--- title: "Connect The Events Calendar to ESPN - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Event\" fires in The Events Calendar, your agent runs \"Get Team Schedule\" in ESPN." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-espn" --- # Connect The Events Calendar to ESPN When **New Event** fires in [The Events Calendar](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-events-calendar), your agent runs **Get Team Schedule** in [ESPN](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. The Events Calendar **1** trigger The Events Calendar **17** actions ESPN **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 The Events Calendar and ESPN 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 The Events Calendar can start in ESPN - When **New Event** in The Events Calendar then **Get Team Schedule** in ESPN - When **New Event** in The Events Calendar then **List Teams** in ESPN 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 The Events Calendar and ESPN ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 19 actions - Trigger **New Event** Polling trigger: fires when a new event is created. Lists events ordered by date created (newest first); deduped by event id. - Action **Create Event** Create a new event. - Action **Create Organizer** Create a new organizer. - Action **Create Venue** Create a new venue. - Action **Delete Event** Delete (move to trash) an event by ID. - Action **Delete Organizer** Delete (move to trash) an organizer by ID. - Action **Delete Venue** Delete (move to trash) a venue by ID. - Action **Get Event** Retrieve a single event by its ID. - Action **Get Organizer** Retrieve a single organizer by its ID. - Action **Get Venue** Retrieve a single venue by its ID. - Action **List Categories** Retrieve the list of event categories. - Action **List Events** Retrieve a list of events with optional filters (search, date range, status, pagination). - Action **List Organizers** Retrieve a list of organizers. - Action **List Tags** Retrieve the list of event tags. - Action **List Venues** Retrieve a list of venues. - Action **Update Event** Update an existing event by ID. - Action **Update Organizer** Update an existing organizer by ID. - Action **Update Venue** Update an existing venue by ID. - Action **Get Team Schedule** Returns a team's game schedule for a season (NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL or college football): each game's date and start time, opponent, home or away, and venue. Useful for adding a team's games to a calendar. - Action **List Teams** Returns every team in a league (for example the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL) with its name, city and short code. Use the short code to look up that team's schedule. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Events Calendar** The Events Calendar is a WordPress events management plugin.](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-events-calendar) - [ **ESPN** ESPN's sports data: team schedules and team lists for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA and college leagues...](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from The Events Calendar - [ **The Events Calendar to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-webflow) - [ **The Events Calendar to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-trello) - [ **The Events Calendar to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-zoom) - [ **The Events Calendar to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-twilio) - [ **The Events Calendar to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-typeform) - [ **The Events Calendar to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-events-calendar-to-wix) ## More into ESPN - [ **Broot to ESPN** broot is a AI-powered app that helps sales, marketing, and events teams manage contacts, turning them into...](https://apiant.ai/connect/broot-to-espn) - [ **HubSpot to ESPN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-espn) - [ **Salesforce to ESPN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-espn) - [ **Slack to ESPN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-espn) - [ **Google Sheets to ESPN** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-espn) - [ **Gmail to ESPN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-espn) Questions ## The Events Calendar and ESPN, answered ### ### What can start an automation from The Events Calendar? Any of The Events Calendar's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ESPN when something happens in The Events Calendar? Any of ESPN's 2 actions, including Get Team Schedule and List Teams. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ESPN to The Events Calendar? ESPN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Events Calendar. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ESPN's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Events Calendar or ESPN? 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 The Events Calendar and ESPN 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.