# Connect ShareFile and SQL Server When **New Client** fires in [ShareFile](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile), your agent runs **Add Row** in [SQL Server](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server), or **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server to **Add Note** in ShareFile. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ShareFile **1** trigger ShareFile **18** actions SQL Server **4** triggers SQL Server **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ShareFile and SQL Server to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 ShareFile and SQL Server can do together ### From ShareFile to SQL Server - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Add Row** in SQL Server - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Update Row** in SQL Server ### From SQL Server to ShareFile - When **New or Updated Row** in SQL Server then **Add Note** in ShareFile - When **New Row** in SQL Server then **Add user** in ShareFile 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 ShareFile and SQL Server ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client user is added to the ShareFile account. - Action **Add group** Creates a new distribution group in ShareFile, optionally shared and with initial member contacts. - Action **Add Note** Creates a note inside a ShareFile folder with a title and optional text. - Action **Add share** Creates a new Send share (sharing files) or Request share (asking recipients to upload into a folder) in ShareFile. - Action **Add URL** Adds a web link (URL) item to a ShareFile folder. - Action **Add user** Creates a new employee user in your ShareFile account and returns the new user. - Action **Copy item** Copies a file or folder into another ShareFile folder. - Action **Create Client User** Creates a new client user in your ShareFile account. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder inside a ShareFile parent folder and returns the new folder. - Action **Delete item** Deletes a file or folder from ShareFile. - Action **Find items by name** Searches ShareFile for files and folders whose name matches the text you enter, and returns the matching items. - Action **Get file download link** Returns a temporary download link for a ShareFile file. For a folder, the link downloads a ZIP archive of its contents. - Action **Get item** Returns a single ShareFile item (file, folder, note or link) by its id. - Action **Get user** Returns a ShareFile user by ID or email address, or the connected user when neither is given. - Action **List folder children** Returns the files, folders, notes and links directly inside a ShareFile folder. - Action **List groups** Returns the distribution groups you have permission to view in your ShareFile account. - Action **List shares** Returns the outstanding Send and Request shares created by the connected ShareFile user. - Action **List users** Returns the employee users in your ShareFile account. - Action **Update item** Updates a ShareFile file, folder, note or link: rename it, change its description or expiration date, or move it to another folder or zone. - Trigger **New or Updated Row** Triggers when a new row is added or modified. - Trigger **New or Updated Row (Custom Query)** Fires for each new or changed row returned by a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database. - Trigger **New Row** Triggers when you add a new row. - Trigger **New Table** Fires when a new table appears in the connected SQL Server database. - Action **Add Row** Add one row to a table on the connected SQL Server database. - Action **Delete Row** Delete the rows in a table whose chosen column equals a value. - Action **Find Row** Find the first row in a table whose chosen column matches a value. - Action **Find Rows via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns every row it matches. - Action **Find Row via Custom Query** Runs a SELECT statement you write against the connected SQL Server database and returns the first row it matches. - Action **Run Custom Statement** Runs a statement you write against the connected SQL Server database that changes data rather than returning rows, and reports how many rows it changed. - Action **Update Row** Change column values on every row of a table whose chosen column matches a value. ## Each app on its own - [ **ShareFile** Securely send, store, and share files – plus discover document workflows designed to improve your client...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile) - [ **SQL Server** Connect directly to a Microsoft SQL Server database and run SQL statements from your automations.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sql-server) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ShareFile - [ **ShareFile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sql-server) - [ **Mailchimp to SQL Server** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-sql-server) - [ **Shopify to SQL Server** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-sql-server) - [ **QuickBooks Online to SQL Server** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-sql-server) - [ **Pipedrive to SQL Server** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-sql-server) Questions ## ShareFile and SQL Server, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ShareFile? Any of ShareFile's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Client. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in SQL Server when something happens in ShareFile? Any of SQL Server's 7 actions, including Update Row, Add Row, Find Row and Find Rows via Custom Query. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SQL Server to ShareFile? Yes. When something happens in SQL Server, your agent can act in ShareFile too. This page covers both directions: SQL Server's triggers and ShareFile's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ShareFile or SQL Server? 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. ### ### 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.