--- title: "Connect USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to VATlayer - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New earthquake\" fires in USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, your agent runs \"Calculate price with VAT\" in VATlayer." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-vatlayer" --- # Connect USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to VATlayer When **New earthquake** fires in [USGS Earthquake Hazards Program](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program), your agent runs **Calculate price with VAT** in [VATlayer](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program **1** trigger USGS Earthquake Hazards Program **2** actions VATlayer **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and VATlayer 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 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program can start in VATlayer - When **New earthquake** in USGS Earthquake Hazards Program then **Calculate price with VAT** in VATlayer - When **New earthquake** in USGS Earthquake Hazards Program then **Validate VAT number** in VATlayer 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 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and VATlayer ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 6 actions - Trigger **New earthquake** Polling trigger over the real-time GeoJSON feed or the FDSN query endpoint ordered by time-desc. Fires once per new event id (dedup on feature.id), delivering magnitude, place, time, coordinates, depth. - Action **Find earthquakes by magnitude** Search earthquake events. - Action **Get earthquake** Fetch a single earthquake event's detail. - Action **Calculate price with VAT** Calculates a VAT-compliant price for an amount in a given EU country, optionally using a reduced VAT rate for a type of goods or reversing a VAT-inclusive amount. - Action **Get VAT rate** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for a single EU country, chosen by country code or IP address. - Action **List VAT rates** Returns the standard and reduced VAT rates for every EU member state in one call. - Action **Validate VAT number** Checks whether an EU VAT number is valid and returns the company name and address registered to it. ## Each app on its own - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program** The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program publishes real-time and historical earthquake event data through an FDSN...](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program) - [ **VATlayer** VAT number validation](https://apiant.ai/connections/vatlayer) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-hubspot) - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-google-sheets) - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-google-calendar) - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-zoom) - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-webflow) - [ **USGS Earthquake Hazards Program 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/usgs-earthquake-hazards-program-to-wix) ## More into VATlayer - [ **HubSpot to VATlayer** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vatlayer) - [ **Salesforce to VATlayer** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vatlayer) - [ **Slack to VATlayer** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VATlayer when something happens in USGS Earthquake Hazards Program? Any of VATlayer's 4 actions, including Calculate price with VAT, Get VAT rate, List VAT rates and Validate VAT number. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VATlayer to USGS Earthquake Hazards Program? VATlayer has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads VATlayer's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for USGS Earthquake Hazards Program or VATlayer? 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 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and VATlayer 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.