# Connect Transloadit to CarAPI

When **New Assembly** fires in [Transloadit](https://apiant.ai/connections/transloadit), your agent runs **Look up recall records** in [CarAPI](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Transloadit **3** triggers Transloadit **8** actions CarAPI **15** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Transloadit and CarAPI to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Transloadit can start in CarAPI

- When **New Assembly** in Transloadit then **Look up recall records** in CarAPI
- When **Assembly Result** in Transloadit then **Check vehicle stolen status** in CarAPI

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 Transloadit and CarAPI

## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 23 actions

- Trigger

**Assembly Result**

Triggers when an Assembly with at least one result is finished.

- Trigger

**Finished Assembly**

Triggers when a new Assembly is finished.

- Trigger

**New Assembly**

Fires once for each new Assembly created in the Transloadit workspace, newest first.

- Action

**Convert Video to WebM**

Converts a video to WebM.

- Action

**Create Assembly**

Creates a new Assembly from a Template.

- Action

**Delete Assembly**

Cancel a running Assembly.

- Action

**Detect Faces**

Detects the faces in an image.

- Action

**Get Assembly**

Retrieve an Assembly status by id.

- Action

**List Assemblies**

List Assemblies.

- Action

**Optimize Video**

Optimizes a video for iPad.

- Action

**Replay Assembly**

Replay an Assembly.

- Action

**Check vehicle stolen status**

Check whether a vehicle (by VIN) is reported stolen.

- Action

**Convert plate to VIN**

Convert a license plate number to a VIN.

- Action

**Decode VIN**

Decode a vehicle's VIN into make/model/year/trim/specs.

- Action

**Estimate vehicle cost of ownership**

Estimate the total cost of owning a vehicle over time.

- Action

**Extract license plate from image**

Extract a license plate number from an uploaded image.

- Action

**Extract VIN from image**

Extract a VIN from an uploaded vehicle image.

- Action

**Find nearest EV charging stations**

Find EV charging stations near a location.

- Action

**Get time to sell for comparable vehicles**

Estimate time to sell based on comparable vehicle listings.

- Action

**Get vehicle inspection history**

Get a vehicle's inspection history by VIN.

- Action

**Get vehicle mileage history**

Get a vehicle's mileage/odometer history by VIN.

- Action

**Get vehicle valuation**

Get an estimated market valuation for a vehicle.

- Action

**List supported EV vehicles**

List EV models supported by the route planner.

- Action

**Look up recall records**

Look up safety recall records for a vehicle.

- Action

**Plan EV route with charging stops**

Plan an EV route between two points including charging stops.

- Action

**Search vehicle listings**

Search for-sale vehicle listings by criteria.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Transloadit** Transloadit is a file encoding service that helps you handle file uploads, resize, crop and watermark...](https://apiant.ai/connections/transloadit)
- [ **CarAPI** Vehicle specs, VIN decoder, and market data for 21+ million vehicles](https://apiant.ai/connections/carapi)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Transloadit

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- [ **Transloadit to JokeAPI** JokeAPI serves programmable jokes in multiple languages.](https://apiant.ai/connect/transloadit-to-jokeapi)
- [ **Transloadit to MineSkin** Client implementations: Java.](https://apiant.ai/connect/transloadit-to-mineskin)
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## More into CarAPI

- [ **HubSpot to CarAPI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-carapi)
- [ **Salesforce to CarAPI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-carapi)
- [ **Slack to CarAPI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-carapi)
- [ **Google Sheets to CarAPI** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-carapi)
- [ **Gmail to CarAPI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-carapi)
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Questions

## Transloadit and CarAPI, answered

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### What can start an automation from Transloadit?

Any of Transloadit's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Assembly, Assembly Result and Finished Assembly. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in CarAPI when something happens in Transloadit?

Any of CarAPI's 15 actions, including Check vehicle stolen status, Convert plate to VIN, Decode VIN and Estimate vehicle cost of ownership. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from CarAPI to Transloadit?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Transloadit or CarAPI?

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.

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### 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.
