Integration
Connect Pipefile to NREL
When File Request Created fires in Pipefile, your agent runs Estimate solar energy production in NREL. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Pipefile and NREL to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Pipefile can start in NREL
When File Request Created in Pipefile
then Estimate solar energy production in NREL
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 Pipefile and NREL
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 15 actions
- File Request Created
Triggers when a file request is created.
- Add File Request From Template
Create a new file request from an existing template for one recipient (name/email/phone), optionally on behalf of a team member via X-Pipefile-On-Behalf-Of.
- Create Contact
Add to contacts
- Delete Contact
Delete a contact by id. Returns 204 No Content on success.
- Get Contact
Retrieve one contact by id.
- Get File Request
Retrieve detailed information about one file request by id, including contents, items, files, and tracking events.
- List Contacts
Retrieve a paginated list of contacts, filterable by name/email/phone partial match.
- List File Request Templates
Retrieve the list of file request templates available for creating new file requests, with optional name search.
- Search File Requests
Finds all file requests matching this search query (contact name, email, tags, etc).
- Send Request
Create and send a new request
- Update Contact
Update name/email/phone of an existing contact by id.
- Estimate solar energy production
Estimates the energy production of a grid-connected photovoltaic system at a location using NREL PVWatts V8, returning annual and monthly AC output, solar radiation and capacity factor.
- Find nearest alternative fuel stations
Returns the alternative fuel stations nearest to a given latitude and longitude, ordered by distance, with optional filters such as fuel type, status, access and EV network.
- Find utility rates
Returns the annual average residential, commercial and industrial electricity rates ($/kWh) and the local utility company names for a location (2012 data).
- Get alternative fuel station
Returns the full details of one alternative fuel station by its station ID.
- List alternative fuel stations
Returns alternative fuel stations matching your filters, such as fuel type, state, ZIP code, access, status and EV charging network.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Pipefile and NREL, answered
What can start an automation from Pipefile?
Any of Pipefile's 1 trigger in the catalog, including File Request Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in NREL when something happens in Pipefile?
Any of NREL's 5 actions, including Estimate solar energy production, Find nearest alternative fuel stations, Find utility rates and Get alternative fuel station. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NREL to Pipefile?
NREL has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pipefile. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NREL's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Pipefile or NREL?
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 Pipefile and NREL 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.