--- title: "Connect Roam and The Old Reader - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Recording\" fires in Roam, your agent runs \"Update item\" in The Old Reader, or \"New item\" in The Old Reader to \"Send Channel Message\" in Roam." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/roam-to-the-old-reader" --- # Connect Roam and The Old Reader When **New Recording** fires in [Roam](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam), your agent runs **Update item** in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), or **New item** in The Old Reader to **Send Channel Message** in Roam. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Roam **6** triggers Roam **6** 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 Roam 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. [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 and The Old Reader can do together ### From Roam to The Old Reader - When **New Recording** in Roam then **Update item** in The Old Reader - When **New Transcript** in Roam then **Mark all items as read** in The Old Reader ### From The Old Reader to Roam - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Send Channel Message** in Roam - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Send Direct Message** in Roam 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 The Old Reader ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 18 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. - 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 - [ **Roam** Send notifications to Roam, your Cloud HQ.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roam) - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) 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 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](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) - [ **Google Calendar to The Old Reader** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-the-old-reader) Questions ## Roam and The Old Reader, 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 The Old Reader when something happens in Roam? 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 Roam? Yes. When something happens in The Old Reader, your agent can act in Roam too. This page covers both directions: The Old Reader's triggers and Roam's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Roam 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 Roam 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.