---
title: "Connect Seafile to Urban Observatory - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New File\" fires in Seafile, your agent runs \"Get sensor readings\" in Urban Observatory."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-urban-observatory"
---

# Connect Seafile to Urban Observatory

When **New File** fires in [Seafile](https://apiant.ai/connections/seafile), your agent runs **Get sensor readings** in [Urban Observatory](https://apiant.ai/connections/urban-observatory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Seafile **2** triggers Seafile **16** actions Urban Observatory **5** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Seafile and Urban Observatory 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 Seafile can start in Urban Observatory

- When **New File** in Seafile then **Get sensor readings** in Urban Observatory
- When **New or Updated File** in Seafile then **Get sensors data** in Urban Observatory

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 Seafile and Urban Observatory

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 21 actions

- Trigger

**New File**

Triggers when a new file is found in a library. A new file with the same file name (and path) will not trigger.

- Trigger

**New or Updated File**

Fires when a file is added to, or its content changes in, a Seafile library folder.

- Action

**Add library**

Create a new library.

- Action

**Copy file**

Copy a file to another folder/library.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a new folder at the path you specify.

- Action

**Create Text File**

Creates a new text file from plain text content you specify.

- Action

**Delete File**

Deletes a file you specify.

- Action

**Delete Folder**

Deletes a folder in a library and move it to trash.

- Action

**Delete library**

Delete a library by repo id.

- Action

**Download File**

Downloads a file from Seafile.

- Action

**Find Files and Folders (With Line Item Support)**

Returns the files and folders in a given folder.

- Action

**Get account info**

Get current account info (name, usage, quota).

- Action

**Get file info**

Get file details (size, mtime, id).

- Action

**List directory items**

List files and folders in a directory.

- Action

**List libraries**

List libraries (repos) the user can access.

- Action

**Move File**

Moves a file to another library or folder.

- Action

**Rename File**

Renames a file.

- Action

**Upload File**

Uploads a file to Seafile.

- Action

**Get sensor readings**

Get the time-series data readings for one named Urban Observatory sensor.

- Action

**Get sensors data**

Get the latest readings across Urban Observatory sensors.

- Action

**List sensors**

List the latest Urban Observatory sensor locations, with optional bounding-box filtering.

- Action

**List themes**

List the sensor data themes (categories) available from Urban Observatory.

- Action

**List variables**

List the measurement variable types available across Urban Observatory sensors.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Seafile** Seafile is an open-source cloud storage platform that enables secure file sharing, and collaborative...](https://apiant.ai/connections/seafile)
- [ **Urban Observatory** Urban Observatory is a UK research programme that streams real-time sensor readings from instrumented...](https://apiant.ai/connections/urban-observatory)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Seafile

- [ **Seafile to Asknews** API providing real-time, enriched news search and retrieval for integration into LLM apps and workflows.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-asknews)
- [ **Seafile to Olostep** Olostep is a web scraping and crawling API that extracts structured data from any website in real-time for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-olostep)
- [ **Seafile to Zulip** Zulip provides a rich chat interface for real-time and asynchronous team communication.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-zulip)
- [ **Seafile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-slack)
- [ **Seafile to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-stripe)
- [ **Seafile to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seafile-to-shopify)

## More into Urban Observatory

- [ **HubSpot to Urban Observatory** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-urban-observatory)
- [ **Salesforce to Urban Observatory** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-urban-observatory)
- [ **Slack to Urban Observatory** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-urban-observatory)
- [ **Google Sheets to Urban Observatory** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-urban-observatory)
- [ **Gmail to Urban Observatory** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-urban-observatory)
- [ **Google Calendar to Urban Observatory** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-urban-observatory)

Questions

## Seafile and Urban Observatory, answered

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### What can start an automation from Seafile?

Any of Seafile's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New File and New or Updated File. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Urban Observatory when something happens in Seafile?

Any of Urban Observatory's 5 actions, including Get sensor readings, Get sensors data, List sensors and List themes. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Urban Observatory to Seafile?

Urban Observatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Seafile. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Urban Observatory's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Seafile or Urban Observatory?

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 Seafile and Urban Observatory 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
