Select your trigger app
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When you open the Zap editor, you'll be prompted to pick an app as your trigger.

You'll see the apps you use most frequently, built-in apps from Zapier, and popular apps. Look for the Air app you in the search bar. If you're starting from one of Air's Zap templates, Air will be selected for you.
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Choose a trigger event
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This is the event that happens in Air (New Asset or New Board) that signals Zapier to start your Zap.
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Connect to your Air account and customize your trigger event
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You'll be prompted to sign into your Air account if you haven't connected it before. Once you've connected to Air, select the workspace you want to use with your Zap.
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To link your workspace to Zapier, you will need two pieces of data that are prompted in a pop-up window.

Select 'Yes, Continue to Air'
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🛑 Error prone action!

You may receive an error when attempting this step as the API key takes a few minutes to register within Zapier. Do not close the pop-up window. Wait for 60 seconds and press the button again.
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Customize your trigger event
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As an example, you can choose to only trigger the zap if the asset appears in a specific board. If desired, enter the Board ID which can be found in the board URL from your browser after /b/[boardname]-, e.g. https://app.air.inc/b/BoardName-d6baa802-f095-4ad8-899f-7f0c9a6a084f
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Upload an asset into your Air workspace / custom location
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Test trigger
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If everything is set up correctly, Zapier should find the recently uploaded item(s) and show a message like this:

While you have the option to skip this step, it's important to follow through. Testing your trigger ensures that Zapier can find the information you want. You'll also use this information in later steps as you continue setting up your Zap.
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Look through your test data to confirm that it is pulling in the right information from your trigger event.
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Select Continue to set up the action

Select your action app

Just like you did with your trigger, select your action app—this time by clicking the dropdown menu and searching for your app.
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Choose your action event—which is what you want your Zap to do—in the second dropdown menu
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If you're using a Zap template, your action app and event will be pre-filled.
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Connect to your app account
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Next, you'll be prompted to sign in to your action app account if you haven't connected it before. Once you've connected your app, select the account you want to use with your Zap.
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Click Continue
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Customize your action event (options vary depending on chosen app)

Zapier separates the data that comes in from your trigger event into individual pieces, which can then be used in your action fields.
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Map your fields
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In order to get your information from Air to other apps, you need to tell Zapier what information from your trigger app should be sent to which place in your action app. Zapier calls this "mapping" those fields.
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Select Continue

Select Test & review, and your action will be taken
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If something doesn't look right, make any changes you need in the Zap editor and test your Zap again.
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Once you're happy with how your Zap works, click Turn on Zap