--- title: "Connect Paperless and Roam - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document updated\" fires in Paperless, your agent runs \"Send Channel Message\" in Roam." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paperless-to-roam" --- # Connect Paperless and Roam When **Document updated** fires in [Paperless](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless), your agent runs **Send Channel Message** in [Roam](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam), or **New Recording** in Roam to **Create Document (From Template)** in Paperless. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Paperless **2** triggers Paperless **6** actions Roam **6** triggers Roam **6** 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 Roam 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 and Roam can do together ### From Paperless to Roam - When **Document updated** in Paperless then **Send Channel Message** in Roam - When **New document created** in Paperless then **Send Direct Message** in Roam ### From Roam to Paperless - When **New Recording** in Roam then **Create Document (From Template)** in Paperless - When **New Transcript** in Roam then **Update Document** in Paperless 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 Roam ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 12 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. - Trigger **Lobby Booked** Triggers when a lobby is booked. - Trigger **New Recording** Triggers when a new meeting recording is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **New Transcript** Triggers when a new transcript is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **On-Air: Event Created** Triggers when a new On-Air event is created. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest Added** Triggers when a guest is added to an On-Air event. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest RSVP Changed** Triggers when a guest changes their RSVP status on an On-Air event. - Action **Create Meeting Link** Creates a new Roam meeting link and returns its ID and shareable URL. Optionally set the host's email and the meeting's start and end times. - Action **Find User by Email** Looks up a member of your Roam organization by their email address and returns their profile, including user ID, name, photo and admin status. - Action **On-Air: Add Guest** Adds a guest to a Roam On-Air event by email, optionally setting their name, phone and RSVP status, and returns the created guest. - Action **On-Air: Find Event** Returns the On-Air events whose title contains the text you search for, taken from your most recent events. Returns an empty list when nothing matches. - Action **Send Channel Message** Posts a message to a Roam channel and returns the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. - Action **Send Direct Message** Sends a direct message to one person in Roam and returns the conversation ID plus the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. ## Each app on its own - [ **Paperless** Paperless lets you create, sign, and manage intelligent documents on a single platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/paperless) - [ **Roam** Send notifications to Roam, your Cloud HQ.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam) 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 Roam - [ **HubSpot to Roam** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-roam) - [ **Slack to Roam** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-roam) - [ **Google Sheets to Roam** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-roam) - [ **Gmail to Roam** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-roam) - [ **Google Drive to Roam** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-roam) - [ **Mailchimp to Roam** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-roam) Questions ## Paperless and Roam, 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 Roam when something happens in Paperless? Any of Roam's 6 actions, including Create Meeting Link, Send Channel Message, Send Direct Message and Find User by Email. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Roam to Paperless? Yes. When something happens in Roam, your agent can act in Paperless too. This page covers both directions: Roam's triggers and Paperless's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Paperless or Roam? 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 Roam 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.