--- title: "Connect PPM Express to Minor Planet Center - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Find MPECs\" in Minor Planet Center." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-minor-planet-center" --- # Connect PPM Express to Minor Planet Center When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), 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. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **8** 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 PPM Express 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 PPM Express can start in Minor Planet Center - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Find MPECs** in Minor Planet Center - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express 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 PPM Express and Minor Planet Center ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **Idea Created** Triggers when a Idea is created. - Trigger **Key Date Created** Triggers when a Key Date is created. - Trigger **Key Date Updated** Triggers when a Key Date is updated. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a Project is created. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a Project is updated. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a Task is created. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a Task is deleted. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a Task is updated. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio. - Action **Create Project Key Date** Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project** Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project. - Action **Update Project Key Date** Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project Task** Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task. - 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 - [ **PPM Express** PPM Express is Product Portfolio Management platform to easily integrate and orchestrate your existing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express) - [ **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 PPM Express - [ **PPM Express to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-salesforce) - [ **PPM Express to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-slack) - [ **PPM Express to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-stripe) - [ **PPM Express to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-shopify) - [ **PPM Express to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PPM Express to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-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](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 ## PPM Express and Minor Planet Center, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PPM Express? Any of PPM Express's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Idea Created, Key Date Created, Key Date Updated and Project Created. 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 PPM Express? 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 PPM Express? Minor Planet Center has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PPM Express. 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 PPM Express 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 PPM Express 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.