--- title: "Connect vPlan to Food Info - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Changed Card\" fires in vPlan, your agent runs \"Find bottom foods by nutrient\" in Food Info." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-food-info" --- # Connect vPlan to Food Info When **New or Changed Card** fires in [vPlan](https://apiant.ai/connections/vplan), your agent runs **Find bottom foods by nutrient** in [Food Info](https://apiant.ai/connections/food-info). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. vPlan **2** triggers vPlan **6** actions Food Info **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want vPlan and Food Info 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 vPlan can start in Food Info - When **New or Changed Card** in vPlan then **Find bottom foods by nutrient** in Food Info - When **New or Changed Collection** in vPlan then **Find foods by name** in Food Info 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 vPlan and Food Info ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 12 actions - Trigger **New or Changed Card** Triggers when a card is created or changed in your vPlan account. - Trigger **New or Changed Collection** Triggers when a collection is created or changed in vPlan. - Action **List boards** Returns the boards in your vPlan account. - Action **List cards** Returns the cards in your vPlan account. - Action **List collections** Returns the collections in your vPlan account. - Action **List resources** Returns the resources (people and equipment you plan) in your vPlan account. - Action **List users** Returns the users in your vPlan account. - Action **Update collection** Updates an existing vPlan collection's name, description, dates, status or board. - Action **Find bottom foods by nutrient** Reverse nutrient search: reference foods with the least of a given nutrient, per 100g, lowest first. - Action **Find foods by name** Search foods by name (case-insensitive substring). - Action **Find top foods by nutrient** Reverse nutrient search: reference foods richest in a given nutrient, per 100g, highest first. - Action **Get food** Look up a single food by FoodData Central id. - Action **Get food nutrient panel** Full nutrient panel for a food: grouped per-100g + per-serving amounts and % reference-intake values. - Action **List nutrients** List the nutrient catalogue (id, name, unit, category). ## Each app on its own - [ **vPlan** vPlan is a planning tool to plan and track your work.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vplan) - [ **Food Info** Nutrition data for millions of foods from six national food composition datasets](https://apiant.ai/connections/food-info) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from vPlan - [ **vPlan to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-zoom) - [ **vPlan to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-webflow) - [ **vPlan 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/vplan-to-wix) - [ **vPlan to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-linkedin) - [ **vPlan to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-facebook) - [ **vPlan to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vplan-to-anthropic) ## More into Food Info - [ **HubSpot to Food Info** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-food-info) - [ **Salesforce to Food Info** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-food-info) - [ **Slack to Food Info** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-food-info) - [ **Google Sheets to Food Info** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-food-info) - [ **Gmail to Food Info** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-food-info) - [ **Google Calendar to Food Info** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-food-info) Questions ## vPlan and Food Info, answered ### ### What can start an automation from vPlan? Any of vPlan's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New or Changed Card and New or Changed Collection. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Food Info when something happens in vPlan? Any of Food Info's 6 actions, including Find bottom foods by nutrient, Find foods by name, Find top foods by nutrient and Get food. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Food Info to vPlan? Food Info has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in vPlan. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Food Info's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for vPlan or Food Info? 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 vPlan and Food Info 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.