--- title: "Connect PubNub and SkedPal - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message on Channel\" fires in PubNub, your agent runs \"Find Task by Name\" in SkedPal." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-skedpal" --- # Connect PubNub and SkedPal When **New Message on Channel** fires in [PubNub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub), your agent runs **Find Task by Name** in [SkedPal](https://apiant.ai/connections/skedpal), or **New Completed Task** in SkedPal 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 SkedPal **3** triggers SkedPal **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 SkedPal 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 SkedPal can do together ### From PubNub to SkedPal - When **New Message on Channel** in PubNub then **Find Task by Name** in SkedPal - When **Presence Change on Channel** in PubNub then **Update Schedule** in SkedPal ### From SkedPal to PubNub - When **New Completed Task** in SkedPal then **Publish Message** in PubNub - When **New Task** in SkedPal 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 SkedPal ## Triggers and actions 5 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. - Trigger **Favorite Tasks** Triggers when a task is marked as a favorite in SkedPal. - Trigger **New Completed Task** Triggers when a SkedPal task is marked complete. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is added in SkedPal. - Action **Find Task by Name** Finds SkedPal tasks whose name exactly matches the given text. - Action **Get calendar account** Returns one connected calendar account (Google, Office 365, Exchange or iCloud) by its id, including its type, username and sync configuration. - Action **List calendar accounts** Returns every calendar account connected to the SkedPal user, including its provider type, username and sync details. - Action **List calendars** Returns the calendars belonging to a connected calendar account in SkedPal. - Action **Sync calendar account** Starts a sync of a connected SkedPal calendar account and returns whether the sync succeeded. - Action **Update Schedule** Asks SkedPal to recalculate the schedule for the connected user, and returns SkedPal's scheduling result. ## 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) - [ **SkedPal** SkedPal is a smart calendar app that schedules your to-do's based on your commitments and preferences.](https://apiant.ai/connections/skedpal) 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 SkedPal - [ **HubSpot to SkedPal** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-skedpal) - [ **Salesforce to SkedPal** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-skedpal) - [ **Google Sheets to SkedPal** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-skedpal) - [ **Gmail to SkedPal** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-skedpal) - [ **Google Calendar to SkedPal** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-skedpal) - [ **Google Drive to SkedPal** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-skedpal) Questions ## PubNub and SkedPal, 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 SkedPal when something happens in PubNub? Any of SkedPal's 6 actions, including Update Schedule, Find Task by Name, Get calendar account and List calendar accounts. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SkedPal to PubNub? Yes. When something happens in SkedPal, your agent can act in PubNub too. This page covers both directions: SkedPal's triggers and PubNub's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PubNub or SkedPal? 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 SkedPal 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.