--- title: "Connect PassKit Membership to TheNews - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Update to Pass\" fires in PassKit Membership, your agent runs \"Find news articles\" in TheNews." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/passkit-membership-to-thenews" --- # Connect PassKit Membership to TheNews When **New Update to Pass** fires in [PassKit Membership](https://apiant.ai/connections/passkit-membership), your agent runs **Find news articles** in [TheNews](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PassKit Membership **3** triggers TheNews **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 PassKit Membership and TheNews 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 PassKit Membership can start in TheNews - When **New Update to Pass** in PassKit Membership then **Find news articles** in TheNews - When **Pass Installed to Wallet** in PassKit Membership then **Get article** in TheNews 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 PassKit Membership and TheNews ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 4 actions - Trigger **New Update to Pass** Triggers every time the pass record is updated in the PassKit database. E.g. Points added/removed, checked in/out - Trigger **Pass Installed to Wallet** Triggers when a pass is installed to a wallet. Dependent on the Pass Holder being connected to internet. - Trigger **Pass Uninstalled From Wallet** Triggers when a pass is uninstalled in a wallet. Dependent on the Pass Holder being connected to internet. - Action **Find news articles** Returns news articles matching your search words and filters, such as source, language, and publish date. - Action **Get article** Returns a single news article by its unique ID, including its title, description, URL, image, source and categories. - Action **List sources** Returns news sources (domains and source IDs) available in The News API, optionally filtered by category and language. Returns up to 50 sources. - Action **List top stories** Returns live and historical top news stories, optionally filtered by country, language, category, source, publish date or search terms. ## Each app on its own - [ **PassKit Membership** PassKit Membership lets you manage your membership programs and passes for Apple Wallet and Google Pay](https://apiant.ai/connections/passkit-membership) - [ **TheNews** Aggregated headlines, top story and live news JSON API](https://apiant.ai/connections/thenews) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PassKit Membership - [ **PassKit Membership to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/passkit-membership-to-hubspot) - [ **PassKit Membership to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/passkit-membership-to-salesforce) - [ **PassKit Membership to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-thenews) - [ **Google Sheets to TheNews** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-thenews) - [ **Gmail to TheNews** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-thenews) - [ **Google Calendar to TheNews** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-thenews) Questions ## PassKit Membership and TheNews, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PassKit Membership? Any of PassKit Membership's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Update to Pass, Pass Installed to Wallet and Pass Uninstalled From Wallet. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in TheNews when something happens in PassKit Membership? Any of TheNews's 4 actions, including Find news articles, Get article, List sources and List top stories. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from TheNews to PassKit Membership? TheNews has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PassKit Membership. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TheNews's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PassKit Membership or TheNews? 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 PassKit Membership and TheNews without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in TheNews 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.