UK Carbon Intensity integrations

Connect UK Carbon Intensity to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. The Carbon Intensity API is the official National Grid service reporting the carbon intensity of electricity generation across Great Britain. Callers can retrieve the current half-hourly intensity in grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour, forecasts for the next 24 or 48 hours, historical intensity for any date or date range, the generation mix by fuel type, and regional figures broken down by GB region or postcode. Each reading returns both the forecast and, once settled, the actual measured value with an index rating. No credentials required.

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9 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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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.

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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

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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with UK Carbon Intensity

Triggers and actions 9 actions

Action
Find regional carbon intensity by postcode
Get carbon intensity data for the GB region matching a given postcode, optionally over a date range.
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Find regional carbon intensity by region ID
Get carbon intensity data for a specific GB region by its region ID, optionally over a date range.
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Get carbon intensity by date
Get the national carbon intensity data for a specific date, optionally narrowed to a half-hour settlement period.
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Get carbon intensity factors
Get the CO2 emission factors used per generation fuel type in carbon intensity calculations.
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Get carbon intensity statistics for a date range
Get average, min and max national carbon intensity statistics over a date range, optionally broken into blocks.
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Get current national carbon intensity
Get the current forecast and actual carbon intensity for Great Britain's national grid.
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Get national carbon intensity for a date range
Get national carbon intensity data across a from/to date range or a rolling forward/past window.
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Get national generation mix
Get the national electricity generation mix by fuel type, currently or over a date range.
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Get regional carbon intensity
Get current regional carbon intensity data for all GB regions, or for England, Scotland, or Wales.

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UK Carbon Intensity, answered

Is there a UK Carbon Intensity MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with UK Carbon Intensity. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run UK Carbon Intensity actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use UK Carbon Intensity. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in UK Carbon Intensity?

Any of UK Carbon Intensity's 9 actions, including Find regional carbon intensity by postcode, Find regional carbon intensity by region ID, Get carbon intensity by date and Get carbon intensity factors. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use UK Carbon Intensity directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with UK Carbon Intensity two ways. Ask it to do something in UK Carbon Intensity 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 on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the UK Carbon Intensity API?

No. APIANT connects to the UK Carbon Intensity API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the UK Carbon Intensity triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the UK Carbon Intensity API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can UK Carbon Intensity connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs UK Carbon Intensity with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.