--- title: "Connect Smart Remote Gigs to Oikolab - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Job Posted\" fires in Smart Remote Gigs, your agent runs \"Generate EPW file\" in Oikolab." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/smart-remote-gigs-to-oikolab" --- # Connect Smart Remote Gigs to Oikolab When **New Job Posted** fires in [Smart Remote Gigs](https://apiant.ai/connections/smart-remote-gigs), your agent runs **Generate EPW file** in [Oikolab](https://apiant.ai/connections/oikolab). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Smart Remote Gigs **1** trigger Oikolab **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 Smart Remote Gigs and Oikolab 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 Smart Remote Gigs can start in Oikolab - When **New Job Posted** in Smart Remote Gigs then **Generate EPW file** in Oikolab - When **New Job Posted** in Smart Remote Gigs then **Get account usage** in Oikolab 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 Smart Remote Gigs and Oikolab ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 5 actions - Trigger **New Job Posted** Triggers when a new entry-level remote job is posted on Smart Remote Gigs. - Action **Generate EPW file** Generate an EnergyPlus Weather (EPW) file for any location — either a typical year built from the last 15 years, or one specific year. Oikolab builds the file on demand, so expect it to take several seconds. - Action **Get account usage** Check how much of your Oikolab data allowance you have used — what your plan includes each billing period, what you have used so far, and what you have used today. - Action **Get archived forecast** Look back at a forecast that was issued in the past — up to three years of archived daily forecast runs for any place. - Action **Get weather data** Get historical or forecast weather for a place or a rectangular area — temperature, wind, humidity, radiation, cloud and rainfall, hourly, daily or monthly. - Action **List datasets** See which weather datasets Oikolab currently offers and what date range each one covers — useful for checking data is up to date before asking for it. ## Each app on its own - [ **Smart Remote Gigs** Smart Remote Gigs is a platform for entry-level remote jobs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smart-remote-gigs) - [ **Oikolab** 70+ years of global, hourly historical and forecast weather data from NOAA and ECMWF](https://apiant.ai/connections/oikolab) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Smart Remote Gigs - [ **Smart Remote Gigs to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smart-remote-gigs-to-hubspot) - [ **Smart Remote Gigs to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/smart-remote-gigs-to-salesforce) - [ **Smart Remote Gigs 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-oikolab) - [ **Google Sheets to Oikolab** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-oikolab) - [ **Gmail to Oikolab** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-oikolab) - [ **Google Calendar to Oikolab** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-oikolab) Questions ## Smart Remote Gigs and Oikolab, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Smart Remote Gigs? Any of Smart Remote Gigs's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Job Posted. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Oikolab when something happens in Smart Remote Gigs? Any of Oikolab's 5 actions, including Generate EPW file, Get account usage, Get weather data and List datasets. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Oikolab to Smart Remote Gigs? Oikolab has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Smart Remote Gigs. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Oikolab's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Smart Remote Gigs or Oikolab? 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 Smart Remote Gigs and Oikolab without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in Oikolab 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.