--- title: "Connect The Old Reader to CycleCalcs - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Find places\" in CycleCalcs." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-cyclecalcs" --- # Connect The Old Reader to CycleCalcs When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Find places** in [CycleCalcs](https://apiant.ai/connections/cyclecalcs). 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 CycleCalcs **8** 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 CycleCalcs 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 CycleCalcs - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Find places** in CycleCalcs - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Get angular separation** in CycleCalcs 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 CycleCalcs ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 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 **Find places** Looks up a place by name or reverse-looks-up by coordinates against the self-hosted GeoNames index, returning name, region, country, coordinates, timezone, and a stable place_id for use in other calls. - Action **Get angular separation** Returns the angular separation between two named targets at an instant, plus the minima of that separation across a window. - Action **Get body positions** Returns where a given body is, in a given reference frame, with atmospheric refraction stated, for a location/date. - Action **Get dark observing window** Returns the genuinely dark, moonless observing window of a night (astronomical night intersected with the Moon being down), ranked across up to 62 nights with a trend. - Action **Get planet positions** Returns all eight planets in one request: place, brightness, apparent size, retrograde state, next station, and whether each is worth observing tonight. - Action **Get rise and set times** Returns rise, transit, set, and lower-transit times for a named celestial object at a location/date, with explicit circumpolar/never-rises status. - Action **Get sun times** Returns the full solar day for a location/date: sunrise, sunset, twilight boundaries, azimuth, day length, and polar-day/night status. - Action **Get twilight times** Returns civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight plus day/night as non-overlapping intervals tiling the whole day for a location/date. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **CycleCalcs** CycleCalcs computes astronomical event data for a given location and date.](https://apiant.ai/connections/cyclecalcs) 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 CycleCalcs - [ **SureCart to CycleCalcs** The new way to sell on WordPress. A simple yet powerful e-commerce platform designed to grow your business...](https://apiant.ai/connect/surecart-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **HubSpot to CycleCalcs** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Salesforce to CycleCalcs** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Slack to CycleCalcs** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Google Sheets to CycleCalcs** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-cyclecalcs) - [ **Gmail to CycleCalcs** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-cyclecalcs) Questions ## The Old Reader and CycleCalcs, 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 CycleCalcs when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of CycleCalcs's 8 actions, including Find places, Get angular separation, Get body positions and Get dark observing window. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from CycleCalcs to The Old Reader? CycleCalcs has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads CycleCalcs's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or CycleCalcs? 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 CycleCalcs 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.