--- title: "Connect Paperless to PDF API Hub - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document updated\" fires in Paperless, your agent runs \"Add Watermark\" in PDF API Hub." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-pdf-api-hub" --- # Connect Paperless to PDF API Hub When **Document updated** fires in [Paperless](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless), your agent runs **Add Watermark** in [PDF API Hub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-api-hub). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Paperless **2** triggers Paperless **6** actions PDF API Hub **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Paperless and PDF API Hub 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 Paperless can start in PDF API Hub - When **Document updated** in Paperless then **Add Watermark** in PDF API Hub - When **New document created** in Paperless then **Compress PDF** in PDF API Hub 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 Paperless and PDF API Hub ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 21 actions - Trigger **Document updated** Fires when a document is updated (e.g. name changed). Backed by the document.updated webhook event. - Trigger **New document created** Fires when a new document is created. Backed by the document.created webhook event. - Action **Create Document (From Template)** Creates a new Paperless document from an existing template, optionally filling in recipients, form-field defaults and variables, and optionally sending it right away. - Action **Delete Document** Permanently delete a document by ID. - Action **Get Document** Retrieves a single Paperless document by its id. - Action **Get Template** Retrieves a single Paperless template by its id. - Action **List Templates** List all templates the API key's integration has access to, used to pick a template_id before creating a document. - Action **Update Document** Updates an existing Paperless document: rename it, set its recipients, form field defaults and variables, or send it by setting its state to dispatched. - Action **Add Watermark** Add text watermark to a PDF or image. - Action **Compress PDF** Compress a PDF URL to reduce file size. - Action **Convert HTML to Image** Generate an image from HTML and CSS. - Action **Convert PDF to JPG** Convert PDF pages to JPG images. - Action **Convert PDF to WebP** Convert PDF pages to WebP images. - Action **Convert URL to HTML** Fetch rendered HTML content from a URL. - Action **Convert URL to Image** Capture a website URL as an image. - Action **Extract Image Text (OCR)** Extract text from an image. - Action **Extract PDF Text (OCR)** Extract text from scanned PDF pages. - Action **List files** Lists files uploaded with your API key, newest first (up to 500). - Action **Lock PDF** Protect a PDF with a password. - Action **Parse PDF** Extract text or structured data from a PDF URL. - Action **Sign PDF** Add a signature to a PDF. - Action **Split PDF** Split a PDF into pages, ranges, or chunks. - Action **Unlock PDF** Remove password protection from a PDF. ## Each app on its own - [ **Paperless** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless) - [ **PDF API Hub** PDF API Hub is a platform to support generate, merge, split, convert, read, OCR, and create PDFs from URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-api-hub) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Paperless - [ **Paperless to Google Maps Platform** APIs and SDKs for maps, geocoding, routing, places search, and location-based data in apps.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-google-maps-platform) - [ **Paperless to Metropolitan Museum of Art** The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API exposes the museum's open-access catalogue of more than four...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-metropolitan-museum-of-art) - [ **Paperless to ZUGFeRD & XRechnung by InvoiceXML** ZUGFeRD & XRechnung by InvoiceXML is a German e-invoice compliance service for creating, validating...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-zugferd-xrechnung-by-invoicexml) - [ **Paperless to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-salesforce) - [ **Paperless to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-slack) - [ **Paperless to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-stripe) ## More into PDF API Hub - [ **HubSpot to PDF API Hub** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-api-hub) - [ **Salesforce to PDF API Hub** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-api-hub) - [ **Slack to PDF API Hub** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-api-hub) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF API Hub** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-api-hub) - [ **Gmail to PDF API Hub** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-api-hub) - [ **Google Calendar to PDF API Hub** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-api-hub) Questions ## Paperless and PDF API Hub, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Paperless? Any of Paperless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Document updated and New document created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF API Hub when something happens in Paperless? Any of PDF API Hub's 15 actions, including Add Watermark, Compress PDF, Convert HTML to Image and Convert PDF to JPG. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF API Hub to Paperless? PDF API Hub has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Paperless. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF API Hub's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Paperless or PDF API Hub? 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 Paperless and PDF API Hub 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.