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title: "Connect RepairDesk and Shade - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Inventory Updated\" fires in RepairDesk, your agent runs \"Copy a File\" in Shade, or \"Asset Updated\" in Shade to \"Create a New Invoice\" in RepairDesk."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-shade"
---

# Connect RepairDesk and Shade

When **Inventory Updated** fires in [RepairDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk), your agent runs **Copy a File** in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), or **Asset Updated** in Shade to **Create a New Invoice** in RepairDesk. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

RepairDesk **9** triggers RepairDesk **7** actions Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** 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 Shade 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 and Shade can do together

### From RepairDesk to Shade

- When **Inventory Updated** in RepairDesk then **Copy a File** in Shade
- When **New Customer** in RepairDesk then **Share File or Folder** in Shade

### From Shade to RepairDesk

- When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Create a New Invoice** in RepairDesk
- When **New Asset** in Shade then **Create a New Ticket** in RepairDesk

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 Shade

## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 14 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.

- Trigger

**Asset Updated**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.

- Trigger

**New Asset**

Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.

- Trigger

**New Collection**

Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Drive**

Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.

- Trigger

**New Public Share Link**

Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.

- Trigger

**New Transcription**

Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.

- Trigger

**Public Share Link Updated**

Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.

- Action

**Copy a File**

Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Find an Asset**

Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.

- Action

**Get Public Links for a File or Folder**

Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.

- Action

**Search Asset Chunks**

Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.

- Action

**Search for an Asset by Description**

Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.

- Action

**Share File or Folder**

Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.

## 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)
- [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from RepairDesk

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- [ **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 Shade

- [ **Dropbox to Shade** Dropbox cloud file storage. Upload, download, move, copy, delete, and search files and folders; create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-shade)
- [ **HubSpot to Shade** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shade)
- [ **Salesforce to Shade** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shade)
- [ **Slack to Shade** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shade)
- [ **Google Sheets to Shade** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shade)
- [ **Gmail to Shade** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shade)

Questions

## RepairDesk and Shade, 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 Shade when something happens in RepairDesk?

Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Shade to RepairDesk?

Yes. When something happens in Shade, your agent can act in RepairDesk too. This page covers both directions: Shade's triggers and RepairDesk's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for RepairDesk or Shade?

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 Shade 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.
