---
title: "Are.na integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/are-na/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "Project management"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# Are.na integration for LuumenAI

Read your Are.na channels and blocks, and file new research with approval.

## What LuumenAI can do with Are.na

LuumenAI connects to Are.na with an API token and exposes 10 tools (5 read-only · 3 write · 2 destructive). Reads answer immediately; writes are shown as a plan and require approval by default, configurable per tool by an administrator.

## Key facts

- Authentication: API token
- Tools available: 10 tools (5 read-only · 3 write · 2 destructive)
- Plan: available on all plans
- Category: Project management

## About Are.na with LuumenAI

Connect Are.na and Luumen can read your channels, blocks, and feed as context — what a channel already holds, who owns it, what was added recently. Changes like creating a channel, updating its fields, or filing a block into it are previewed first and run as approved steps. Luumen authenticates with an API key.

## Example tools

Read-only (5 in total):

- `ARENA_GET_BLOCK` — Get the details of one Are.na block by ID, including its subtype, content, source, creator, and metadata.
- `ARENA_GET_CHANNEL` — Get an Are.na channel by numeric ID or slug, including visibility, counts, owner, and the current user's permissions.
- `ARENA_GET_CURRENT_USER` — Return the identity and account details for the authenticated Are.na user.
- `ARENA_GET_MY_FEED` — Return one page of the authenticated user's personalized Are.na activity feed, newest first.
- `ARENA_LIST_CHANNEL_CONTENTS` — Return one page of blocks and nested channels from an Are.na channel, with optional sorting and contributor filtering.

Write and destructive (5 in total, approval required by default):

- `ARENA_ADD_TO_CHANNELS` — Add an existing Are.na block or channel to one or more target channels without duplicating the underlying resource.
- `ARENA_CREATE_CHANNEL` — Create a user-owned Are.na channel, closed by default, and return its stable numeric ID and generated slug.
- `ARENA_DELETE_CHANNEL` — Permanently delete one Are.na channel the authenticated user is allowed to destroy.
- `ARENA_REMOVE_FROM_CHANNEL` — Remove one block or nested channel placement from an Are.na channel.
- `ARENA_UPDATE_CHANNEL` — Update selected fields of an Are.na channel the authenticated user can edit.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to Are.na?

Authorize once with API token. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in Are.na on its own?

Read actions answer immediately. Anything that writes is shown as a plan and requires approval by default, including the 2 actions classified as destructive. Administrators configure that per tool.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to Are.na — read or write, approved or declined — is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/are-na/