--- title: "Connect PubNub to WattFigure - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message on Channel\" fires in PubNub, your agent runs \"Calculate appliance running cost\" in WattFigure." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pubnub-to-wattfigure" --- # Connect PubNub to WattFigure When **New Message on Channel** fires in [PubNub](https://apiant.ai/connections/pubnub), your agent runs **Calculate appliance running cost** in [WattFigure](https://apiant.ai/connections/wattfigure). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PubNub **2** triggers PubNub **9** actions WattFigure **8** 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 WattFigure 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 WattFigure - When **New Message on Channel** in PubNub then **Calculate appliance running cost** in WattFigure - When **Presence Change on Channel** in PubNub then **Calculate EV charging cost** in WattFigure 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 WattFigure ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 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 **Calculate appliance running cost** Calculate an appliance's running cost at a given state's electricity rate. - Action **Calculate EV charging cost** Calculate an EV's home charging cost at a given state's electricity rate. - Action **Get appliance** Get one appliance's usage assumptions by slug. - Action **Get electricity rate** Get one state's electricity rate, national rank, and year-over-year change. - Action **Get vehicle** Get one EV's EPA consumption and range by slug. - Action **List appliances** Get the appliance catalog with energy usage assumptions. - Action **List electricity rates** Get the average residential electricity price for all 51 US jurisdictions. - Action **List vehicles** Get the EV catalog with EPA consumption and range figures. ## 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) - [ **WattFigure** WattFigure publishes US residential and commercial electricity rates by state together with derived...](https://apiant.ai/connections/wattfigure) 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 WattFigure - [ **HubSpot to WattFigure** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-wattfigure) - [ **Salesforce to WattFigure** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-wattfigure) - [ **Slack to WattFigure** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-wattfigure) - [ **Google Sheets to WattFigure** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-wattfigure) - [ **Gmail to WattFigure** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-wattfigure) - [ **Google Calendar to WattFigure** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-wattfigure) Questions ## PubNub and WattFigure, 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 WattFigure when something happens in PubNub? Any of WattFigure's 8 actions, including Calculate appliance running cost, Calculate EV charging cost, Get appliance and Get electricity rate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from WattFigure to PubNub? WattFigure has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PubNub. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads WattFigure's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PubNub or WattFigure? 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 WattFigure 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.