--- title: "Connect Roam to Google Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Recording\" fires in Roam, your agent runs \"Get Book\" in Google Books." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-google-books" --- # Connect Roam to Google Books When **New Recording** fires in [Roam](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam), your agent runs **Get Book** in [Google Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-books). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Roam **6** triggers Roam **6** actions Google Books **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Roam and Google Books 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 Roam can start in Google Books - When **New Recording** in Roam then **Get Book** in Google Books - When **New Transcript** in Roam then **Search Books** in Google Books 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 Roam and Google Books ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 8 actions - Trigger **Lobby Booked** Triggers when a lobby is booked. - Trigger **New Recording** Triggers when a new meeting recording is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **New Transcript** Triggers when a new transcript is saved in your Roam. - Trigger **On-Air: Event Created** Triggers when a new On-Air event is created. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest Added** Triggers when a guest is added to an On-Air event. - Trigger **On-Air: Guest RSVP Changed** Triggers when a guest changes their RSVP status on an On-Air event. - Action **Create Meeting Link** Creates a new Roam meeting link and returns its ID and shareable URL. Optionally set the host's email and the meeting's start and end times. - Action **Find User by Email** Looks up a member of your Roam organization by their email address and returns their profile, including user ID, name, photo and admin status. - Action **On-Air: Add Guest** Adds a guest to a Roam On-Air event by email, optionally setting their name, phone and RSVP status, and returns the created guest. - Action **On-Air: Find Event** Returns the On-Air events whose title contains the text you search for, taken from your most recent events. Returns an empty list when nothing matches. - Action **Send Channel Message** Posts a message to a Roam channel and returns the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. - Action **Send Direct Message** Sends a direct message to one person in Roam and returns the conversation ID plus the message's timestamp, which you can reuse to reply in the same thread. - Action **Get Book** Returns the full details of one book in Google Books by its ID. - Action **Search Books** Searches the Google Books catalog and returns the matching books with their titles, authors and publishing details. ## Each app on its own - [ **Roam** Send notifications to Roam, your Cloud HQ.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam) - [ **Google Books** REST API for searching Google's book catalog, retrieving book metadata, and managing user bookshelves.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-books) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Roam - [ **Roam to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-salesforce) - [ **Roam to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-google-calendar) - [ **Roam to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-shopify) - [ **Roam to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-trello) - [ **Roam to JIRA** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-jira) - [ **Roam to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-zoom) ## More into Google Books - [ **OneDrive to Google Books** OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution enabling users to store, sync, and share files across...](https://apiant.ai/connect/onedrive-to-google-books) - [ **HubSpot to Google Books** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-google-books) - [ **Salesforce to Google Books** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-google-books) - [ **Slack to Google Books** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-books) - [ **Google Sheets to Google Books** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-google-books) - [ **Gmail to Google Books** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-google-books) Questions ## Roam and Google Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Roam? Any of Roam's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Recording, New Transcript, On-Air: Event Created and On-Air: Guest Added. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Books when something happens in Roam? Any of Google Books's 2 actions, including Get Book and Search Books. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Books to Roam? Google Books has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Roam. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Books's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Roam or Google Books? 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 Roam and Google Books 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.