--- title: "Connect Twist to ITIS - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment Posted in Thread\" fires in Twist, your agent runs \"Convert LSID to TSN\" in ITIS." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-itis" --- # Connect Twist to ITIS When **New Comment Posted in Thread** fires in [Twist](https://apiant.ai/connections/twist), 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. Twist **3** triggers Twist **17** 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 Twist 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 Twist can start in ITIS - When **New Comment Posted in Thread** in Twist then **Convert LSID to TSN** in ITIS - When **New Message Posted in Conversation** in Twist 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 Twist and ITIS ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 30 actions - Trigger **New Comment Posted in Thread** Triggers when a new comment is added in a thread. - Trigger **New Message Posted in Conversation** Triggers when a new message is added anywhere inside a conversation. - Trigger **New Thread Added to Channel** Triggers when a new thread is added to a channel. - Action **Add channel** Create a new channel in a workspace. - Action **Delete comment** Deletes a comment from a Twist thread. - Action **Delete thread** Remove a thread. - Action **Find Comment by Id** Gets a single Twist comment by its ID. - Action **Find Thread** Returns the threads in a channel whose title contains the specified text (case-insensitive), plus the first match. - Action **Find Thread by Id** Returns the Twist thread with the specified ID. - Action **Find User by Id** Finds a user by matching against their id. - Action **List channels** Return all channels in a workspace. - Action **List comments** Lists the comments in a Twist thread, newest first by default. - Action **List threads** Lists threads in a Twist channel, newest-updated first by default, with optional filters. - Action **List users** Lists all users in a Twist workspace. - Action **List workspaces** Gets all the workspaces (teams) the connected user belongs to. - Action **Post Comment** Post a comment to a thread you choose. - Action **Post Message** Posts a new message to an existing Twist conversation (direct message). - Action **Post Thread** Adds a new thread to a Twist channel. - Action **Update comment** Edit an existing comment's content. - Action **Update thread** Updates the title, content, attachments, action buttons or mentions of an existing Twist thread. - 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 - [ **Twist** Twist keeps your conversations on-topic and in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/twist) - [ **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 ## More from Twist - [ **Twist to Workflowy** Workflowy is the place to collect your ideas, develop them, share them, and turn them into reality.](https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-workflowy) - [ **Twist to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-zoom) - [ **Twist to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-typeform) - [ **Twist to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-webflow) - [ **Twist 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/twist-to-wix) - [ **Twist to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/twist-to-linkedin) ## More into ITIS - [ **HubSpot to ITIS** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-itis) - [ **Salesforce to ITIS** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-itis) - [ **Slack to ITIS** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-itis) - [ **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) - [ **Gmail to ITIS** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-itis) - [ **Google Calendar to ITIS** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-itis) Questions ## Twist and ITIS, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Twist? Any of Twist's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment Posted in Thread, New Message Posted in Conversation and New Thread Added to Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ITIS when something happens in Twist? 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. ### ### Can it also run from ITIS to Twist? ITIS has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Twist. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads ITIS's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Twist 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. ### ### Can my AI client use Twist 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. ### ### 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.