--- title: "Connect Chaport and VideoDB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Chat Stage Updated (instant)\" fires in Chaport, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-videodb" --- # Connect Chaport and VideoDB When **Chat Stage Updated (instant)** fires in [Chaport](https://apiant.ai/connections/chaport), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Send a Message** in Chaport. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Chaport **8** triggers Chaport **12** actions VideoDB **1** trigger VideoDB **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Chaport and VideoDB 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 Chaport and VideoDB can do together ### From Chaport to VideoDB - When **Chat Stage Updated (instant)** in Chaport then **Add Collection** in VideoDB - When **New Chat Started** in Chaport then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB ### From VideoDB to Chaport - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Send a Message** in Chaport - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create an Operator** in Chaport 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 Chaport and VideoDB ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 33 actions - Trigger **Chat Closed (instant)** Fires when a chat is closed. Webhook event: chat.closed. - Trigger **Chat Finished** Triggers when chat is finished. - Trigger **Chat Stage Updated (instant)** Fires when a chat's stage changes. Webhook event: chat.stageUpdated. - Trigger **Message Read (instant)** Fires when a message is read. Webhook event: message.read. - Trigger **New Chat Started** Triggers when chat is started. - Trigger **New Message Sent (instant)** Fires when a new message is sent in a chat. Webhook event: message.sent. - Trigger **New Visitor (instant)** Fires when a new visitor is created. Webhook event: visitor.created. - Trigger **Visitor Updated** Triggers when visitor data is updated. - Action **Create an Operator** Adds a new operator to your Chaport account and returns the created operator. - Action **Delete a Message** Deletes one message from a Chaport chat. Identify the visitor and the message you want removed. - Action **Delete an Operator** Removes an operator from your Chaport account. - Action **List Operators** Returns every operator in your Chaport account, with each operator's name, email, role and status. - Action **List Visitors** Returns the visitors in your Chaport account, one page at a time. - Action **Retrieve an Operator** Returns one Chaport operator with their name, email, role, job title and current status. - Action **Retrieve a Visitor** Returns one Chaport visitor with their name, contact details, notes and any custom data held about them. - Action **Retrieve Last Visitor Chat** Returns a visitor's most recent Chaport chat, including its stage, operators and — when asked for — the transcript. - Action **Send a Message** Posts a message into a Chaport visitor's chat, starting a chat if there isn't one open. - Action **Update an Operator** Updates a Chaport operator's details. Anything you leave blank keeps its current value. - Action **Update a Visitor** Updates an existing Chaport visitor's contact details, notes and custom data. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields are left untouched. - Action **Update Operator Status** Sets a Chaport operator's availability status, such as online or offline, optionally for a limited time. - Trigger **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** Triggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection. - Action **Add Collection** Creates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search. - Action **Add Overlay / Watermark** Places 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 Video** Splits 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 Video** Starts 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 Status** Checks the progress of a long-running VideoDB job (dubbing, generation, transcoding, indexing) and returns its status and, once finished, its result. - Action **Create Highlight Clip** Starts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include. - Action **Delete Video** Permanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB. - Action **Find Video Moment** Searches 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 Image** Generates 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 Subtitles** Generates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service. - Action **Generate Video** Starts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection. - Action **Generate Voice-Over** Converts 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 Collection** Retrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id. - Action **Get Meeting Assets** Get a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL. - Action **Get Transcript** Get the transcript of a video. - Action **Get Video Metadata** Get metadata for a video. - Action **List Collections** Retrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection. - Action **List Videos** Lists the videos in a VideoDB collection. - Action **Summarize Video** Asks 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 **Upload & Index Video** Uploads 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. ## Each app on its own - [ **Chaport** Chaport is a live chat for websites designed as a modern messenger.](https://apiant.ai/connections/chaport) - [ **VideoDB** VideoDB is an AI engine for video workflows—search scenes, cut clips, dub, subtitles, and apply GenAI effects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Chaport - [ **Chaport to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-stripe) - [ **Chaport to Chatrace** Omnichannel chatbot platform for automating customer support and sales via WhatsApp, SMS, Messenger...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-chatrace) - [ **Chaport to keycdn IP Location Finder** Get the IP geolocation data through the simple REST API. All the responses are JSON encoded](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-keycdn-ip-location-finder) - [ **Chaport to ProxiedMail** ProxiedMail provides creating email addresses, forwarding and receiving emails with full context.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-proxiedmail) - [ **Chaport to Publica** With Publica, you can sell, share and consume all kinds of digital content directly through a reliable and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-publica) - [ **Chaport to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chaport-to-hubspot) ## More into VideoDB - [ **HubSpot to VideoDB** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-videodb) - [ **Salesforce to VideoDB** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-videodb) - [ **Slack to VideoDB** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-videodb) - [ **Google Sheets to VideoDB** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-videodb) - [ **Gmail to VideoDB** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-videodb) - [ **Google Calendar to VideoDB** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-videodb) Questions ## Chaport and VideoDB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Chaport? Any of Chaport's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Chat Stage Updated (instant), New Chat Started, New Message Sent (instant) and New Visitor (instant). Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Chaport? Any of VideoDB's 21 actions, including Create Highlight Clip, Upload & Index Video, Add Collection and Add Overlay / Watermark. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from VideoDB to Chaport? Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Chaport too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Chaport's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Chaport 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. ### ### Can my AI client use Chaport and VideoDB 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.