--- title: "Connect The Old Reader to Brainbase Labs - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Add task\" in Brainbase Labs." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-brainbase-labs" --- # Connect The Old Reader to Brainbase Labs When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Add task** in [Brainbase Labs](https://apiant.ai/connections/brainbase-labs). 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 Brainbase Labs **15** 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 Brainbase Labs 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 Brainbase Labs - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add task** in Brainbase Labs - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add thread message** in Brainbase Labs 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 Brainbase Labs ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 27 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 agent** Creates a new Brainbase agent with a title, instructions, runtime and optional tools, skills and secrets, and returns the created agent. - Action **Add alert** Creates an alert that sends a webhook when a chosen event happens on a team, group, orchestration, agent or thread. - Action **Add machine** Creates a new Brainbase machine (sandbox environment), optionally associated with an agent. - Action **Add task** Creates a task that runs a Brainbase agent. - Action **Add template** Creates an agent template in a Brainbase team, with its instructions, MCP servers, skills and secret definitions. - Action **Add thread** Creates a new Brainbase thread, running an existing agent or an inline agent definition on the input you provide. - Action **Add thread message** Appends one or more messages to a Brainbase thread, and optionally starts the agent run. - Action **Delete agent** Deletes an agent from your Brainbase workspace. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from your Brainbase account. - Action **Get agent** Returns one agent's full configuration, including its title, instructions, model, machine settings, MCP servers and metadata. - Action **Get task** Returns a single Brainbase task, including its agent, status, title, metadata and machine details. - Action **List agents** Returns the agents on your Brainbase account, optionally filtered by group or metadata. - Action **List machines** Returns the machines in your Brainbase account, optionally filtered by kind and including torn-down machines. - Action **Update agent** Updates an agent's title, instructions, tools, skills, secrets or settings. - Action **Update task** Updates a task's title, labels or the model its next turn runs on. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **Brainbase Labs** AI agent cloud platform for building, deploying, and scaling AI agents/employees across models, tools, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/brainbase-labs) 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 Brainbase Labs - [ **HubSpot to Brainbase Labs** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-brainbase-labs) - [ **Salesforce to Brainbase Labs** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-brainbase-labs) - [ **Slack to Brainbase Labs** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-brainbase-labs) - [ **Google Sheets to Brainbase Labs** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-brainbase-labs) - [ **Gmail to Brainbase Labs** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-brainbase-labs) - [ **Google Calendar to Brainbase Labs** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-brainbase-labs) Questions ## The Old Reader and Brainbase Labs, 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 Brainbase Labs when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of Brainbase Labs's 15 actions, including Update agent, Update task, Add agent and Add alert. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Brainbase Labs to The Old Reader? Brainbase Labs has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Brainbase Labs's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Brainbase Labs? 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 Brainbase Labs 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.