--- title: "Connect rasa.io and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Insights Action\" fires in rasa.io, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Get contact\" in rasa.io." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect rasa.io and The Old Reader When **New Insights Action** fires in [rasa.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/rasa-io), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Get contact** in rasa.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. rasa.io **3** triggers rasa.io **10** actions The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want rasa.io and The Old Reader 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What rasa.io and The Old Reader can do together ### From rasa.io to The Old Reader - When **New Insights Action** in rasa.io then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Insights Topics** in rasa.io then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to rasa.io - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Get contact** in rasa.io - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **List contacts** in rasa.io 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 rasa.io and The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 22 actions - Trigger **New Insights Action** Triggers when a contact performs a new engagement action, such as a click or open, on the selected newsletter. - Trigger **New Insights Topics** Triggers when a newsletter subscriber gets a new weekly topic cloud, showing the topics and categories they engage with. - Trigger **New Person** Triggered when a new person is added to your rasa.io contacts, optionally only within a chosen list. - Action **Add list** Creates a new mailing list in the rasa.io account and returns the new list's id. - Action **Create or Update Person** Creates a contact for the email address, or updates the existing active contact with that email, and returns the contact. - Action **Delete contact** Permanently deletes a contact and the personal data held for them across this account's newsletters. A contact that cannot be fully deleted is archived instead. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single contact by ID, including its subscriptions, external identifiers and custom attributes. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get newsletter** Returns a single newsletter by ID, including its associated lists and subscription types. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in the rasa.io account, optionally narrowed to one list or to contacts matching an external system identifier. - Action **List newsletters** Returns all active newsletters in your rasa.io account, including their associated lists and subscription types. - Action **List segments** Returns the segments defined on your rasa.io account, including each segment's code, name, description and any account-level attribute rule. - Action **List subscription types** Returns all active subscription types in your rasa.io account, along with their active integration mappings. - Action **Remove contact from list** Removes a contact from a list. The contact itself is kept and stays on any other lists. - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. ## Each app on its own - [ **rasa.io** Sends a personalized newsletter based on individual interests and behavior](https://apiant.ai/connections/rasa-io) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from rasa.io - [ **rasa.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-salesforce) - [ **rasa.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-slack) - [ **rasa.io to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-stripe) - [ **rasa.io to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-shopify) - [ **rasa.io to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-trello) - [ **rasa.io to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/rasa-io-to-zoom) ## More into The Old Reader - [ **Asana to The Old Reader** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-the-old-reader) - [ **HubSpot to The Old Reader** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Salesforce to The Old Reader** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Slack to The Old Reader** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Google Sheets to The Old Reader** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-the-old-reader) - [ **Gmail to The Old Reader** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## rasa.io and The Old Reader, answered ### ### What can start an automation from rasa.io? Any of rasa.io's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Insights Action, New Insights Topics and New Person. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in The Old Reader when something happens in rasa.io? Any of The Old Reader's 12 actions, including Update folder, Update item, Update subscription and Add subscription. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from The Old Reader to rasa.io? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in rasa.io too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and rasa.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for rasa.io or The Old Reader? 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 rasa.io and The Old Reader 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.