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title: "Connect TVMaze to ESPN - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Updated person\" fires in TVMaze, your agent runs \"Get Team Schedule\" in ESPN."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-espn"
---

# Connect TVMaze to ESPN

When **Updated person** fires in [TVMaze](https://apiant.ai/connections/tvmaze), your agent runs **Get Team Schedule** in [ESPN](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

TVMaze **2** triggers TVMaze **8** actions ESPN **2** actions

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

## What do you want TVMaze and ESPN 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 TVMaze can start in ESPN

- When **Updated person** in TVMaze then **Get Team Schedule** in ESPN
- When **Updated show** in TVMaze then **List Teams** in ESPN

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 TVMaze and ESPN

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 10 actions

- Trigger

**Updated person**

Poll for people whose information has changed recently, for building a local sync cache.

- Trigger

**Updated show**

Poll for shows whose information has changed recently, for building a local sync cache.

- Action

**Find people by name**

Search the TVmaze database for people matching a name query.

- Action

**Find shows by name**

Search the TVmaze database for shows matching a name query and return ranked results.

- Action

**Get episode**

Retrieve full information for a single episode by its TVmaze ID.

- Action

**Get person**

Retrieve full information for a single person by their TVmaze ID.

- Action

**Get show**

Retrieve full information for a single show by its TVmaze ID.

- Action

**Get TV schedule**

Retrieve the list of episodes airing in a given country on a given date.

- Action

**List show episodes**

List all episodes for a given show in airing order.

- Action

**List shows**

List all shows in the TVmaze database, paginated by show ID.

- Action

**Get Team Schedule**

Returns a team's game schedule for a season (NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL or college football): each game's date and start time, opponent, home or away, and venue. Useful for adding a team's games to a calendar.

- Action

**List Teams**

Returns every team in a league (for example the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL) with its name, city and short code. Use the short code to look up that team's schedule.

## Each app on its own

- [ **TVMaze** TVMaze is a television database covering shows, episodes, cast and broadcast schedules.](https://apiant.ai/connections/tvmaze)
- [ **ESPN** ESPN's sports data: team schedules and team lists for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA and college leagues...](https://apiant.ai/connections/espn)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from TVMaze

- [ **TVMaze to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-hubspot)
- [ **TVMaze to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-shopify)
- [ **TVMaze to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-zoom)
- [ **TVMaze to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-twilio)
- [ **TVMaze to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-typeform)
- [ **TVMaze to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tvmaze-to-webflow)

## More into ESPN

- [ **Broot to ESPN** broot is a AI-powered app that helps sales, marketing, and events teams manage contacts, turning them into...](https://apiant.ai/connect/broot-to-espn)
- [ **HubSpot to ESPN** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-espn)
- [ **Salesforce to ESPN** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-espn)
- [ **Slack to ESPN** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-espn)
- [ **Google Sheets to ESPN** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-espn)
- [ **Gmail to ESPN** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-espn)

Questions

## TVMaze and ESPN, answered

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### What can start an automation from TVMaze?

Any of TVMaze's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Updated person and Updated show. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in ESPN when something happens in TVMaze?

Any of ESPN's 2 actions, including Get Team Schedule and List Teams. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from ESPN to TVMaze?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for TVMaze or ESPN?

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 TVMaze and ESPN 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.
