--- title: "Connect shipcloud to Open Exchange Rates - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Shipment Status\" fires in shipcloud, your agent runs \"Get historical exchange rates\" in Open Exchange Rates." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/shipcloud-to-open-exchange-rates" --- # Connect shipcloud to Open Exchange Rates When **New Shipment Status** fires in [shipcloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipcloud), your agent runs **Get historical exchange rates** in [Open Exchange Rates](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-exchange-rates). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. shipcloud **1** trigger shipcloud **16** actions Open Exchange Rates **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want shipcloud and Open Exchange Rates 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 shipcloud can start in Open Exchange Rates - When **New Shipment Status** in shipcloud then **Get historical exchange rates** in Open Exchange Rates - When **New Shipment Status** in shipcloud then **Get usage statistics** in Open Exchange Rates 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 shipcloud and Open Exchange Rates ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 18 actions - Trigger **New Shipment Status** Triggers when a shipcloud shipment changes status (label created, picked up, in transit, delivered, deleted and more). - Action **Add address** Creates a new address in your shipcloud address book, ready to use as a shipment's sender or recipient. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in shipcloud with its delivery address and line items, so shipments can later be associated with it. - Action **Add pickup request** Requests a carrier pickup for your shipments, either all shipments not yet picked up or only the ones you list. - Action **Create Shipment** Creates a shipment in shipcloud and, optionally, books the shipping label with the carrier. - Action **Create Shipment Quote** Returns the price a carrier would charge for shipping a package between two addresses, without creating a shipment. - Action **Delete shipment** Deletes a shipment. Prepared shipments can be deleted any time; shipments with a label only before the carrier's cutoff time. - Action **Find Shipment** Finds shipments matching a reference number, tracking number, carrier, status or creation date range. - Action **Get address** Returns a saved address from your shipcloud address book by its id. - Action **Get order** Returns an order previously sent to shipcloud, including its delivery address and line items. - Action **Get pickup request** Returns a pickup request, including its carrier, pickup time window, pickup address and included shipments. - Action **Get shipment** Returns the details of a single shipment, including its carrier, tracking information, label and addresses. - Action **List addresses** Returns the addresses saved in your shipcloud account, optionally filtered by name, company, street, city, postal code, country or phone. - Action **List carriers** Returns the carriers available to your shipcloud account, with their services, package types, additional services and label formats. - Action **List orders** Returns the orders previously created in your shipcloud account, including delivery address and line items. - Action **List shipments** Returns the shipments in your shipcloud account, optionally filtered by carrier, tracking number, reference number, service, type, source, tracking status or creation time. - Action **Update shipment** Updates an existing shipment, such as its addresses, package, carrier or service, and can create its shipping label. - Action **Get historical exchange rates** Fetch end-of-day forex rates for a specific past date. - Action **Get usage statistics** Get the plan details and this month's request usage for the connected Open Exchange Rates App ID. Calls to this endpoint do not count towards usage. ## Each app on its own - [ **shipcloud** Shipcloud is a shipping service provider for creating shipping labels as well as tracking shipments.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipcloud) - [ **Open Exchange Rates** REST API for live and historical foreign exchange rates and currency conversion across 200+ currencies.](https://apiant.ai/connections/open-exchange-rates) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from shipcloud - [ **shipcloud to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of shipcloud's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Shipment Status. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Open Exchange Rates when something happens in shipcloud? Any of Open Exchange Rates's 2 actions, including Get historical exchange rates and Get usage statistics. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Open Exchange Rates to shipcloud? Open Exchange Rates has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in shipcloud. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Open Exchange Rates's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for shipcloud or Open Exchange Rates? 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 shipcloud and Open Exchange Rates 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.