# Introduction

> APIANT.ai is a hosted automation platform at app.apiant.ai where you build automations between your apps by describing them to the in-app assistant or to Claude over MCP.

APIANT.ai is a hosted automation platform at [app.apiant.ai](https://app.apiant.ai) that connects the apps you use and runs automations between them. You build an automation by describing it in plain English, either to **the assistant** inside the app or to **Claude** in Claude Code, which reaches your account through the APIANT MCP server.

## Get started

- **Build with the assistant.** Sign up, open **Assistant**, and describe what should happen. The assistant finds the apps, asks you to connect them, builds the automation and tests it. Start with [Quickstart: build with the assistant](/docs/quickstart).
- **Build from Claude Code.** Copy one install command from your account menu, sign in once, and ask Claude for automations from your terminal. Start with [Quickstart: build from Claude Code](/docs/quickstart/claude-code).

![The APIANT dashboard listing automations with their on/off switches, schedule and stats columns; unrelated rows are blurred.](https://lptryjqgqoknvmzotyvz.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/docs-images/1789500938869-apiant-ai-docs-dashboard-with-automations.webp)

The dashboard lists your automations, each with its on/off switch, schedule, task counts and a menu of actions.

## Two ways to work

Both ways act on the same account, the same connections and the same automations. An automation built in one is visible and editable from the other.

| | The assistant | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Where | In your browser, under **Assistant** | In your terminal, in a project directory |
| Builds, edits and tests automations | Yes | Yes |
| Connects apps | Yes, with a **Connect** button in the conversation | Yes |
| Builds connectors, triggers and actions for an app | No, it offers Claude Code instead | Yes, when your plan allows app authoring |
| Cost | 20 assistant credits per message | No credits |

Both ways count tasks when your automations run. Credits and tasks by plan are listed on [apiant.ai/pricing](https://apiant.ai/pricing).

## What you can build

When an app or operation is missing from the catalog and your plan allows app authoring, Claude can build it in Claude Code from the app's API documentation. Beyond app-to-app automations, an automation can sit behind a hosted form, a chat widget, a synchronous web service, or an MCP tool that another AI client calls.

## Explore the docs

- [Core concepts](/docs/concepts): automations, triggers, steps, runs, connections and connectors, defined once.
- [The APIANT assistant](/docs/assistant): what the in-app assistant does and what it costs.
- [APIANT over MCP](/docs/mcp): the MCP server, connecting Claude Code, and signing in.
- [Automations](/docs/automations): triggers, field mapping, control flow, testing, versions and error handling.
- [Forms, chat, web services and tools](/docs/interfaces): automations that face people or programs directly.
- [Apps and connectors](/docs/apps): connecting accounts and building new connectors.
- [Execution history](/docs/runs): what each run records, retries and error alerts.
- [Your account](/docs/account): plans, usage, billing, linked accounts.
- [Reference](/docs/reference): MCP tools, skills, the app catalog, limits and URLs.

## Next steps

- [Quickstart: build with the assistant](/docs/quickstart)
- [Quickstart: build from Claude Code](/docs/quickstart/claude-code)
- [Core concepts](/docs/concepts)