Integration
Connect PaintScout and The Old Reader
When Contact Created fires in PaintScout, your agent runs Update item in The Old Reader, or New item in The Old Reader to Add deal in PaintScout. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want PaintScout and The Old Reader to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What PaintScout and The Old Reader can do together
From PaintScout to The Old Reader
When Contact Created in PaintScout
then Update item in The Old Reader
From The Old Reader to PaintScout
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 The Old Reader
Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 31 actions
- Contact Created
Triggers when a new contact is created in PaintScout.
- Invoice Sent
Triggers when an invoice is sent to a customer, including when an invoice is re-sent.
- Invoice Status Changed
Triggers when an invoice's status changes, delivering the invoice with its new status.
- Quote Status Changed
Triggers when a quote's status changes, for example when it is sent, accepted or declined.
- Quote Tag Added
Triggers when a tag is added to a quote, optionally only for one specific tag.
- Add company
Creates a new company in PaintScout with its name, contact details, address, lead source, owner and tags.
- Add deal
Creates a new deal in PaintScout, with its contact, job address, pipeline stage and value.
- Add note
Adds a note to a PaintScout contact, deal or company and returns the new note.
- Add task
Creates a task in PaintScout, optionally linked to a deal and assigned to a user.
- Create Contact
Creates a new contact in PaintScout with names, email, phone numbers, address, lead source, owner, note and tags.
- Create Quote
Creates a new quote in PaintScout for a contact, with its job address, notes, pricing adjustments and tags.
- Find companies
Returns the companies that match a search filter, such as a name, email or city.
- Find Contact
Returns up to 100 contacts that match the search you specify, such as an email address, name or company.
- Find deals
Returns the deals that match a search filter, such as a deal name, pipeline, stage or lead source.
- Find Invoice
Returns the invoices that match a search, such as a status, invoice number, contact name or date range.
- Find Quote
Returns the quotes that match a search filter, such as a quote number, status or contact name.
- Get contact
Returns a single PaintScout contact by its ID, including name, company, email, phone, address, lead source, owner and tags.
- 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.
- 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.
- Get quote
Returns a single PaintScout quote by its ID, including contact, job address, totals, tax, discount, payments, tags and customer-view links.
- Update company
Updates an existing PaintScout company's name, contact details, address, lead source, owner or tags. Fields left blank are not changed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Update task
Updates an existing task in PaintScout, such as its title, owner, notes, start time or completion status.
- New item
Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription.
- Add subscription
Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id.
- Delete folder
Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder.
- Delete subscription
Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader.
- Get items
Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids.
- Get unread counts
Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend.
- List folders
Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account.
- List items
Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription.
- List subscriptions
Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon.
- Mark all items as read
Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time.
- Update folder
Renames a folder in The Old Reader.
- Update item
Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared.
- Update subscription
Renames a subscription or moves it between folders.
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
PaintScout and The Old Reader, 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 The Old Reader when something happens in PaintScout?
Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from The Old Reader to PaintScout?
Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in PaintScout too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and PaintScout's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for PaintScout or The Old Reader?
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 The Old Reader 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.