--- title: "Connect RepairDesk to ScrapingAnt - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Inventory Updated\" fires in RepairDesk, your agent runs \"Extract data from page\" in ScrapingAnt." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-scrapingant" --- # Connect RepairDesk to ScrapingAnt When **Inventory Updated** fires in [RepairDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk), your agent runs **Extract data from page** in [ScrapingAnt](https://apiant.ai/connections/scrapingant). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. RepairDesk **9** triggers RepairDesk **7** actions ScrapingAnt **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want RepairDesk and ScrapingAnt 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 RepairDesk can start in ScrapingAnt - When **Inventory Updated** in RepairDesk then **Extract data from page** in ScrapingAnt - When **New Customer** in RepairDesk then **Scrape Page** in ScrapingAnt 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 RepairDesk and ScrapingAnt ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers ยท 11 actions - Trigger **Employee Commission** Triggers when an employee's payroll report row (pay period, commissions and net pay) appears or changes. - Trigger **Inventory Updated** Triggers when an inventory item is added or changed (stock, price, name or other details). - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is added in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Inventory Item** Triggers when a new inventory item is added in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead (appointment) is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Payment Added** Triggers when a payment is recorded against an invoice in your RepairDesk store today. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new repair ticket is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **Ticket Status Change** Triggers when the repair status of a device on a ticket changes (checks the 1000 most recently created tickets). - Action **Add Payment** Records a payment against an existing RepairDesk invoice. - Action **Create a New Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a customer in RepairDesk with the given line items. - Action **Create a New Ticket** Creates a repair ticket in RepairDesk for a customer, with one or more device line items. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer in RepairDesk with their contact details and address. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a lead (appointment) in RepairDesk with the customer's contact details and the devices they want repaired. - Action **Find Customer** Finds customers whose name, phone, email, postcode, city, organization or driving licence matches a keyword, optionally narrowed by referral source. - Action **Update Ticket** Updates a repair ticket's summary (customer, discount, totals) and its line items (devices), including their parts, conditions and images. - Action **Extract data from page** Extracts structured data from a web page using AI, based on a plain-English list of the properties you want. - Action **Get page as markdown** Scrapes a web page and returns its content converted to clean Markdown, ready for use with AI models. - Action **Get subscription usage** Returns your ScrapingAnt plan name, billing period dates, total plan credits and remaining credits. - Action **Scrape Page** Scrapes a web page and returns its HTML content, optionally rendered in a headless browser through a chosen proxy. ## Each app on its own - [ **RepairDesk** RepairDesk is an all-in-one repair shop management platform that helps cell phone repair shops easily manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk) - [ **ScrapingAnt** ScrapingAnt is a web scraping tool that handles proxies and headless browsers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/scrapingant) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from RepairDesk - [ **RepairDesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-salesforce) - [ **RepairDesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-slack) - [ **RepairDesk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-stripe) - [ **RepairDesk to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-shopify) - [ **RepairDesk to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-trello) - [ **RepairDesk to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-zoom) ## More into ScrapingAnt - [ **FlowFast to ScrapingAnt** FlowFast is a modern task tracker for agile teams.](https://apiant.ai/connect/flowfast-to-scrapingant) - [ **FutureAGI to ScrapingAnt** FutureAGI is a platform for evaluating and optimizing AI systems to ensure performance, safety, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/futureagi-to-scrapingant) - [ **Google Analytics to ScrapingAnt** Google Analytics 4 measures website and app traffic, user behavior and conversions; run reports and read...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-analytics-2-to-scrapingant) - [ **HubSpot to ScrapingAnt** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-scrapingant) - [ **Salesforce to ScrapingAnt** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-scrapingant) - [ **Slack to ScrapingAnt** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-scrapingant) Questions ## RepairDesk and ScrapingAnt, answered ### ### What can start an automation from RepairDesk? Any of RepairDesk's 9 triggers in the catalog, including Inventory Updated, New Customer, New Inventory Item and New Invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ScrapingAnt when something happens in RepairDesk? Any of ScrapingAnt's 4 actions, including Extract data from page, Get page as markdown, Get subscription usage and Scrape Page. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ScrapingAnt to RepairDesk? ScrapingAnt has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in RepairDesk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ScrapingAnt's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for RepairDesk or ScrapingAnt? 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 RepairDesk and ScrapingAnt 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.