--- title: "Connect PubNub and RenderForm - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message on Channel\" fires in PubNub, your agent runs \"Add template\" in RenderForm, or \"New Render\" in RenderForm to \"Publish Message\" in PubNub." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-renderform" --- # Connect PubNub and RenderForm When **New Message on Channel** fires in [PubNub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub), your agent runs **Add template** in [RenderForm](https://apiant.ai/connections/renderform), or **New Render** in RenderForm to **Publish Message** in PubNub. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PubNub **2** triggers PubNub **9** actions RenderForm **1** trigger RenderForm **10** 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 RenderForm 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 and RenderForm can do together ### From PubNub to RenderForm - When **New Message on Channel** in PubNub then **Add template** in RenderForm - When **Presence Change on Channel** in PubNub then **Add video** in RenderForm ### From RenderForm to PubNub - When **New Render** in RenderForm then **Publish Message** in PubNub - When **New Render** in RenderForm then **Update channel metadata** in PubNub 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 RenderForm ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 19 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. - Trigger **New Render** Triggers when a new render result is ready. - Action **Add template** - Action **Add video** Starts rendering an MP4 or WebM video from a RenderForm video template. Rendering is asynchronous: the result URL is returned immediately with status pending. - Action **Create Image** Creates an Image from Provided Template - Action **Delete template** - Action **Get template** Get one template by id including its editable properties. - Action **Get usage** Returns your RenderForm organization's credit usage, upload storage and subscription plan details. - Action **List My Templates** Lists your Templates - Action **List Render Results** List recent render results - Action **Take Screenshot** Takes a Screenshot - Action **Update template** ## 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) - [ **RenderForm** RenderForm is an image generation tool for repetitive design creation.](https://apiant.ai/connections/renderform) 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 RenderForm - [ **Google Ads to RenderForm** Google Ads is Google's online advertising platform for search, display, video and shopping campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-ads-to-renderform) - [ **HubSpot to RenderForm** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-renderform) - [ **Google Sheets to RenderForm** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-renderform) - [ **Gmail to RenderForm** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-renderform) - [ **Google Calendar to RenderForm** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-renderform) - [ **Google Drive to RenderForm** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-renderform) Questions ## PubNub and RenderForm, answered ### ### 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. ### ### What can your agent do in RenderForm when something happens in PubNub? Any of RenderForm's 10 actions, including Create Image, Update template, Add template and Add video. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from RenderForm to PubNub? Yes. When something happens in RenderForm, your agent can act in PubNub too. This page covers both directions: RenderForm's triggers and PubNub's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PubNub or RenderForm? 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 RenderForm 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.