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title: "Connect Pinata to Represent by Open North - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Pin\" fires in Pinata, your agent runs \"Find representatives by point\" in Represent by Open North."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pinata-to-represent-by-open-north"
---

# Connect Pinata to Represent by Open North

When **New Pin** fires in [Pinata](https://apiant.ai/connections/pinata), your agent runs **Find representatives by point** in [Represent by Open North](https://apiant.ai/connections/represent-by-open-north). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Pinata **1** trigger Pinata **14** actions Represent by Open North **7** actions

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

## What do you want Pinata and Represent by Open North 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 Pinata can start in Represent by Open North

- When **New Pin** in Pinata then **Find representatives by point** in Represent by Open North
- When **New Pin** in Pinata then **Find representatives by postal code** in Represent by Open North

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 Pinata and Represent by Open North

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 21 actions

- Trigger

**New Pin**

Triggers when you have a new pinned file.

- Action

**Add file to group**

Associates an existing file with a group by ID.

- Action

**Add group**

Adds a new group for organizing pinned files.

- Action

**Delete file**

Deletes a file from your Pinata account on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Delete group**

Deletes a group from your Pinata account on the public or private IPFS network. Files in the group are not deleted.

- Action

**Get file**

Fetches a file's metadata by ID. An error occurs if the file is not found.

- Action

**Get group**

Retrieves a single Pinata group by its id on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**List files**

Returns all files on the chosen IPFS network, optionally filtered.

- Action

**List groups**

Returns all groups on the account.

- Action

**Pin File**

Uploads (pins) a file to Pinata on the public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Pin JSON to IPFS**

Uploads a JSON object to Pinata and pins it to public IPFS, returning its CID.

- Action

**Pin NFT Metadata File**

Uploads a JSON object (such as NFT metadata with name, description, image and attributes) to Pinata and pins it to IPFS, returning its CID.

- Action

**Remove file from group**

Removes a file from a group on the public or private IPFS network. The file itself is not deleted.

- Action

**Update file**

Updates the name and/or key-value metadata of a file on Pinata's public or private IPFS network.

- Action

**Update group**

Updates the name or public/private setting of a Pinata group.

- Action

**Find representatives by point**

Find elected officials for a given latitude/longitude.

- Action

**Find representatives by postal code**

Look up elected officials and boundaries covering a Canadian postal code.

- Action

**List boundaries**

Paginated list of electoral boundaries.

- Action

**List boundaries covering a point**

Find electoral boundaries containing a given latitude/longitude.

- Action

**List boundary sets**

List available boundary sets (groups of electoral districts, e.g. federal-electoral-districts, toronto-wards).

- Action

**List candidates**

Paginated list of electoral candidates for tracked elections.

- Action

**List representatives**

Paginated list of elected officials.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Pinata** Pinata is the simplest way to upload and manage files on IPFS.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pinata)
- [ **Represent by Open North** Represent, run by Open North, maps Canadian addresses and postcodes to their elected representatives at...](https://apiant.ai/connections/represent-by-open-north)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Salesforce to Represent by Open North** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-represent-by-open-north)
- [ **Slack to Represent by Open North** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-represent-by-open-north)
- [ **Google Sheets to Represent by Open North** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-represent-by-open-north)
- [ **Gmail to Represent by Open North** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-represent-by-open-north)

Questions

## Pinata and Represent by Open North, answered

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### What can start an automation from Pinata?

Any of Pinata's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Pin. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Represent by Open North when something happens in Pinata?

Any of Represent by Open North's 7 actions, including Find representatives by point, Find representatives by postal code, List boundaries and List boundaries covering a point. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Represent by Open North to Pinata?

Represent by Open North has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pinata. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Represent by Open North's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Pinata or Represent by Open North?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Pinata and Represent by Open North 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
