Integration
Connect The Old Reader to Hong Kong Obervatory
When New item fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs Convert Gregorian date to lunar date in Hong Kong Obervatory. 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.
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What do you want The Old Reader and Hong Kong Obervatory to do together?
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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 Hong Kong Obervatory
When New item in The Old Reader
then Convert Gregorian date to lunar date in Hong Kong Obervatory
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 Hong Kong Obervatory
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 25 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 Gregorian date to lunar date
Convert a Gregorian calendar date to its lunar calendar year and date.
- Get 9-day weather forecast
Get the 9-day weather forecast including daily temperature, humidity, wind and rain probability.
- Get current weather report
Get the current weather report: temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV index, lightning and warning messages.
- Get daily maximum temperature
Get daily maximum air temperature records for a station and period.
- Get daily mean temperature
Get daily mean air temperature records for a station and period.
- Get daily minimum temperature
Get daily minimum air temperature records for a station and period.
- Get high and low tide times
Get the times and heights of astronomical high and low tides for a station.
- Get hourly heights of astronomical tides
Get hourly predicted heights of astronomical tides for a station and date.
- Get latest 10-minute mean visibility
Get the latest 10-minute mean visibility reading across monitoring stations.
- Get lightning count
Get the cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning count for a date.
- Get moonrise and moonset times
Get times of moonrise, moon transit and moonset for a given date range.
- Get sunrise and sunset times
Get times of sunrise, sun transit and sunset for a given date range.
- Get weather and radiation level report
Get the daily weather and ambient gamma radiation level report.
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 Hong Kong Obervatory, 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 Hong Kong Obervatory when something happens in The Old Reader?
Any of Hong Kong Obervatory's 13 actions, including Convert Gregorian date to lunar date, Get 9-day weather forecast, Get current weather report and Get daily maximum temperature. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Hong Kong Obervatory to The Old Reader?
Hong Kong Obervatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Hong Kong Obervatory's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Hong Kong Obervatory?
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 Hong Kong Obervatory 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.