{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Next New Thing","title":"Superpowering Claude with 10,000 apps","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/19eb50c5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1298,"description":"Presented by Zapier: https://zapier.com/\n👉 Resources: https://thenextnewthing.ai/l/wade-resources\n👉 Wade Foster (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadefoster/\nZapier just gave AI agents access to 10,000+ apps—and it completely changed how Wade Foster works.\nIn this episode of The Next New Thing, Wade (Zapier’s CEO) shows how their new SDK lets tools like Claude, Cursor, and Codex directly interact with your entire stack—Slack, Gmail, HubSpot, databases, and more.\nInstead of switching between apps, Wade now does everything through an agent: checking Slack, reviewing customers, generating emails, prepping meetings, and even auditing hiring decisions.\nThe key shift isn’t just automation—it’s turning your entire workflow into something an agent can run end-to-end.\nHe walks through how he built a personal “CEO CRM” that pulls data from multiple systems, identifies which customers need attention, and drafts outreach emails automatically. From there, he shows how these workflows evolve into reusable skills, then into fully automated systems that run in the background.\nThe result: less time clicking through tools—and more time operating at a higher level.\n⏱ Timestamps\n00:00 Giving AI agents access to all your tools\n00:27 Zapier SDK launch (open beta)\n01:12 Connecting agents to 10,000+ apps\n01:57 Why this changes how work gets done\n02:24 Installing the SDK in seconds\n03:00 Running real workflows inside an agent\n03:27 Demo mode (protecting sensitive data)\n04:21 SDK vs MCP (what’s different)\n05:24 Building a personal CEO CRM\n06:27 Pulling data from HubSpot, Databricks, Gong\n07:30 Identifying accounts that need attention\n08:06 Generating outreach emails automatically\n09:00 Keeping humans in the loop (draft vs send)\n09:45 Using Clay to verify contact data\n10:48 Training AI on your writing style\n11:24 Building reusable workflows (skills)\n12:00 Daily brief automation (calendar, email, tasks)\n13:12 Meeting prep generated automatically\n14:06 AI reviewing hiring decisions...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NyHHieTlmHDUHZCr0-GqsmgcxwwW_QdWcFQKUIrpKnI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/YWFlNGYzMTA0ZWY1/ZmRlNGY0NDIxMjA0/ZDQyYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}