Submission** in OpnForm then **Extract structured data** in Thunderbit 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 OpnForm and Thunderbit ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 13 actions - Trigger **New Submission** Fires instantly each time a new submission is received on the chosen OpnForm form. - Action **Add Form** Creates a new form in an OpnForm workspace. - Action **Add Submission** Submits data to a form programmatically. - Action **Delete Form** Deletes a form from OpnForm. - Action **Delete Submission** Deletes a submission from an OpnForm form. - Action **Get Form** Retrieves a single form by id. - Action **List Forms** Lists the forms in an OpnForm workspace (summary records without form fields; use Get Form for the full form). - Action **List Submissions** Lists submissions for a form. - Action **Update Form** Updates an existing form's fields/settings. - Action **Update Submission** Updates an existing form submission's data. - Action **Distill page** Convert a single web page into clean, structured Markdown/text content using AI. - Action **Extract structured data** Use AI to extract structured fields from a web page according to a specified schema. - Action **Get batch distill job status** Check the status and retrieve results of a previously submitted batch page-distillation job. - Action **Get batch extract job status** Check the status and retrieve results of a previously submitted batch structured-extraction job. ## Each app on its own - [ **OpnForm** Integrate OpnForm to automate workflows! Seamlessly connect your forms with 2000+ apps to boost productivity...](https://apiant.ai/connections/opnform) - [ **Thunderbit** Extract web pages as Markdown or structured data for AI apps](https://apiant.ai/connections/thunderbit) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from OpnForm - [ **OpnForm to mail.gw** mail.gw is a disposable temporary-email service with a REST API.](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-mail-gw) - [ **OpnForm to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-salesforce) - [ **OpnForm to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-slack) - [ **OpnForm to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-stripe) - [ **OpnForm to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-shopify) - [ **OpnForm to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/opnform-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Thunderbit - [ **LeadSimple to Thunderbit** LeadSimple is the CRM that property management and real estate companies use to scale and grow.](https://apiant.ai/connect/leadsimple-to-thunderbit) - [ **HubSpot to Thunderbit** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-thunderbit) - [ **Salesforce to Thunderbit** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-thunderbit) - [ **Slack to Thunderbit** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thunderbit) - [ **Google Sheets to Thunderbit** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thunderbit) - [ **Gmail to Thunderbit** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-thunderbit) Questions ## OpnForm and Thunderbit, answered ### ### What can start an automation from OpnForm? Any of OpnForm's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Submission. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Thunderbit when something happens in OpnForm? Any of Thunderbit's 4 actions, including Distill page, Extract structured data, Get batch distill job status and Get batch extract job status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Thunderbit to OpnForm? Thunderbit has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in OpnForm. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Thunderbit's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for OpnForm or Thunderbit? 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 OpnForm and Thunderbit 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.