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title: "Connect PubNub to Clearly Defined - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Message on Channel\" fires in PubNub, your agent runs \"Generate notice file\" in Clearly Defined."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-clearly-defined"
---

# Connect PubNub to Clearly Defined

When **New Message on Channel** fires in [PubNub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub), your agent runs **Generate notice file** in [Clearly Defined](https://apiant.ai/connections/clearly-defined). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

PubNub **2** triggers PubNub **9** actions Clearly Defined **6** actions

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

## What do you want PubNub and Clearly Defined 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 PubNub can start in Clearly Defined

- When **New Message on Channel** in PubNub then **Generate notice file** in Clearly Defined
- When **Presence Change on Channel** in PubNub then **Harvest components** in Clearly Defined

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 PubNub and Clearly Defined

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 15 actions

- Trigger

**New Message on Channel**

Triggers when a new message is published to a PubNub channel.

- Trigger

**Presence Change on Channel**

Fires when a user appears on a PubNub channel or their presence state changes, by polling the channel's Here Now occupant list.

- Action

**Get channel metadata**

Get App Context metadata for a channel.

- Action

**Get Channel Presence**

Gets current occupancy and user list for a PubNub channel.

- Action

**Get user metadata**

Get App Context metadata for a user.

- Action

**List channels**

List all channels with App Context metadata.

- Action

**List users**

List all users with App Context metadata.

- Action

**Publish Message**

Publishes a message to a PubNub channel.

- Action

**Send signal**

Send a lightweight signal to a channel.

- Action

**Update channel metadata**

Set/update App Context metadata for a channel.

- Action

**Update user metadata**

Set/update App Context metadata for a user.

- Action

**Find definitions by pattern**

Finds ClearlyDefined component definitions whose coordinates match a search pattern, or that match filters such as type, provider, license, release date and score.

- Action

**Generate notice file**

Generates an open-source attribution notice file for a list of software components, with a summary of components missing license or copyright data.

- Action

**Get curation**

Returns the curation recorded for a specific component revision, such as an npm package version.

- Action

**Get definition**

Returns the ClearlyDefined definition (licensing, described and scoring data) for a component revision, queueing it for harvest if no data exists yet.

- Action

**Get harvest data**

Returns all the harvested tool data ClearlyDefined holds for a component revision.

- Action

**Harvest components**

Queues a software component to be harvested by ClearlyDefined so its license and source data can be collected.

## Each app on its own

- [ **PubNub** PubNub is a real-time communication platform that powers chat, live notifications, IoT data streaming, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub)
- [ **Clearly Defined** Open source project providing crowdsourced licensing, source-location, and attribution metadata for...](https://apiant.ai/connections/clearly-defined)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from PubNub

- [ **PubNub to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-salesforce)
- [ **PubNub to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-slack)
- [ **PubNub to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-stripe)
- [ **PubNub to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-shopify)
- [ **PubNub to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-quickbooks-online)
- [ **PubNub to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-trello)

## More into Clearly Defined

- [ **HubSpot to Clearly Defined** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-clearly-defined)
- [ **Salesforce to Clearly Defined** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-clearly-defined)
- [ **Slack to Clearly Defined** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-clearly-defined)
- [ **Google Sheets to Clearly Defined** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-clearly-defined)
- [ **Gmail to Clearly Defined** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-clearly-defined)
- [ **Google Calendar to Clearly Defined** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-clearly-defined)

Questions

## PubNub and Clearly Defined, answered

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### What can start an automation from PubNub?

Any of PubNub's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Message on Channel and Presence Change on Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Clearly Defined when something happens in PubNub?

Any of Clearly Defined's 6 actions, including Find definitions by pattern, Generate notice file, Get curation and Get definition. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Clearly Defined to PubNub?

Clearly Defined has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PubNub. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Clearly Defined's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for PubNub or Clearly Defined?

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 PubNub and Clearly Defined 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.
