--- title: "Connect Hjarni and VideoDB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Note\" fires in Hjarni, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB, or \"New Video Uploaded & Indexed\" in VideoDB to \"Add File to Note\" in Hjarni." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-videodb" --- # Connect Hjarni and VideoDB When **New Note** fires in [Hjarni](https://apiant.ai/connections/hjarni), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Add File to Note** in Hjarni. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Hjarni **1** trigger Hjarni **14** 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 Hjarni 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 Hjarni and VideoDB can do together ### From Hjarni to VideoDB - When **New Note** in Hjarni then **Add Collection** in VideoDB - When **New Note** in Hjarni then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB ### From VideoDB to Hjarni - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Add File to Note** in Hjarni - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create Note** in Hjarni 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 Hjarni and VideoDB ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New Note** Triggers when a new note is created. - Action **Add File to Note** Attaches a file to an existing note from a URL. - Action **Add tag** Create a tag. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder with a name, parent folder, description, and AI instructions. - Action **Create Note** Creates a new note with a title, body, tags, and folder. - Action **Delete folder** Delete a container. - Action **Delete note** Delete a note (moves to trash). - Action **Delete tag** Delete a tag. - Action **Get folder** Fetch one container by id. - Action **Get note** Fetch one note by id with body, tags, container, files. - Action **List notes** List notes, filter by scope/container_id/tag, paginated. - Action **List tags** List tags. - Action **Update folder** Update a container. - Action **Update note** Update note fields (title, body, tags, container, append_body etc, expected_lock_version). - Action **Update tag** Rename/update a tag. - 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 - [ **Hjarni** Hjarni is a Markdown knowledge base with a built-in MCP server.](https://apiant.ai/connections/hjarni) - [ **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 Hjarni - [ **Hjarni to Groq** Groq is a provider of fast LPUs and cloud tools to accelerate AI inference at scale and low cost.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-groq) - [ **Hjarni to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-hubspot) - [ **Hjarni to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-salesforce) - [ **Hjarni to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-slack) - [ **Hjarni to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-mailchimp) - [ **Hjarni to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hjarni-to-stripe) ## 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 ## Hjarni and VideoDB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Hjarni? Any of Hjarni's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Note. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Hjarni? 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 Hjarni? Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Hjarni too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Hjarni's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Hjarni 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 Hjarni 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.