--- title: "Connect Shade to Qdrant Vector Store - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Asset Updated\" fires in Shade, your agent runs \"Add collection\" in Qdrant Vector Store." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-qdrant-vector-store" --- # Connect Shade to Qdrant Vector Store When **Asset Updated** fires in [Shade](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade), your agent runs **Add collection** in [Qdrant Vector Store](https://apiant.ai/connections/qdrant-vector-store). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Shade **7** triggers Shade **7** actions Qdrant Vector Store **15** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Shade and Qdrant Vector Store 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 Shade can start in Qdrant Vector Store - When **Asset Updated** in Shade then **Add collection** in Qdrant Vector Store - When **New Asset** in Shade then **Add payload index** in Qdrant Vector Store 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 Shade and Qdrant Vector Store ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 22 actions - Trigger **Asset Updated** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed. - Trigger **New Asset** Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select. - Trigger **New Collection** Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Drive** Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select. - Trigger **New Public Share Link** Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select. - Trigger **New Transcription** Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription. - Trigger **Public Share Link Updated** Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed. - Action **Copy a File** Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive. - Action **Find an Asset** Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters. - Action **Get Public Links for a File or Folder** Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive. - Action **Search Asset Chunks** Search a Shade drive and get back matching assets together with the specific chunks (subclips, document passages, image regions) that matched, with a relevance floor you control per media type. - Action **Search for an Asset by Description** Searches a Shade drive with a plain-language description and returns the assets that match, using Shade's AI index. - Action **Share File or Folder** Shares a file or folder in a Shade drive with the people you list, at the role you choose. Each person is emailed an invitation. - Action **Add collection** Creates a new Qdrant collection with the vector size, distance metric and storage settings you choose. - Action **Add payload index** Creates a payload index on a field of a Qdrant collection so filters and searches on that field run faster. - Action **Add points** Adds points (vectors with optional payloads) to a Qdrant collection, overwriting any existing points that have the same ids. - Action **Add snapshot** Creates a new snapshot of a Qdrant collection and returns the snapshot's name, size, checksum and creation time. - Action **Count points** Returns how many points in a Qdrant collection match an optional filter, or the total number of points when no filter is given. - Action **Delete collection** Deletes a collection and all of the points and data stored in it. - Action **Delete points** Deletes points from a Qdrant collection, either by a list of point ids or by every point matching a filter. - Action **Find points by vector** Returns the points in a collection whose vectors are nearest to the vector you supply, ranked by similarity score, with their payloads. - Action **Get collection** Returns the details of a collection: its status, point and segment counts, vector and index configuration, and payload schema. - Action **Get point** Returns a single point from a Qdrant collection by its id, including its payload and vector. - Action **List collections** Returns the names of every collection in your Qdrant instance. - Action **List points** Returns the points stored in a Qdrant collection, optionally narrowed by a filter and ordered by a payload field, fetching every page. - Action **List snapshots** Returns every snapshot taken of a collection, with each snapshot's name, size, checksum and creation time. - Action **Update collection** Updates the settings of an existing Qdrant collection, such as its vector, index, optimizer, quantization, strict-mode or metadata parameters. - Action **Update point payload** Sets payload values on the chosen points in a Qdrant collection, merging them into each point's existing payload. Pick the points by id or by a filter. ## Each app on its own - [ **Shade** Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shade) - [ **Qdrant Vector Store** Vector database for storing embeddings and running similarity search with metadata filtering, via REST or...](https://apiant.ai/connections/qdrant-vector-store) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Shade - [ **Shade to Loop & Tie** Loop & Tie is a gifting-at-scale engagement platform, which allows gifters to send a list of curated gifts...](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-loop-tie) - [ **Shade to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-stripe) - [ **Shade to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-shopify) - [ **Shade to Airtable** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-airtable) - [ **Shade to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-trello) - [ **Shade to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/shade-to-zoom) ## More into Qdrant Vector Store - [ **HubSpot to Qdrant Vector Store** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-qdrant-vector-store) - [ **Salesforce to Qdrant Vector Store** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-qdrant-vector-store) - [ **Slack to Qdrant Vector Store** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-qdrant-vector-store) - [ **Google Sheets to Qdrant Vector Store** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-qdrant-vector-store) - [ **Gmail to Qdrant Vector Store** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-qdrant-vector-store) - [ **Google Calendar to Qdrant Vector Store** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-qdrant-vector-store) Questions ## Shade and Qdrant Vector Store, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Shade? Any of Shade's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Asset Updated, New Asset, New Collection and New Drive. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Qdrant Vector Store when something happens in Shade? Any of Qdrant Vector Store's 15 actions, including Update collection, Update point payload, Add collection and Add payload index. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Qdrant Vector Store to Shade? Qdrant Vector Store has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Shade. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Qdrant Vector Store's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Shade or Qdrant Vector Store? 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 Shade and Qdrant Vector Store 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.