--- title: "Connect PayChasers to Oikolab - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Chase Created\" fires in PayChasers, your agent runs \"Generate EPW file\" in Oikolab." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-oikolab" --- # Connect PayChasers to Oikolab When **New Chase Created** fires in [PayChasers](https://apiant.ai/connections/paychasers), your agent runs **Generate EPW file** in [Oikolab](https://apiant.ai/connections/oikolab). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PayChasers **1** trigger PayChasers **5** actions Oikolab **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PayChasers and Oikolab 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 PayChasers can start in Oikolab - When **New Chase Created** in PayChasers then **Generate EPW file** in Oikolab - When **New Chase Created** in PayChasers then **Get account usage** in Oikolab 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 PayChasers and Oikolab ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 10 actions - Trigger **New Chase Created** Triggers when a new payment chase is created in PayChasers, via the dashboard or the API. - Action **Create Chase** Creates a new payment chase for a client, so PayChasers starts following up on the amount owed. The client is matched by email (or created if new) or picked by client id. - Action **Create Client** Adds a new client to your PayChasers account with a name, billing email and optional notes. - Action **List chases** Returns the payment chases in your PayChasers account, optionally filtered by status. - Action **List clients** Returns the clients in your PayChasers account. - Action **Mark Chase as Paid** Marks a payment chase as paid, stopping further follow-ups for it. - Action **Generate EPW file** Generate an EnergyPlus Weather (EPW) file for any location — either a typical year built from the last 15 years, or one specific year. Oikolab builds the file on demand, so expect it to take several seconds. - Action **Get account usage** Check how much of your Oikolab data allowance you have used — what your plan includes each billing period, what you have used so far, and what you have used today. - Action **Get archived forecast** Look back at a forecast that was issued in the past — up to three years of archived daily forecast runs for any place. - Action **Get weather data** Get historical or forecast weather for a place or a rectangular area — temperature, wind, humidity, radiation, cloud and rainfall, hourly, daily or monthly. - Action **List datasets** See which weather datasets Oikolab currently offers and what date range each one covers — useful for checking data is up to date before asking for it. ## Each app on its own - [ **PayChasers** PayChasers is a payment follow-up tool that automates reminders for invoices, rent, deposits, and personal...](https://apiant.ai/connections/paychasers) - [ **Oikolab** 70+ years of global, hourly historical and forecast weather data from NOAA and ECMWF](https://apiant.ai/connections/oikolab) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PayChasers - [ **PayChasers to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-salesforce) - [ **PayChasers to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-slack) - [ **PayChasers to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-stripe) - [ **PayChasers to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-shopify) - [ **PayChasers to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PayChasers to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paychasers-to-pipedrive) ## More into Oikolab - [ **HubSpot to Oikolab** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-oikolab) - [ **Salesforce to Oikolab** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-oikolab) - [ **Slack to Oikolab** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-oikolab) - [ **Google Sheets to Oikolab** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-oikolab) - [ **Gmail to Oikolab** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-oikolab) - [ **Google Calendar to Oikolab** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-oikolab) Questions ## PayChasers and Oikolab, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PayChasers? Any of PayChasers's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Chase Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Oikolab when something happens in PayChasers? Any of Oikolab's 5 actions, including Generate EPW file, Get account usage, Get weather data and List datasets. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Oikolab to PayChasers? Oikolab has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PayChasers. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Oikolab's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PayChasers or Oikolab? 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 PayChasers and Oikolab 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.