Integration
Connect Switchboard Canvas to ShipEngine
When New Template fires in Switchboard Canvas, your agent runs Add batch in ShipEngine. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Switchboard Canvas and ShipEngine to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Switchboard Canvas can start in ShipEngine
When New Template in Switchboard Canvas
then Add batch in ShipEngine
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 Switchboard Canvas and ShipEngine
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 17 actions
- New Template
Triggers when a new template is added to your Switchboard Canvas account.
- Create Image
Creates an image from a template at the width and height you give, replacing template element values with your overwrites, and returns the URL of the generated image (kept for 7 days).
- List Template Elements
Returns the elements defined in a template, each with its name and type (text, image or rectangle), so you know which elements you can overwrite.
- List Templates
Returns the image templates defined in your Switchboard Canvas account, with each template's API name and display name.
- Add batch
Creates a new label batch in ShipEngine, optionally seeded with shipments or rates, so their labels can later be processed together.
- Add label
Purchases a shipping label from your chosen carrier and service for a shipment, returning the label's tracking number, cost and download links.
- Add shipment
Creates a shipment from a ship-to address, a ship-from address or warehouse, and its packages, returning the new shipment id for rating, labels and batches.
- Add warehouse
Creates a new warehouse location in ShipEngine with a ship-from address and an optional return address.
- Calculate rates
Returns shipping rate quotes from your connected carriers for a shipment, either from full shipment details or an existing shipment.
- Get batch
Returns a label batch by its id, including its status, shipment and error counts, and links to download the batch's labels and forms.
- Get label
Returns a shipping label by its id, including its status, tracking number, cost and links to download the label.
- Get manifest
Returns the details of an end-of-day manifest, including its ship date, the labels it covers and a link to download the manifest form.
- Get shipment
Returns a shipment by its id, including its status, carrier and service, addresses, packages and tags.
- List carriers
Returns all carrier accounts connected to your ShipEngine account, with each carrier's id, services, package types and options.
- List shipments
Returns the shipments in your ShipEngine account, optionally filtered by status, tag, batch or created/modified date range.
- List warehouses
Returns every warehouse in your ShipEngine account, with each warehouse's id, name, origin address and return address.
- Update shipment
Updates an existing shipment's addresses, packages, carrier service and other details before it is shipped, and returns the updated shipment.
- Validate an Address
Checks a postal address against carrier and postal databases and returns its validation status, the corrected (matched) address, and any messages explaining problems found.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Switchboard Canvas and ShipEngine, answered
What can start an automation from Switchboard Canvas?
Any of Switchboard Canvas's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Template. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in ShipEngine when something happens in Switchboard Canvas?
Any of ShipEngine's 14 actions, including Update shipment, Add batch, Add label and Add shipment. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from ShipEngine to Switchboard Canvas?
ShipEngine has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Switchboard Canvas. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ShipEngine's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Switchboard Canvas or ShipEngine?
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 Switchboard Canvas and ShipEngine 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.