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title: "Connect Nifty and VideoDB - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Doc\" fires in Nifty, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB, or \"New Video Uploaded & Indexed\" in VideoDB to \"Create Document\" in Nifty."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-videodb"
---

# Connect Nifty and VideoDB

When **New Doc** fires in [Nifty](https://apiant.ai/connections/nifty), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Create Document** in Nifty. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Nifty **11** triggers Nifty **17** 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 Nifty 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 Nifty and VideoDB can do together

### From Nifty to VideoDB

- When **New Doc** in Nifty then **Add Collection** in VideoDB
- When **New File** in Nifty then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB

### From VideoDB to Nifty

- When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create Document** in Nifty
- When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create File** in Nifty

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 Nifty and VideoDB

## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 38 actions

- Trigger

**New Doc**

Triggers when a new doc is created.

- Trigger

**New File**

Triggers when a new file is uploaded.

- Trigger

**New Message**

Triggers when a new message is sent.

- Trigger

**New Milestone**

Triggers when a new milestone is created.

- Trigger

**New Portfolio**

Triggers when a new portfolio is created.

- Trigger

**New Project**

Triggers when a new project is created.

- Trigger

**New Status**

Triggers when a new status is created.

- Trigger

**New Subtask**

Triggers when a new subtask is created.

- Trigger

**New Tag**

Triggers when a new tag is created.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is created.

- Trigger

**Task Is Completed**

Triggers when a task is completed.

- Action

**Create Document**

Creates a Nifty document in a project, optionally seeding its body from Markdown.

- Action

**Create File**

creates a file record in a project from text content (or a URL), firing file.created.

- Action

**Create Milestone**

Creates a milestone (a date-spanning list shown on the project roadmap) in a Nifty project.

- Action

**Create Portfolio**

Creates a portfolio (a team-level grouping of projects) in Nifty.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Status**

Creates a status column (Kanban column / list stage) in a Nifty project.

- Action

**Create Subtask**

Creates a new subtask.

- Action

**Create Tag**

Creates a tag (called a label in the Nifty API) that can be applied across the workspace to tasks, documents, files and more.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a new task.

- Action

**Create Upload URL**

Returns a presigned upload URL and storage key for a new file. Upload the bytes to the URL, then pass the key to Create File.

- Action

**Get Document**

Retrieve a single Nifty document's details (name, project, access type, author, timestamps). The document body is not included.

- Action

**Get Message**

Retrieve a single Nifty message (chat message or comment) by its ID.

- Action

**Get Milestone**

Retrieve a single milestone by its id, including its custom-field values.

- Action

**Get Project**

Retrieve a single Nifty project by its id, including its custom-field values and any related records you ask to expand.

- Action

**Get Status**

Retrieve a single Nifty status column by its id.

- Action

**Get Tag**

Retrieves a single tag (Nifty label) by id.

- Action

**Send Message**

Posts a message in Nifty: into a chat, as a comment on a task, document, file or annotation, as a reply to another message, or as a direct message to a team member.

- 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&amp;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

- [ **Nifty** Nifty helps you communicate with your team members and manage your projects — all in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/nifty)
- [ **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 Nifty

- [ **Nifty to ZapCap** ZapCap is an AI-powered tool that generates captions for your videos.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-zapcap)
- [ **Nifty to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-salesforce)
- [ **Nifty to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-slack)
- [ **Nifty to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-stripe)
- [ **Nifty to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-shopify)
- [ **Nifty to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/nifty-to-quickbooks-online)

## 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

## Nifty and VideoDB, answered

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### What can start an automation from Nifty?

Any of Nifty's 11 triggers in the catalog, including New Doc, New File, New Message and New Milestone. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in Nifty?

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 Nifty?

Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Nifty too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Nifty's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Nifty 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 Nifty 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.
