--- title: "Connect Perigon to Zippopotamus - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New article\" fires in Perigon, your agent runs \"Find postal codes by city\" in Zippopotamus." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-zippopotamus" --- # Connect Perigon to Zippopotamus When **New article** fires in [Perigon](https://apiant.ai/connections/perigon), your agent runs **Find postal codes by city** in [Zippopotamus](https://apiant.ai/connections/zippopotamus). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Perigon **1** trigger Perigon **9** actions Zippopotamus **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Perigon and Zippopotamus 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 Perigon can start in Zippopotamus - When **New article** in Perigon then **Find postal codes by city** in Zippopotamus - When **New article** in Perigon then **Get place by postal code** in Zippopotamus 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 Perigon and Zippopotamus ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 11 actions - Trigger **New article** Polling trigger for newly added articles matching a query, sortBy=addDate. - Action **Add monitor** Create a monitor. - Action **Delete monitor** Delete a monitor. - Action **Find articles** Search news articles by query, source, date, etc. - Action **Find people** Search people. - Action **Find stories** Search story clusters. - Action **Get journalist** Get journalist by id. - Action **Get monitor** Get monitor by uuid. - Action **List monitors** List monitors. - Action **Update monitor** Update a monitor. - Action **Find postal codes by city** Returns the postal codes for a city, with each place's coordinates. - Action **Get place by postal code** Returns the country and the places (name, state, latitude, longitude) for a postal code. ## Each app on its own - [ **Perigon** REST API for real-time news search, monitoring, and enriched data on companies, people, and topics.](https://apiant.ai/connections/perigon) - [ **Zippopotamus** Free API for looking up postal/zip code data by country, returning matching city, state, and coordinates.](https://apiant.ai/connections/zippopotamus) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Perigon - [ **Perigon to TemplateDocs** TemplateDocs is a tool for creating documents from templates.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-templatedocs) - [ **Perigon to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-salesforce) - [ **Perigon to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-slack) - [ **Perigon to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-stripe) - [ **Perigon to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-shopify) - [ **Perigon to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/perigon-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Zippopotamus - [ **HubSpot to Zippopotamus** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zippopotamus) - [ **Salesforce to Zippopotamus** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zippopotamus) - [ **Slack to Zippopotamus** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zippopotamus) - [ **Google Sheets to Zippopotamus** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zippopotamus) - [ **Gmail to Zippopotamus** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zippopotamus) - [ **Google Calendar to Zippopotamus** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zippopotamus) Questions ## Perigon and Zippopotamus, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Perigon? Any of Perigon's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New article. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zippopotamus when something happens in Perigon? Any of Zippopotamus's 2 actions, including Find postal codes by city and Get place by postal code. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zippopotamus to Perigon? Zippopotamus has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Perigon. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Zippopotamus's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Perigon or Zippopotamus? 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 Perigon and Zippopotamus 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.