Integration
Connect Yext to Virtual Buttons
When New Entity fires in Yext, your agent runs Start an Alexa Routine by Pushing a Virtual Button in Virtual Buttons. 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 Virtual Buttons to do together?
Ask the assistant
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 Virtual Buttons
When New Entity in Yext
then Start an Alexa Routine by Pushing a Virtual Button in Virtual Buttons
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 Virtual Buttons
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 12 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.
- Start an Alexa Routine by Pushing a Virtual Button
Presses one of your Virtual Buttons, which starts the Alexa Routine you set to run when that button is pressed.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Reviews
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Questions
Yext and Virtual Buttons, 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 Virtual Buttons when something happens in Yext?
Any of Virtual Buttons's 1 action, including Start an Alexa Routine by Pushing a Virtual Button. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Virtual Buttons to Yext?
Virtual Buttons has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Yext. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Virtual Buttons's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Yext or Virtual Buttons?
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 Virtual Buttons 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.