Integration
Connect Buttondown and VideoDB
When something happens in Buttondown or VideoDB, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it 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.
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What do you want Buttondown and VideoDB to do together?
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Claude Code
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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
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Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
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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.
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What Buttondown and VideoDB can do together
From Buttondown to VideoDB
When New Draft in Buttondown
then Add Collection in VideoDB
When New Scheduled Email in Buttondown
then Add Overlay / Watermark in VideoDB
From VideoDB to Buttondown
When New Video Uploaded & Indexed in VideoDB
then Add Segment in Buttondown
When New Video Uploaded & Indexed in VideoDB
then Add Survey in Buttondown
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 Buttondown and VideoDB
Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 53 actions
Trigger
New DraftTriggers when a new draft is created.
Trigger
New Scheduled EmailTriggers when a new email is scheduled.
Trigger
NewslettersTriggers when a new newsletter is created.
Trigger
New TagTriggers when a new tag is created.
Action
Add SegmentCreate a new subscriber segment.
Action
Add SurveyCreate a new survey.
Action
Create DraftCreates a draft.
Action
Create EmailCreates an email.
Action
Create SubscriberCreates a subscriber.
Action
Delete AutomationDelete an automation by id.
Action
Delete EmailDelete an email by id.
Action
Delete NewsletterDelete a newsletter by id.
Action
Delete SegmentDelete a subscriber segment by id.
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Delete SubscriberRemove a subscriber by id or email address.
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Delete SurveyDelete a survey by id.
Action
Delete TagDelete a tag by id.
Action
Find TagFinds a tag given its name.
Action
Get AutomationRetrieve a single automation by id.
Action
Get EmailRetrieve a single email by id.
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Get NewsletterRetrieve a single newsletter by id.
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Get SegmentRetrieve a single subscriber segment by id.
Action
Get SurveyRetrieve a single survey by id.
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Get TagRetrieve a single tag by id.
Action
List AutomationsList all automations configured on the account.
Action
List SegmentsList all subscriber segments.
Action
List SurveysList all surveys on the account.
Action
Publish EmailPublish a drafted email so it is sent and made public.
Action
Update AutomationUpdate an automation's configuration.
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Update EmailUpdate an existing email's content or metadata.
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Update NewsletterUpdate a newsletter's settings.
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Update SegmentUpdate a subscriber segment's definition.
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Update SurveyUpdate a survey's configuration.
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Update TagUpdate a tag's name or metadata.
Trigger
New Video Uploaded & IndexedTriggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection.
Action
Add CollectionCreates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search.
Action
Add Overlay / WatermarkPlaces an image (logo or watermark) over a VideoDB video at a chosen time and position, and returns a stream URL for the result.
Action
Ask Video (Q&A)Get the Q&A for a video.
Action
Auto-Chapter VideoSplits a video into scenes (chapters) using shot detection or fixed time segments. The job runs in the background; the result is available at the returned output URL.
Action
Auto-Dub VideoStarts an AI dubbing job that replaces a video's soundtrack with a version in another language, preserving the speaker's voice characteristics.
Action
Check Job StatusChecks the progress of a long-running VideoDB job (dubbing, generation, transcoding, indexing) and returns its status and, once finished, its result.
Action
Create Highlight ClipStarts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include.
Action
Delete CollectionPermanently delete a VideoDB collection and all media in it.
Action
Delete VideoPermanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB.
Action
Find Video MomentSearches one indexed video for the moments matching a spoken-word or visual query, returning each match's start and end time, text and score.
Action
Generate ImageGenerates an image from a text prompt using VideoDB's AI generation. Generation runs asynchronously; the result returns a job id and an address to check for the finished image.
Action
Generate SubtitlesGenerates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service.
Action
Generate VideoStarts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection.
Action
Generate Voice-OverConverts text into AI-generated speech (a voice-over audio asset) in a VideoDB collection. Generation runs as a job; check its result with Check Job Status or a callback URL.
Action
Get CollectionRetrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id.
Action
Get Meeting AssetsGet a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL.
Action
Get TranscriptGet the transcript of a video.
Action
Get Video MetadataGet metadata for a video.
Action
List CollectionsRetrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection.
Action
List VideosLists the videos in a VideoDB collection.
Action
Record a MeetingInvite our bot to join and record your meetings.
Action
Summarize VideoAsks VideoDB's AI to summarize a video using your own instructions. Summarization usually runs as a background job: use Check Job Status with the returned job id to fetch the finished summary.
Action
Update CollectionUpdates a VideoDB collection's name, description, or public visibility. Fields left blank are left unchanged.
Action
Upload & Index VideoUploads a video from a URL into a VideoDB collection, waits for the upload to finish, then starts indexing it (spoken words by default) and returns the indexing job.
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
Buttondown and VideoDB, answered
What can start an automation from Buttondown?
Any of Buttondown's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Draft, New Scheduled Email, New Tag and Newsletters. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Buttondown?
Any of VideoDB's 24 actions, including Create Highlight Clip, Update Collection, Upload & Index Video and Add Collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from VideoDB to Buttondown?
Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Buttondown too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Buttondown's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Buttondown or VideoDB?
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.
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.