--- title: "Connect PaintScout to Hong Kong Obervatory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in PaintScout, your agent runs \"Convert Gregorian date to lunar date\" in Hong Kong Obervatory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-hong-kong-obervatory" --- # Connect PaintScout to Hong Kong Obervatory When **Contact Created** fires in [PaintScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout), your agent runs **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** in [Hong Kong Obervatory](https://apiant.ai/connections/hong-kong-obervatory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PaintScout **5** triggers PaintScout **19** actions Hong Kong Obervatory **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PaintScout and Hong Kong Obervatory 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 PaintScout can start in Hong Kong Obervatory - When **Contact Created** in PaintScout then **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** in Hong Kong Obervatory - When **Invoice Status Changed** in PaintScout then **Get 9-day weather forecast** in Hong Kong Obervatory 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 PaintScout and Hong Kong Obervatory ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 32 actions - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent. - Trigger **Invoice Status Changed** Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status. - Trigger **Quote Status Changed** Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined. - Trigger **Quote Tag Added** Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag. - Action **Add company** Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Add deal** Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note. - Action **Add task** Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. - Action **Create Quote** Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags. - Action **Find companies** Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company. - Action **Find deals** Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range. - Action **Find Quote** Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single PaintScout deal by its ID, including its contact, job address, pipeline stage, value, tags, linked quotes and invoices, and job costing. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single PaintScout invoice with its contact, line items, payments, taxes, discounts and totals. Can optionally return the work-order view, which includes per-item material costs. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links. - Action **Update company** Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing PaintScout contact's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner, note and tags. Fields left blank keep their current values. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in PaintScout — its name, contact, job address, pipeline and stage, lead source, owner, tags and job costing. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status. - Action **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** Convert a Gregorian calendar date to its lunar calendar year and date. - Action **Get 9-day weather forecast** Get the 9-day weather forecast including daily temperature, humidity, wind and rain probability. - Action **Get current weather report** Get the current weather report: temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV index, lightning and warning messages. - Action **Get daily maximum temperature** Get daily maximum air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get daily mean temperature** Get daily mean air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get daily minimum temperature** Get daily minimum air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get high and low tide times** Get the times and heights of astronomical high and low tides for a station. - Action **Get hourly heights of astronomical tides** Get hourly predicted heights of astronomical tides for a station and date. - Action **Get latest 10-minute mean visibility** Get the latest 10-minute mean visibility reading across monitoring stations. - Action **Get lightning count** Get the cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning count for a date. - Action **Get moonrise and moonset times** Get times of moonrise, moon transit and moonset for a given date range. - Action **Get sunrise and sunset times** Get times of sunrise, sun transit and sunset for a given date range. - Action **Get weather and radiation level report** Get the daily weather and ambient gamma radiation level report. ## Each app on its own - [ **PaintScout** PaintScout helps estimate & sell painting jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paintscout) - [ **Hong Kong Obervatory** Hong Kong Observatory is Hong Kong's official meteorological and geophysical service, publishing its data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/hong-kong-obervatory) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PaintScout - [ **PaintScout to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-salesforce) - [ **PaintScout to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-slack) - [ **PaintScout to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-stripe) - [ **PaintScout to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-shopify) - [ **PaintScout to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PaintScout to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paintscout-to-pipedrive) ## More into Hong Kong Obervatory - [ **HubSpot to Hong Kong Obervatory** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Salesforce to Hong Kong Obervatory** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Slack to Hong Kong Obervatory** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Google Sheets to Hong Kong Obervatory** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Gmail to Hong Kong Obervatory** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Google Calendar to Hong Kong Obervatory** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-hong-kong-obervatory) Questions ## PaintScout and Hong Kong Obervatory, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PaintScout? Any of PaintScout's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Invoice Status Changed, Quote Status Changed and Quote Tag Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Hong Kong Obervatory when something happens in PaintScout? Any of Hong Kong Obervatory's 13 actions, including Convert Gregorian date to lunar date, Get 9-day weather forecast, Get current weather report and Get daily maximum temperature. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Hong Kong Obervatory to PaintScout? Hong Kong Obervatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PaintScout. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Hong Kong Obervatory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or Hong Kong Obervatory? 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 PaintScout and Hong Kong Obervatory 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.