Integration
Connect Runway and Switchboard Canvas
When New Avatar fires in Runway, your agent runs Create Image in Switchboard Canvas, or New Template in Switchboard Canvas to Animate Character From Video in Runway. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Runway and Switchboard Canvas to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Runway and Switchboard Canvas can do together
From Runway to Switchboard Canvas
When New Avatar in Runway
then Create Image in Switchboard Canvas
From Switchboard Canvas to Runway
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 Runway and Switchboard Canvas
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 15 actions
- New Avatar
Triggers when a new avatar is created in your organization.
- New Voice
Triggers when a new custom voice is created in your organization.
- Animate Character From Video
Starts a task that transfers the performance in a reference video onto a character image or video. Returns the task ID.
- Cancel Task
Cancels a running generation task, or deletes a finished one.
- Convert Image to Video
Starts a task that animates an image into a video. Returns the task ID to check with Get Task Details.
- Generate Image From Text
Starts a task that generates an image from a text prompt, optionally guided by a reference image. Returns the task ID.
- Generate Sound Effect
Starts a task that generates a sound effect from a text description. Returns the task ID.
- Generate Speech From Text
Starts a task that turns text into spoken audio. Returns the task ID.
- Generate Video From Text
Starts a task that generates a video from a text prompt. Returns the task ID to check with Get Task Details.
- Get Organization Info
Returns your organization's tier, remaining credit balance and current usage.
- List Voices
Returns the custom voices in your organization.
- Retrieve Credit Usage
Returns your organization's daily credit usage by model over a date range.
- Transform Video to Video
Starts a task that restyles or edits an existing video from a text prompt. Returns the task ID.
- Upscale Video
Starts a task that upscales a video to a higher resolution. Returns the task ID.
- New Template
Triggers when a new template is added to your Switchboard Canvas account.
- Create Image
Creates an image from a template at the width and height you give, replacing template element values with your overwrites, and returns the URL of the generated image (kept for 7 days).
- List Template Elements
Returns the elements defined in a template, each with its name and type (text, image or rectangle), so you know which elements you can overwrite.
- List Templates
Returns the image templates defined in your Switchboard Canvas account, with each template's API name and display name.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
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Questions
Runway and Switchboard Canvas, answered
What can start an automation from Runway?
Any of Runway's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Avatar and New Voice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Switchboard Canvas when something happens in Runway?
Any of Switchboard Canvas's 3 actions, including Create Image, List Template Elements and List Templates. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Switchboard Canvas to Runway?
Yes. When something happens in Switchboard Canvas, your agent can act in Runway too. This page covers both directions: Switchboard Canvas's triggers and Runway's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Runway or Switchboard Canvas?
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 Runway and Switchboard Canvas 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.