--- title: "Connect Roll to World News Api - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Company\" fires in Roll, your agent runs \"Extract news\" in World News Api." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-world-news-api" --- # Connect Roll to World News Api When **New Company** fires in [Roll](https://apiant.ai/connections/roll), your agent runs **Extract news** in [World News Api](https://apiant.ai/connections/world-news-api). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Roll **3** triggers Roll **11** actions World News Api **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Roll and World News Api 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 Roll can start in World News Api - When **New Company** in Roll then **Extract news** in World News Api - When **New Project** in Roll then **Extract news links** in World News Api 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 Roll and World News Api ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers ยท 17 actions - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Time Record** Triggers when a new time record is created. - Action **Add task** Create a task via the Roll GraphQL API task add mutation. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project. - Action **Create Time Record** Creates a new time record. - Action **Find Company** Finds an existing company. - Action **Find employee** Search employees via the Roll GraphQL API employees query. - Action **Find Project** Finds an existing project. - Action **Find Time Record** Looks up Roll time records via the GraphQL time query. - Action **Update project** Update a project via the Roll GraphQL API project update mutation. - Action **Update task** Update a task via the Roll GraphQL API task update mutation. - Action **Update time record** Update a time entry via the Roll GraphQL API time update mutation. - Action **Extract news** Extracts a news article from a URL, returning its title, text, images, videos, publish date, authors and language. - Action **Extract news links** Returns the news article links found on a news website page, such as a publisher's homepage or a section page. - Action **Find news** Searches news articles worldwide by text, language, source country, entities, sentiment, publish date and more, returning the matching articles. - Action **Geocode location** Returns the latitude and longitude of a location name, for use in location-filtered news searches. - Action **Get news** Returns full details of one or more news articles by their IDs. - Action **List top news** Returns the top news headlines for a country and language on a given day, clustered from multiple sources and ranked by coverage. ## Each app on its own - [ **Roll** Roll is a platform with everything your business needs in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/roll) - [ **World News Api** REST API for searching global news articles with entity extraction, sentiment analysis, and geolocation...](https://apiant.ai/connections/world-news-api) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Roll - [ **Roll to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-salesforce) - [ **Roll to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-slack) - [ **Roll to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-stripe) - [ **Roll to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-shopify) - [ **Roll to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-trello) - [ **Roll to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/roll-to-zoom) ## More into World News Api - [ **LiveAgent to World News Api** LiveAgent is the only customer support app you will ever need.](https://apiant.ai/connect/liveagent-to-world-news-api) - [ **ProjectManager to World News Api** ProjectManager.com is a simple yet powerful online project management tool that enables you and your team to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/projectmanager-to-world-news-api) - [ **HubSpot to World News Api** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-world-news-api) - [ **Salesforce to World News Api** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-world-news-api) - [ **Slack to World News Api** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-world-news-api) - [ **Google Sheets to World News Api** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-world-news-api) Questions ## Roll and World News Api, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Roll? Any of Roll's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Company, New Project and New Time Record. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in World News Api when something happens in Roll? Any of World News Api's 6 actions, including Extract news, Extract news links, Find news and Geocode location. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from World News Api to Roll? World News Api has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Roll. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads World News Api's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Roll or World News Api? 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 Roll and World News Api 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.