--- title: "Connect Plug&Pay to Minor Planet Center - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in Plug&Pay, your agent runs \"Find MPECs\" in Minor Planet Center." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-minor-planet-center" --- # Connect Plug&Pay to Minor Planet Center When **New Order** fires in [Plug&Pay](https://apiant.ai/connections/plug-pay), your agent runs **Find MPECs** in [Minor Planet Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/minor-planet-center). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Plug&Pay **3** triggers Plug&Pay **31** actions Minor Planet Center **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Plug&Pay and Minor Planet Center 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 Plug&Pay can start in Minor Planet Center - When **New Order** in Plug&Pay then **Find MPECs** in Minor Planet Center - When **New Product** in Plug&Pay then **Find near-duplicate observations** in Minor Planet Center 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 Plug&Pay and Minor Planet Center ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your Plug&Pay account. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is added to your Plug&Pay account. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription or installment plan starts in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Add Order Comment** Adds an internal note to an order. Buyers do not see it. - Action **Add Subscription Comment** Adds an internal note to a subscription. Subscribers do not see it. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a subscription, optionally from a later date and with a reason. - Action **Clone Checkout** Makes a copy of a checkout page and returns the new checkout's ID. - Action **Clone Product** Makes a copy of an existing product and returns the new product's ID. - Action **Create Product Price** Adds a price to a product in your Plug&Pay account and returns the price ID. - Action **Delete Checkout** Deletes a checkout page from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Order** Deletes an order from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Product** Deletes a product from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Product Price** Removes a price from a product in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Promotion** Deletes a promotion from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Delete Subscription** Deletes a subscription from your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Extend Subscription** Moves a subscription's next billing date later, extending the current period. - Action **Find Checkouts** Searches the checkout pages in your Plug&Pay account by name, product or status. - Action **Find Orders** Searches the orders in your Plug&Pay account by buyer email, invoice number, payment status, product, date range and other filters. - Action **Find Products** Searches the products in your Plug&Pay account by title, SKU, type, group and other filters. - Action **Find Promotions** Searches the promotions in your Plug&Pay account by name or product. - Action **Find Subscriptions** Searches the subscriptions in your Plug&Pay account by subscriber, status, product, billing dates and other filters. - Action **Get Checkout** Returns a checkout page from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Order** Returns an order from your Plug&Pay account by its ID, optionally with its items, billing details and more. - Action **Get Order Payment** Returns the payment of an order: its status, method, provider and amounts. - Action **Get Product** Returns a product from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Product Price** Returns one price of a product in your Plug&Pay account. - Action **Get Promotion** Returns a promotion from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **Get Subscription** Returns a subscription from your Plug&Pay account by its ID. - Action **List Order Comments** Returns the internal notes on an order. - Action **List Product Prices** Returns all prices of a product. When a checkout has its own pricing, that pricing takes precedence. - Action **Refund Order** Refunds an order and creates its credit order. The order must have an invoice number and must not already be refunded. - Action **Resume Subscription** Resumes a cancelled subscription so it renews again. - Action **Update Order Payment Status** Sets the payment status of an order, for example to mark it as paid. - Action **Update Product Price** Changes a price on a product in your Plug&Pay account. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Find MPECs** Search Minor Planet Electronic Circulars by object or search terms, optionally filtered by issue date range. - Action **Find near-duplicate observations** Search the MPC's published observation database for near-duplicates of a given observation by time and angular proximity. - Action **Get action code** Resend an observation submission's action code (used to retract observations or label objects) to the email address on file. - Action **Get magnitude band** Retrieve reference information for a magnitude band used in MPC observations, or all bands. - Action **Get NEOCP observations** Retrieve observation data for an object currently on the Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page by tracklet identifier. - Action **Get object identifier** Look up the designations and identification details for a minor planet or comet given a name, provisional or permanent designation. - Action **Get observations** Retrieve recorded astrometric observation data for a solar system object by designation. - Action **Get observation status** Check the processing status of individual submitted observations by tracklet/station, observation ID, obs80 string, or submission block ID. - Action **Get observatory codes** Retrieve details for one or all observatories registered with the MPC by observatory code. - Action **Get orbital elements** Retrieve orbital elements and related parameters for a solar system object by designation. - Action **List objects** List solar system objects belonging to a named group such as NEOs, comets, or TNOs, ordered by designation. ## Each app on its own - [ **Plug&Pay** Plug&Pay is the all-in-one system for your checkout pages, upsell processes and online subscriptions.](https://apiant.ai/connections/plug-pay) - [ **Minor Planet Center** Asterank's Minor Planet Center endpoint serves orbital and physical data on asteroids and minor planets.](https://apiant.ai/connections/minor-planet-center) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Plug&Pay - [ **Plug&Pay to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-salesforce) - [ **Plug&Pay to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-slack) - [ **Plug&Pay to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-stripe) - [ **Plug&Pay to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-shopify) - [ **Plug&Pay to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Plug&Pay to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/plug-pay-to-trello) ## More into Minor Planet Center - [ **HubSpot to Minor Planet Center** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Salesforce to Minor Planet Center** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Slack to Minor Planet Center** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Sheets to Minor Planet Center** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Gmail to Minor Planet Center** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-minor-planet-center) - [ **Google Calendar to Minor Planet Center** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-minor-planet-center) Questions ## Plug&Pay and Minor Planet Center, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Plug&Pay? Any of Plug&Pay's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Order, New Product and New Subscription. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Minor Planet Center when something happens in Plug&Pay? Any of Minor Planet Center's 11 actions, including Find MPECs, Find near-duplicate observations, Get action code and Get magnitude band. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Minor Planet Center to Plug&Pay? Minor Planet Center has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Plug&Pay. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Minor Planet Center's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Plug&Pay or Minor Planet Center? 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 Plug&Pay and Minor Planet Center 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.