--- title: "Connect The Old Reader to FinalScout - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Find email via LinkedIn profile\" in FinalScout." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-finalscout" --- # Connect The Old Reader to FinalScout When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Find email via LinkedIn profile** in [FinalScout](https://apiant.ai/connections/finalscout). 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 FinalScout **3** 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 FinalScout 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 FinalScout - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Find email via LinkedIn profile** in FinalScout - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Find email via professional details** in FinalScout 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 FinalScout ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 15 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 email via LinkedIn profile** Finds a verified email address from a LinkedIn profile URL. - Action **Find email via professional details** Finds a person's work email address from their name and company domain, waiting for the lookup to finish and returning the contact. - Action **Get account balance** Returns the FinalScout account's remaining credit balance, the owner's email address, and the rate limits that apply to it. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **FinalScout** FinalScout is a sales prospecting tool to extract emails from LinkedIn and craft emails based on LinkedIn...](https://apiant.ai/connections/finalscout) 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 FinalScout - [ **HubSpot to FinalScout** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-finalscout) - [ **Salesforce to FinalScout** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-finalscout) - [ **Slack to FinalScout** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-finalscout) - [ **Google Sheets to FinalScout** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-finalscout) - [ **Gmail to FinalScout** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-finalscout) - [ **Google Calendar to FinalScout** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-finalscout) Questions ## The Old Reader and FinalScout, 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 FinalScout when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of FinalScout's 3 actions, including Find email via LinkedIn profile, Find email via professional details and Get account balance. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FinalScout to The Old Reader? FinalScout has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads FinalScout's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or FinalScout? 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 FinalScout 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.