--- title: "Connect ShareFile to Urban Observatory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Client\" fires in ShareFile, your agent runs \"Get sensor readings\" in Urban Observatory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-urban-observatory" --- # Connect ShareFile to Urban Observatory When **New Client** fires in [ShareFile](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile), 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. ShareFile **1** trigger ShareFile **18** 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 ShareFile 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ShareFile can start in Urban Observatory - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Get sensor readings** in Urban Observatory - When **New Client** in ShareFile 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 ShareFile and Urban Observatory ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 23 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. - 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 - [ **ShareFile** Securely send, store, and share files – plus discover document workflows designed to improve your client...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile) - [ **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 ShareFile - [ **ShareFile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-slack) - [ **ShareFile to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-stripe) - [ **ShareFile to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-shopify) - [ **ShareFile to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-trello) - [ **ShareFile to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-zoom) - [ **ShareFile to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-twilio) ## 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 ## ShareFile and Urban Observatory, 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 Urban Observatory when something happens in ShareFile? 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. ### ### Can it also run from Urban Observatory to ShareFile? Urban Observatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ShareFile. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Urban Observatory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ShareFile 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 ShareFile 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. ### ### 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.