--- title: "Connect Better Stack to Vdocipher - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Monitor Status Change\" fires in Better Stack, your agent runs \"Add video tags\" in Vdocipher." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-vdocipher" --- # Connect Better Stack to Vdocipher When **New Monitor Status Change** fires in [Better Stack](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-stack), your agent runs **Add video tags** in [Vdocipher](https://apiant.ai/connections/vdocipher). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Better Stack **3** triggers Better Stack **13** actions Vdocipher **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Better Stack and Vdocipher to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One 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.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Better Stack can start in Vdocipher - When **New Monitor Status Change** in Better Stack then **Add video tags** in Vdocipher - When **New or Updated Incident** in Better Stack then **Generate video OTP** in Vdocipher 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 Better Stack and Vdocipher ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 24 actions - Trigger **New Monitor Status Change** Fires when a monitor's status changes (up/down). - Trigger **New or Updated Incident** Triggers when new incidents are created, or when existing incidents are updated. - Trigger **On-Call Contact Changed** Triggers when an on-call contact changes. - Action **Acknowledge Incident** Acknowledges an incident. - Action **Add Heartbeat** Create a new heartbeat check. - Action **Add Incident Comment** Adds a comment to an incident. - Action **Add Monitor** Create a new uptime monitor. - Action **Create Incident** Creates an incident that notifies the team. - Action **Delete Heartbeat** Remove a heartbeat check by id. - Action **Delete Monitor** Delete an uptime monitor by id. - Action **Find Incident** Finds an Incident. - Action **Find On-Call Contact** Finds On-Call Contact. Supports time lookup. - Action **Get Monitor** Retrieve a single monitor by id. - Action **List Monitors** List all uptime monitors. - Action **Resolve Incident** Resolves an incident. - Action **Update Monitor** Update an existing monitor's settings. - Action **Add video** Creates a new video entry in your VdoCipher account and returns its video id plus the temporary upload credentials used to upload the video file to it. - Action **Add video tags** Adds one or more tags to one or more VdoCipher videos. - Action **Delete video** Deletes one or more videos and all their files. - Action **Generate video OTP** Generates a short-lived OTP and playbackInfo that authorize one secure playback session of a VdoCipher video. - Action **Get video** Retrieves one VdoCipher video by its id, including its title, description, upload time, length, encoding status, poster images and tags. - Action **Import video by URL** Adds a new video to the account by importing it from a remote URL rather than direct upload. - Action **List policies** Lists the playback policies on the VdoCipher account, including the system default policy. - Action **List videos** Lists videos in your VdoCipher account, newest first, optionally filtered by tags, search text or folder. - Action **List video tags** Returns every tag applied to videos in the VdoCipher account. - Action **Update video** Changes the title of an existing VdoCipher video. - Action **Update video tags** Replaces the tags on one or more videos with the given list. Passing an empty list removes all tags. ## Each app on its own - [ **Better Stack** Better Stack is a tool to provide reliable monitoring with voice calls and beautiful on-call scheduling.](https://apiant.ai/connections/better-stack) - [ **Vdocipher** Video hosting platform with DRM encryption, watermarking, and APIs to prevent piracy of streamed video...](https://apiant.ai/connections/vdocipher) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Better Stack - [ **Better Stack to PagerDuty** PagerDuty is an incident management and on-call alerting platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-pagerduty) - [ **Better Stack to Mailsoftly** Mailsoftly is a free email marketing tool designed to send personalized emails and newsletters.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-mailsoftly) - [ **Better Stack to Telegram** Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service developed by Telegram Messenger LLP.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-telegram) - [ **Better Stack to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-hubspot) - [ **Better Stack to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-slack) - [ **Better Stack to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/better-stack-to-google-sheets) ## More into Vdocipher - [ **HubSpot to Vdocipher** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-vdocipher) - [ **Salesforce to Vdocipher** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-vdocipher) - [ **Slack to Vdocipher** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-vdocipher) - [ **Google Sheets to Vdocipher** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-vdocipher) - [ **Gmail to Vdocipher** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-vdocipher) - [ **Google Calendar to Vdocipher** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-vdocipher) Questions ## Better Stack and Vdocipher, answered ### ### Can something happening in VdoCipher start a workflow? No, VdoCipher has no triggers here, so every workflow starts in Better Stack from a monitor status change, a new or updated incident, or an on-call contact change. VdoCipher is used for the actions that follow, such as listing videos, tagging them, or generating a playback OTP. ### ### How does the agent know which VdoCipher videos a failing monitor affects? It uses tags: the monitor name or tag read from Better Stack is used to list videos in VdoCipher, and tags can be added or replaced on those videos. The agent tests each scenario, including the case where the list comes back empty, before it goes live. ### ### What can start an automation from Better Stack? Any of Better Stack's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Monitor Status Change, New or Updated Incident and On-Call Contact Changed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Vdocipher when something happens in Better Stack? Any of Vdocipher's 11 actions, including Add video tags, Generate video OTP, Get video and Update video. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Vdocipher to Better Stack? Vdocipher has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Better Stack. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Vdocipher's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Better Stack or Vdocipher? 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 Better Stack and Vdocipher 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.