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title: "Connect Transport for Denver, US to ITIS - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New service alert\" fires in Transport for Denver, US, your agent runs \"Convert LSID to TSN\" in ITIS."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/transport-for-denver-us-to-itis"
---

# Connect Transport for Denver, US to ITIS

When **New service alert** fires in [Transport for Denver, US](https://apiant.ai/connections/transport-for-denver-us), your agent runs **Convert LSID to TSN** in [ITIS](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Transport for Denver, US **1** trigger Transport for Denver, US **3** actions ITIS **13** actions

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

## What do you want Transport for Denver, US and ITIS 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 Transport for Denver, US can start in ITIS

- When **New service alert** in Transport for Denver, US then **Convert LSID to TSN** in ITIS
- When **New service alert** in Transport for Denver, US then **Convert TSN to LSID** in ITIS

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 Transport for Denver, US and ITIS

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 16 actions

- Trigger

**New service alert**

Fires when RTD publishes a new service alert, polling Denver RTD's GTFS-Realtime alerts feed.

- Action

**Get service alerts**

Fetch the service alerts RTD is currently publishing (delays, detours, closures), from Denver RTD's GTFS-Realtime alerts feed.

- Action

**Get trip updates**

Fetch real-time trip progress and arrival/departure predictions for RTD scheduled trips, from Denver RTD's GTFS-Realtime trip-updates feed.

- Action

**Get vehicle positions**

Fetch the live position of every RTD vehicle currently in service, from Denver RTD's GTFS-Realtime vehicle-positions feed.

- Action

**Convert LSID to TSN**

Get the TSN for a given LSID (Life Science Identifier).

- Action

**Convert TSN to LSID**

Get the LSID (Life Science Identifier) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Find taxon by common name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a common (vernacular) name.

- Action

**Find taxon by scientific name**

Search ITIS for taxa matching a scientific name.

- Action

**Find taxon by search term**

Search ITIS across scientific and common names for any matching term.

- Action

**Get accepted names**

Get the currently accepted scientific name(s) for a given TSN, when the queried TSN is not itself accepted.

- Action

**Get common names**

Get the common (vernacular) names associated with a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full hierarchy**

Get the complete taxonomic hierarchy (ancestors and descendants) for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get full record**

Get the complete taxonomic record for a given TSN (taxonomic serial number).

- Action

**Get hierarchy down**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy below (children of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get hierarchy up**

Get the taxonomic hierarchy above (ancestors of) a given TSN.

- Action

**Get parent taxon**

Get the parent TSN for a given TSN.

- Action

**Get synonym names**

Get the synonym scientific names associated with a given TSN.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Transport for Denver, US** RTD. Public transit API — routes, stops, timetables and real-time vehicle/departure information, free and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/transport-for-denver-us)
- [ **ITIS** ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, is a United States government authority on the scientific...](https://apiant.ai/connections/itis)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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- [ **Google Sheets to ITIS** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-itis)
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Questions

## Transport for Denver, US and ITIS, answered

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### What can start an automation from Transport for Denver, US?

Any of Transport for Denver, US's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New service alert. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in ITIS when something happens in Transport for Denver, US?

Any of ITIS's 13 actions, including Convert LSID to TSN, Convert TSN to LSID, Find taxon by common name and Find taxon by scientific name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from ITIS to Transport for Denver, US?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Transport for Denver, US or ITIS?

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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### Can my AI client use Transport for Denver, US and ITIS 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.

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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.
