--- title: "Connect SEOTakeoff and VideoDB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Cluster Created\" fires in SEOTakeoff, your agent runs \"Add Collection\" in VideoDB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-videodb" --- # Connect SEOTakeoff and VideoDB When **New Cluster Created** fires in [SEOTakeoff](https://apiant.ai/connections/seotakeoff), your agent runs **Add Collection** in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), or **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB to **Generate Article** in SEOTakeoff. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. SEOTakeoff **4** triggers SEOTakeoff **4** 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 SEOTakeoff 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 SEOTakeoff and VideoDB can do together ### From SEOTakeoff to VideoDB - When **New Cluster Created** in SEOTakeoff then **Add Collection** in VideoDB - When **Article Generation Failed** in SEOTakeoff then **Add Overlay / Watermark** in VideoDB ### From VideoDB to SEOTakeoff - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Generate Article** in SEOTakeoff - When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Research Keywords for Cluster** in SEOTakeoff 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 SEOTakeoff and VideoDB ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **Article Generation Failed** Triggers when an article fails to generate. Use this to get alerts about failures and set up retry workflows. - Trigger **Article Published** Triggers when an article is published to your connected CMS. - Trigger **Article Ready** Triggers when an article finishes generating. Use this for notifications, auto-publishing, or adding to a review queue. - Trigger **New Cluster Created** Triggers when a new topic cluster is created. - Action **Find Article** Search for an article by title or keyword. Use this to get an article ID for other actions. - Action **Find Cluster** Search for a topic cluster by name. Use this to get a cluster ID for other actions. - Action **Generate Article** Generate a new SEO-optimized article from a keyword. The article will be created in the background. - Action **Research Keywords for Cluster** Find keyword ideas for a topic cluster using SEO research. Great for expanding your content plan. - 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 - [ **SEOTakeoff** SEOTakeoff is a platform to generate SEO-optimized articles with AI and publish directly to your CMS](https://apiant.ai/connections/seotakeoff) - [ **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 SEOTakeoff - [ **SEOTakeoff to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-slack) - [ **SEOTakeoff to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-stripe) - [ **SEOTakeoff to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-shopify) - [ **SEOTakeoff to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-trello) - [ **SEOTakeoff to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-zoom) - [ **SEOTakeoff to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/seotakeoff-to-twilio) ## 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](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 ## SEOTakeoff and VideoDB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from SEOTakeoff? Any of SEOTakeoff's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Cluster Created, Article Generation Failed, Article Published and Article Ready. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in VideoDB when something happens in SEOTakeoff? 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 SEOTakeoff? Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in SEOTakeoff too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and SEOTakeoff's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for SEOTakeoff 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 SEOTakeoff 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.