Integration
Connect Yext to Google Maps Platform
When New Entity fires in Yext, your agent runs Geocode Address in Google Maps Platform. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Yext and Google Maps Platform to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What Yext can start in Google Maps Platform
When New Entity in Yext
then Geocode Address in Google Maps Platform
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 Yext and Google Maps Platform
Triggers and actions 2 triggers ยท 19 actions
- New Entity
Triggers when a new entity, such as a location, is added to your Yext Knowledge Graph.
- New Review
Triggers when a new review of one of your locations arrives in Yext.
- Create User
Creates a user in your Yext account.
- Delete Entity
Deletes an entity from your Yext Knowledge Graph.
- Delete User
Deletes a user from your Yext account.
- Get Entity
Returns one Yext entity, such as a location, with all its fields.
- Get Review
Returns one review with its rating, content and replies.
- List Entities
Returns up to 50 entities (locations, events, FAQs and more) from your Yext Knowledge Graph, optionally limited to certain entity types.
- List Folders
Returns the folders that organize your Yext entities.
- List Reviews
Returns up to 50 reviews of your locations, with their average rating.
- List Users
Returns up to 100 users of your Yext account.
- Reply to Review
Posts a reply on a review, publicly or privately.
- Update Entity
Updates the name, description or phone of an existing Yext entity; blank fields are left unchanged.
- Geocode Address
Converts a street address or place description into latitude/longitude coordinates and a formatted address.
- Get Directions
Returns a route between an origin and a destination, with total distance, travel time and step-by-step legs.
- Get Distance Matrix
Returns travel distance and time for every pair of origins and destinations.
- Get Place Details
Returns the details of one Google Maps place, including its name, address, location, rating, phone number, website and opening hours.
- Get Route
Calculates a route between an origin and a destination address and returns its distance, travel time, route polyline and summary.
- Nearby Search
Finds places within a radius of a latitude and longitude, optionally limited to place types such as restaurant or gas station, and returns them with their address, location and rating.
- Reverse Geocode
Converts latitude/longitude coordinates into the nearest human-readable address.
- Text Search
Searches Google Maps for places matching a text query, such as "pizza in New York", and returns the matching places with their address, location, rating and contact details.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
Each app on its own
Reviews
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Questions
Yext and Google Maps Platform, answered
What can start an automation from Yext?
Any of Yext's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Entity and New Review. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in Google Maps Platform when something happens in Yext?
Any of Google Maps Platform's 8 actions, including Geocode Address, Get Directions, Get Distance Matrix and Get Place Details. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Google Maps Platform to Yext?
Google Maps Platform has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Yext. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Maps Platform's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Yext or Google Maps Platform?
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 Yext and Google Maps Platform 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.