--- title: "Connect Pingdom and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Check\" fires in Pingdom, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Get Contact\" in Pingdom." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Pingdom and The Old Reader When **New Check** fires in [Pingdom](https://apiant.ai/connections/pingdom), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Get Contact** in Pingdom. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Pingdom **2** triggers Pingdom **15** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Pingdom and The Old Reader 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 Pingdom and The Old Reader can do together ### From Pingdom to The Old Reader - When **New Check** in Pingdom then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Contact** in Pingdom then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Pingdom - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Get Contact** in Pingdom - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Get Account Credits** in Pingdom 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 Pingdom and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 27 actions - Trigger **New Check** Triggers when a new check is added to the account. Polling on the checks list, deduped by check id. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new alert contact is added. Polling on the contacts list, deduped by contact id. - Action **Delete Check** Deletes a check permanently. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes an alert contact. - Action **Delete Maintenance Window** Deletes a scheduled maintenance window. - Action **Get Account Credits** Returns the account's available checks/credits. - Action **Get Average Response Time** Returns the average response time for a specified check, optionally broken down by probe or country. - Action **Get Check** Returns detailed information about a specified check. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single contact by id. - Action **Get Outage Summary** Returns a list of status changes (up/down) for a specified check over a period. - Action **Get Performance Summary** Returns response time averages over time for a specified check. - Action **Get Raw Check Results** Returns raw test result probe data for a specified check. - Action **List Checks** Returns a list of all checks on the Pingdom account. - Action **List Contacts** Returns all contacts (alert recipients) on the account. - Action **List Maintenance Windows** Returns scheduled maintenance windows. - Action **List Teams** Returns all alerting teams on the account. - Action **List TMS Checks** Returns all Transaction (TMS) checks on the account. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **Pingdom** Pingdom website and uptime monitoring. Reports uptime, downtime and performance of your websites, servers...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pingdom) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Pingdom - [ **Pingdom to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-salesforce) - [ **Pingdom to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-slack) - [ **Pingdom to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-stripe) - [ **Pingdom to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-shopify) - [ **Pingdom to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Pingdom to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pingdom-to-pipedrive) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **Asana to The Old Reader** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-the-old-reader) - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Pingdom and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Pingdom? Any of Pingdom's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Check and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in Pingdom? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to Pingdom? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Pingdom too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Pingdom's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Pingdom or The Old Reader? 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 Pingdom and The Old Reader 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.