Integration
Connect The Old Reader to Carbone.io
When New item fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs Convert a Document in Carbone.io. 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 The Old Reader and Carbone.io to do together?
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Connect your AI client
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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)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 The Old Reader can start in Carbone.io
When New item in The Old Reader
then Convert a Document in Carbone.io
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 Carbone.io
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 23 actions
- New item
Triggers when a new item arrives in your reading list, a folder or a subscription.
- Add subscription
Subscribes the account to a feed or website by its URL and returns the new subscription's stream id.
- Delete folder
Deletes a folder in The Old Reader and moves its subscriptions to the default folder.
- Delete subscription
Unsubscribes from a feed in The Old Reader.
- Get items
Returns the full contents (title, body, author, feed, read/starred state) of one or more items by their ids.
- Get unread counts
Returns unread item counts for the whole reading list and for each folder, subscription and friend.
- List folders
Returns the list of folders in your The Old Reader account.
- List items
Returns the items (articles) in a stream such as your reading list, starred items, a folder or a subscription.
- List subscriptions
Returns every feed subscription in your The Old Reader account, with each feed's title, folders, site URL and icon.
- 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.
- Update folder
Renames a folder in The Old Reader.
- Update item
Updates an item's state: marks it read or unread, starred, liked or shared.
- Update subscription
Renames a subscription or moves it between folders.
- Convert a Document
Converts a document to another format (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PNG, etc.) without using a Carbone template. No prior template upload is needed.
- Convert HTML to PDF
Converts an HTML document to PDF using the Chromium rendering engine for high-fidelity output.
- Convert Office to PDF
Converts an Office document (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, ODG) to PDF.
- Delete a Template
Deletes a template from your Carbone storage.
- Download a Document
Downloads a generated document using a Render ID. Documents are single-use and available for 1 hour.
- Download a Template
Downloads a template file from your Carbone storage.
- Generate a Document
Generates a document by merging a Carbone template with your data. The data must be provided as a JSON object.
- Get Status
Returns the current Carbone Cloud API status and version.
- List Templates
Lists templates in the Carbone account with their metadata (id, versionId, name, comment, category, tags, deployedAt, expireAt), optionally filtered by template id, category or search text.
- Update a Template
Updates the metadata of an existing template (name, comment, category, tags, deployed version, expiry).
- Upload a Template
Uploads a new template file to Carbone storage.
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
The Old Reader and Carbone.io, 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 Carbone.io when something happens in The Old Reader?
Any of Carbone.io's 11 actions, including Update a Template, Upload a Template, Convert a Document and Convert HTML to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Carbone.io to The Old Reader?
Carbone.io has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Carbone.io's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Carbone.io?
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 Carbone.io 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.