--- title: "Connect SolarWinds Service Desk to PDFGate - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Asset\" fires in SolarWinds Service Desk, your agent runs \"Get Document\" in PDFGate." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-pdfgate" --- # Connect SolarWinds Service Desk to PDFGate When **New Asset** fires in [SolarWinds Service Desk](https://apiant.ai/connections/solarwinds-service-desk), your agent runs **Get Document** in [PDFGate](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdfgate). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SolarWinds Service Desk **10** triggers SolarWinds Service Desk **29** actions PDFGate **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 SolarWinds Service Desk and PDFGate 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 SolarWinds Service Desk can start in PDFGate - When **New Asset** in SolarWinds Service Desk then **Get Document** in PDFGate - When **New Change** in SolarWinds Service Desk then **Delete Document** in PDFGate 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 SolarWinds Service Desk and PDFGate ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New Asset** New asset in your inventory. - Trigger **New Change** New change in your service desk. - Trigger **New Contract** New contract was added. - Trigger **New Hardware** New hardware in your inventory. - Trigger **New Incident** Triggers when a new incident is created. - Trigger **New Problem** New problem in your service desk. - Trigger **New Purchase Order** Polling trigger for new purchase orders. - Trigger **New Release** New release in your service desk. - Trigger **New Risk** New risk was detected. - Trigger **New User** New user in your account. - Action **Add comment** Add a comment to an incident/problem/change etc. - Action **Add department** Create a department. - Action **Add site** Create a site. - Action **Add time track** Log time on a record. - Action **Create Asset** Add a new asset to your inventory. - Action **Create Change** Add a new change to your service desk. - Action **Create Contract** Create a new contract. - Action **Create Hardware** Add a new hardware to your inventory. - Action **Create Incident** Add a new incident to your service desk. - Action **Create Problem** Add a new problem to your service desk. - Action **Create Release** Add a new release to your service desk. - Action **Create Solution** Add a new solution to your service desk. - Action **Create User** Add a new user. - Action **Delete incident** Delete an incident. - Action **Get Asset** Returns one asset (other_asset) by id. - Action **Get change** Retrieve one change by id. - Action **Get contract** Returns one contract by id. - Action **Get hardware** Retrieve one hardware asset by id. - Action **Get incident** Retrieve one incident by id. - Action **Get problem** Retrieve one problem by id. - Action **Get release** Retrieve a single release by id. - Action **Get user** Retrieve one user by id. - Action **List users** List users, paginated. - Action **Update change** Update a change. - Action **Update hardware** Update a hardware asset. - Action **Update incident** Update an incident. - Action **Update problem** Update a problem. - Action **Update solution** Update a solution. - Action **Update user** Update a user. - Action **Compress PDF** Reduces the file size of a PDF without changing its visual appearance, optionally linearizing it for Fast Web View. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document from PDFGate by its ID. - Action **Extract PDF Form Data** Reads every form field in a fillable PDF and returns each field's current value, from an uploaded PDF or a document already stored in PDFGate. - Action **Flatten PDF** Converts an interactive PDF (fillable form fields or annotations) into a static, non-editable PDF — either the whole document or only the named form fields. Creates a new flattened document in PDFGate and returns it. - Action **Generate PDF** Converts HTML content or a public web page URL into a PDF document and returns the stored document record, including a temporary download link. - Action **Get Document** Retrieve a PDFGate document by its ID. - Action **Watermark PDF** Adds a text or image watermark to a PDF, supplied either as a file or as the id of a document already stored in PDFGate, and returns the new watermarked document. ## Each app on its own - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk** Modern IT management. Cloud-based IT service desk and asset management solution you'll love to use.](https://apiant.ai/connections/solarwinds-service-desk) - [ **PDFGate** PDFGate is a fast, developer-friendly HTML-to-PDF API with support for forms, custom styling, and full...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdfgate) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from SolarWinds Service Desk - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-stripe) - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-trello) - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-zoom) - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-twilio) - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-typeform) - [ **SolarWinds Service Desk to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-webflow) ## More into PDFGate - [ **HubSpot to PDFGate** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdfgate) - [ **Salesforce to PDFGate** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdfgate) - [ **Slack to PDFGate** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdfgate) - [ **Google Sheets to PDFGate** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdfgate) - [ **Gmail to PDFGate** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdfgate) - [ **Google Calendar to PDFGate** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdfgate) Questions ## SolarWinds Service Desk and PDFGate, answered ### ### What can start an automation from SolarWinds Service Desk? Any of SolarWinds Service Desk's 10 triggers in the catalog, including New Asset, New Change, New Contract and New Hardware. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDFGate when something happens in SolarWinds Service Desk? Any of PDFGate's 7 actions, including Compress PDF, Extract PDF Form Data, Flatten PDF and Generate PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDFGate to SolarWinds Service Desk? PDFGate has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SolarWinds Service Desk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDFGate's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SolarWinds Service Desk or PDFGate? 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 SolarWinds Service Desk and PDFGate 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.