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title: "Connect Pics.io to Nextdns - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Assets Added to Collection\" fires in Pics.io, your agent runs \"Add allowlist domain\" in Nextdns."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-nextdns"
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# Connect Pics.io to Nextdns

When **Assets Added to Collection** fires in [Pics.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io), your agent runs **Add allowlist domain** in [Nextdns](https://apiant.ai/connections/nextdns). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Pics.io **10** triggers Pics.io **11** actions Nextdns **13** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Pics.io and Nextdns 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 Pics.io can start in Nextdns

- When **Assets Added to Collection** in Pics.io then **Add allowlist domain** in Nextdns
- When **Assets Color Changed** in Pics.io then **Add denylist domain** in Nextdns

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 Pics.io and Nextdns

## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 24 actions

- Trigger

**Assets Added to Collection**

Triggers when an asset is added to the selected Pics.io collection (including its nested collections).

- Trigger

**Assets Color Changed**

Triggers when the color label on an asset in your Pics.io library is set or changed.

- Trigger

**Assets Flag Changed**

Triggers when an asset's flag changes to flagged, unflagged or rejected in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Assets Metadata Changed**

Triggers when an asset's metadata (title, description, keywords, custom fields and other details) is changed in Pics.io.

- Trigger

**Assets Moved to Collection**

Triggers when assets are moved into the chosen collection (or any collection inside it).

- Trigger

**Assets Raiting Changed**

Triggers when an asset's star rating is changed in your Pics.io library.

- Trigger

**Metadata Processing Completed**

Triggers when Pics.io finishes processing an asset's file metadata, including when metadata is reprocessed for an existing asset.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset is added to your Pics.io library, optionally limited to a collection, inbox, lightboard, type or other filters.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created directly inside the collection you choose (pick the root to watch top-level collections).

- Trigger

**New Comment**

Triggers when a new comment is added to an asset in your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Add assets to collection**

Adds one or more Pics.io assets to a collection, or moves them into it so they leave their other collections.

- Action

**Add keyword**

Creates a new keyword in the Pics.io keyword tree, optionally nested under a parent keyword.

- Action

**Create Collection**

Creates a new collection in Pics.io, optionally nested inside an existing parent collection.

- Action

**Delete collection**

Deletes a collection from your Pics.io library.

- Action

**Find assets**

Returns the assets in your Pics.io library that match a text search and optional filters such as collection, type, flag, rating, color or creation date.

- Action

**Find collections**

Returns the collections whose name or description contains the text you search for.

- Action

**Find keywords**

Returns the keywords in your Pics.io account whose name matches the search text.

- Action

**Get assets**

Returns the full details of one or more Pics.io assets by their IDs.

- Action

**List custom fields**

Returns every custom field defined in your Pics.io workspace, including each field's title, type, visibility and allowed options.

- Action

**Update asset**

Updates an existing Pics.io asset by ID — its file name, title, description, rating, flag and color label — and returns the updated asset. Fields left blank are not changed.

- Action

**Update custom field values on assets**

Sets the value of one custom field on one or more Pics.io assets at once.

- Action

**Add allowlist domain**

Add a domain to a profile's allowlist.

- Action

**Add denylist domain**

Adds a domain to a NextDNS profile's Denylist so DNS queries for it are blocked.

- Action

**Add profile**

Creates a new NextDNS profile, optionally with its security, privacy, parental control, denylist, allowlist and settings configuration.

- Action

**Clear logs**

Clears all DNS query logs for a NextDNS profile.

- Action

**Delete allowlist domain**

Remove a domain from a profile's allowlist.

- Action

**Delete denylist domain**

Removes a domain from a NextDNS profile's denylist.

- Action

**Delete profile**

Deletes a NextDNS profile by its ID.

- Action

**Get profile**

Retrieve a NextDNS profile by id.

- Action

**List allowlist domains**

List domains on a profile's allowlist.

- Action

**List denylist domains**

Lists the domains on a NextDNS profile's denylist.

- Action

**List profiles**

Lists the profiles in the connected NextDNS account.

- Action

**Update performance settings**

Update a profile's performance settings (ECS, cache boost, CNAME flattening).

- Action

**Update profile**

Updates an existing NextDNS profile by ID. Only the sections you fill in are changed.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Pics.io** Pics.io is a cloud service for digital assets management built on top of Google Drive.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pics-io)
- [ **Nextdns** Cloud-based DNS filtering service for blocking malware, ads, and trackers, with an API to manage profiles...](https://apiant.ai/connections/nextdns)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Pics.io

- [ **Pics.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-salesforce)
- [ **Pics.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-slack)
- [ **Pics.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-stripe)
- [ **Pics.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-shopify)
- [ **Pics.io to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-quickbooks-online)
- [ **Pics.io to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pics-io-to-pipedrive)

## More into Nextdns

- [ **HubSpot to Nextdns** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-nextdns)
- [ **Pushbullet to Nextdns** Pushbullet lets you send and receive pushes (notes, links, files) across your devices and to people, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pushbullet-to-nextdns)
- [ **Telegram to Nextdns** Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service developed by Telegram Messenger LLP.](https://apiant.ai/connect/telegram-to-nextdns)
- [ **Salesforce to Nextdns** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-nextdns)
- [ **Slack to Nextdns** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-nextdns)
- [ **Google Sheets to Nextdns** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-nextdns)

Questions

## Pics.io and Nextdns, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Pics.io?

Any of Pics.io's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Assets Added to Collection, Assets Color Changed, Assets Flag Changed and Assets Metadata Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Nextdns when something happens in Pics.io?

Any of Nextdns's 13 actions, including Update performance settings, Update profile, Add allowlist domain and Add denylist domain. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Nextdns to Pics.io?

Nextdns has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pics.io. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Nextdns's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Pics.io or Nextdns?

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 Pics.io and Nextdns 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.
