--- title: "Connect The Old Reader to Bland AI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Add Contact\" in Bland AI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-bland-ai" --- # Connect The Old Reader to Bland AI When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Add Contact** in [Bland AI](https://apiant.ai/connections/bland-ai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. The Old Reader **1** trigger The Old Reader **12** actions Bland AI **16** 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 Old Reader and Bland AI 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 Old Reader can start in Bland AI - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add Contact** in Bland AI - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Update Contact** in Bland AI 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 Old Reader and Bland AI ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 28 actions - Trigger **New item** Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription. - Action **Add subscription** Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder. - Action **Delete subscription** Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader. - Action **Get items** Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids. - Action **Get unread counts** Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend. - Action **List folders** Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account. - Action **List items** Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription. - Action **List subscriptions** Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon. - Action **Mark all items as read** Marks all items in a stream (everything, a folder, a subscription or a friend's shares) as read, optionally only those older than a given time. - Action **Update folder** Renames a folder in The Old Reader. - Action **Update item** Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared. - Action **Update subscription** Renames a subscription or moves it between folders. - Action **Add Contact** Adds a contact to Bland. If a contact with the same phone number, email or external ID already exists, that contact is returned instead of creating a duplicate. - Action **Add Knowledge Base** Creates a new Bland knowledge base item from text you provide, so your AI agents can search it during calls. - Action **Add Pathway** Create a new, empty conversational pathway in Bland AI. - Action **Delete Knowledge Base** Delete a knowledge base item. - Action **Delete Pathway** Delete a conversational pathway. - Action **Find Contacts by criteria** Finds a contact matching the specified phone number, email or external ID. - Action **Get Batch** Retrieve metadata for a specific batch. - Action **Get Contact** Retrieve a Bland contact by ID, including identifiers, memories and metadata. - Action **Get Knowledge Base** Retrieves a specific knowledge base item by ID, including its status, metadata and file information. - Action **Get Pathway** Returns a conversational pathway in your Bland account, including its name, description, nodes and edges. - Action **List Contacts** Lists the contacts in your Bland organization, including each contact's identifiers and memories. - Action **List Knowledge Bases** Lists the knowledge base items in your Bland organization, including their name, status and type. - Action **List Pathways** Returns all conversational pathways in the Bland account, including each pathway's name, description, nodes and edges. - Action **Update Contact** Update an existing contact's information. - Action **Update Knowledge Base** Updates a knowledge base item's name and/or description. The item's content is not changed. - Action **Update Pathway** Updates a conversational pathway's name, description, nodes and edges. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **Bland AI** Bland AI is a platform for making ultra-realistic, human-sounding AI phone calls and SMS agents that...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bland-ai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from The Old Reader - [ **The Old Reader to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-trello) - [ **The Old Reader to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-zoom) - [ **The Old Reader to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-twilio) - [ **The Old Reader to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-typeform) - [ **The Old Reader to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-webflow) - [ **The Old Reader 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-old-reader-to-wix) ## More into Bland AI - [ **HubSpot to Bland AI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-bland-ai) - [ **Salesforce to Bland AI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-bland-ai) - [ **Slack to Bland AI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-bland-ai) - [ **Google Sheets to Bland AI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-bland-ai) - [ **Gmail to Bland AI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-bland-ai) - [ **Google Calendar to Bland AI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-bland-ai) Questions ## The Old Reader and Bland AI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from The Old Reader? Any of The Old Reader's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Bland AI when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of Bland AI's 16 actions, including Update Contact, Update Knowledge Base, Update Pathway and Add Contact. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Bland AI to The Old Reader? Bland AI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Bland AI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Bland AI? 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 Old Reader and Bland AI 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.