--- title: "Connect SolarWinds Service Desk to Tavily - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Asset\" fires in SolarWinds Service Desk, your agent runs \"Create research task\" in Tavily." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/solarwinds-service-desk-to-tavily" --- # Connect SolarWinds Service Desk to Tavily When **New Asset** fires in [SolarWinds Service Desk](https://apiant.ai/connections/solarwinds-service-desk), your agent runs **Create research task** in [Tavily](https://apiant.ai/connections/tavily). 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 Tavily **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 Tavily 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 Tavily - When **New Asset** in SolarWinds Service Desk then **Create research task** in Tavily - When **New Change** in SolarWinds Service Desk then **Get research task status** in Tavily 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 Tavily ## 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 **Crawl** Crawls a website starting from one address and returns the content of the pages it finds. - Action **Create research task** Starts a Tavily research task for a question you supply and returns its ID and status. Use the ID with Get research task status to collect the finished report. - Action **Extract** Reads one or more web pages and returns their content as markdown or plain text, plus any addresses that could not be read. - Action **Get research task status** Checks a Tavily research task by its ID and returns its current status, and the finished report with its sources once the task is complete. - Action **Get usage** Returns how many Tavily credits have been used this billing cycle, for both the API key and the account, along with the plan limits and a breakdown per feature. - Action **Map** Maps a website starting from an address you supply and returns the list of pages found, without pulling their content. - Action **Search** Searches the web for a query you supply and returns ranked results with titles, addresses and snippets, plus an optional written answer. ## 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) - [ **Tavily** Tavily AI is a web research tool optimized for LLMs and RAG, offering access to real-time, reliable online...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tavily) 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 Tavily - [ **CRUSH to Tavily** CRUSH is an AI powered second brain helping you collect a thought, organize it and take action.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crush-to-tavily) - [ **HubSpot to Tavily** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-tavily) - [ **Salesforce to Tavily** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-tavily) - [ **Slack to Tavily** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-tavily) - [ **Google Sheets to Tavily** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-tavily) - [ **Gmail to Tavily** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-tavily) Questions ## SolarWinds Service Desk and Tavily, 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 Tavily when something happens in SolarWinds Service Desk? Any of Tavily's 7 actions, including Create research task, Crawl, Extract and Get research task status. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Tavily to SolarWinds Service Desk? Tavily has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SolarWinds Service Desk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Tavily's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SolarWinds Service Desk or Tavily? 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 Tavily 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.