--- title: "Connect The Old Reader to Spike.sh - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Add alert rule\" in Spike.sh." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-spike-sh" --- # Connect The Old Reader to Spike.sh When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Add alert rule** in [Spike.sh](https://apiant.ai/connections/spike-sh). 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 Spike.sh **25** 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 Spike.sh 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 Spike.sh - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add alert rule** in Spike.sh - When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Add escalation** in Spike.sh 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 Spike.sh ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 37 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 **Acknowledge incident** Acknowledge one or more Spike.sh incidents by counter id or incident id. - Action **Add alert rule** Create a new alert routing/automation rule with conditions and actions. - Action **Add escalation** Creates a new escalation policy for a Spike.sh team, defining who is notified, through which channel, and how long to wait between steps. - Action **Add integration** Create a new integration for a team (source system that sends alerts into Spike). - Action **Add on-call** Create a new on-call schedule for a team. - Action **Add service** Create a new service in a team, with name and description. - Action **Create Incident** Creates a Spike incident through one of your integrations and sends alerts. The integration decides which service and escalation policy the incident is routed to. - Action **Delete alert rule** Archives (soft-deletes) a Spike alert rule so it no longer applies to incoming incidents. - Action **Delete escalation** Archives (soft-deletes) a Spike escalation policy by its ID. - Action **Escalate incident** Escalates one or more Spike incidents to the next step of their escalation policy. - Action **Get escalation** Get escalation policy details by id. - Action **Get incident** Fetch a single incident by counter id. - Action **Get integration** Fetches an integration by its token, including its name, type, service, escalation settings and webhook URL. An error occurs if the integration is not found. - Action **Get service** Get a Spike service's details, along with its incidents and open-incident count. - Action **List alert rules** Lists all alert rules (enabled and disabled) configured for a Spike team. - Action **List escalations** Lists the escalation policies that belong to a Spike team. - Action **List incidents** Lists the incidents for a Spike.sh team. - Action **List on-calls** Lists the on-call schedules for a team. - Action **List services** Lists the services in a Spike team. - Action **List teams** Lists every team in your Spike organisation. Use a team's ID from here wherever other Spike actions ask for a team. - Action **Resolve incident** Resolve one or more incidents by counter id array. - Action **Update alert rule** Replace an existing Spike alert rule's name, conditions and actions. - Action **Update escalation** Replaces an existing escalation policy's name, steps and start delay. The whole policy is replaced, so send every step you want to keep. - Action **Update on-call** Updates an on-call schedule's name and/or moves it to another team. Rotations and layers are not changed by this action. - Action **Update service** Updates the name and/or description of an existing Spike.sh service. ## Each app on its own - [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader) - [ **Spike.sh** Spike is an incident management system with unlimited alerts and on-call schedules](https://apiant.ai/connections/spike-sh) 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 Spike.sh - [ **HubSpot to Spike.sh** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-spike-sh) - [ **Salesforce to Spike.sh** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-spike-sh) - [ **Slack to Spike.sh** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-spike-sh) - [ **Google Sheets to Spike.sh** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-spike-sh) - [ **Gmail to Spike.sh** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-spike-sh) - [ **Google Calendar to Spike.sh** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-spike-sh) Questions ## The Old Reader and Spike.sh, 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 Spike.sh when something happens in The Old Reader? Any of Spike.sh's 25 actions, including Create Incident, Update alert rule, Update escalation and Update on-call. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Spike.sh to The Old Reader? Spike.sh has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Spike.sh's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or Spike.sh? 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 Spike.sh 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.