---
title: "Connect The Old Reader to TaxJar - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New item\" fires in The Old Reader, your agent runs \"Create a Customer\" in TaxJar."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/the-old-reader-to-taxjar"
---

# Connect The Old Reader to TaxJar

When **New item** fires in [The Old Reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader), your agent runs **Create a Customer** in [TaxJar](https://apiant.ai/connections/taxjar). 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 TaxJar **20** 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 TaxJar 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 TaxJar

- When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create a Customer** in TaxJar
- When **New item** in The Old Reader then **Create an Order Transaction** in TaxJar

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 TaxJar

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 32 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

**Calculate Sales Tax for an Order**

Works out the sales tax due on an order from the ship-from and ship-to addresses, the order amount and its line items.

- Action

**Create a Customer**

Creates a customer in TaxJar with their exemption type and the regions the exemption applies to.

- Action

**Create an Order Transaction**

Records a completed order in TaxJar so it counts towards your sales tax reporting.

- Action

**Create a Refund Transaction**

Records a refund against an existing order in TaxJar so your sales tax reporting stays accurate.

- Action

**Get Two-Letter ISO Code for Region**

Looks up the two-letter code for a state, province or country by name, using TaxJar's own list of regions.

- Action

**List Categories**

Returns TaxJar's product categories and the tax code to use for each one.

- Action

**List Customers**

Returns the IDs of every customer in your TaxJar account.

- Action

**List Nexus Regions**

Returns the states, provinces and countries where your TaxJar account has nexus and must collect tax.

- Action

**List Orders**

Returns the IDs of the orders recorded in TaxJar, optionally limited to a date or date range.

- Action

**List Refunds**

Returns the IDs of the refunds recorded in TaxJar, optionally limited to a date or date range.

- Action

**Rates for Location**

Returns the sales tax rates that apply at a location, broken down by state, county and city.

- Action

**Show a Customer**

Returns one customer from TaxJar, including their exemption type and exempt regions.

- Action

**Show Order**

Returns one order recorded in TaxJar, including its addresses, totals and line items.

- Action

**Show Refund**

Returns one refund recorded in TaxJar, including the order it applies to and the amounts refunded.

- Action

**Summarize Tax Rates for All Regions**

Returns the minimum and average sales tax rate for every state, province and country TaxJar covers.

- Action

**Update a Customer**

Updates a customer in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed.

- Action

**Update an Order Transaction**

Updates an order already recorded in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed.

- Action

**Update a Refund Transaction**

Updates a refund already recorded in TaxJar. Only the fields you supply are changed.

- Action

**Validate an Address**

Checks a US address and returns TaxJar's corrected version of it, so tax is worked out on a clean address.

- Action

**Validate a VAT Number**

Checks whether a VAT number is valid and returns the business name and address registered against it.

## Each app on its own

- [ **The Old Reader** RSS reader](https://apiant.ai/connections/the-old-reader)
- [ **TaxJar** TaxJar’s award-winning solution makes it easy to automate sales tax management, reporting and filing.](https://apiant.ai/connections/taxjar)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## The Old Reader and TaxJar, answered

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### 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.

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### What can your agent do in TaxJar when something happens in The Old Reader?

Any of TaxJar's 20 actions, including Create a Customer, Create an Order Transaction, Create a Refund Transaction and Update a Customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from TaxJar to The Old Reader?

TaxJar has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in The Old Reader. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads TaxJar's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for The Old Reader or TaxJar?

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 TaxJar 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
