Integration
Connect Shade to GBIF
When Asset Updated fires in Shade, your agent runs Match species name in GBIF. 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 Shade and GBIF 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)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 Shade can start in GBIF
When Asset Updated in Shade
then Match species name in GBIF
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 Shade and GBIF
Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 15 actions
- Asset Updated
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.
- New Asset
Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.
- New Collection
Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Drive
Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.
- New Public Share Link
Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Transcription
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.
- Public Share Link Updated
Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.
- Copy a File
Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.
- Create Folder
Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.
- Find an Asset
Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.
- Get Public Links for a File or Folder
Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.
- Search Asset Chunks
Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type.
- Search for an Asset by Description
Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index.
- Share File or Folder
Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation.
- Find datasets
Search across all datasets registered with GBIF (occurrence datasets, checklists, etc) by query text, type, publishing org, or country.
- Find occurrences
Search occurrence records indexed by GBIF using structured filters (scientific name/taxonKey, country, dataset, date range, geometry, basisOfRecord, etc).
- Find species
Full-text search over name usages (species/taxa) in the GBIF Taxonomic Backbone and other checklists.
- Get dataset
Retrieve full details of a single GBIF-registered dataset by its key (UUID).
- Get occurrence
Retrieve a single occurrence record by its GBIF occurrence id.
- Get species
Retrieve a single name usage (species/taxon) record by its GBIF usage key.
- Match species name
Fuzzy-match a scientific name string against the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy to resolve it to a canonical taxon key.
- Parse scientific name
Parse one or more free-text scientific name strings into their structured components (genus, specificEpithet, authorship, rank, etc) using GBIF's name parser.
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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Questions
Shade and GBIF, answered
What can start an automation from Shade?
Any of Shade's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Asset Updated, New Asset, New Collection and New Drive. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in GBIF when something happens in Shade?
Any of GBIF's 8 actions, including Find datasets, Find occurrences, Find species and Get dataset. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from GBIF to Shade?
GBIF has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Shade. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads GBIF's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Shade or GBIF?
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 Shade and GBIF 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.