Integration
Connect Shade and VideoDB
When something happens in Shade or VideoDB, your agent does the next thing in the other. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Shade and VideoDB to do together?
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Claude Code
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claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Shade and VideoDB can do together
From Shade to VideoDB
When Asset Updated in Shade
then Add Collection in VideoDB
From VideoDB to Shade
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 VideoDB
Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 31 actions
- Asset Updated
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select is added or changed.
- New Asset
Triggers when a new asset appears in the Shade drive and folder you select.
- New Collection
Triggers when a new collection is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Drive
Triggers when a new drive is created in the Shade workspace you select.
- New Public Share Link
Triggers when a new public share link is created in the Shade drive you select.
- New Transcription
Triggers when an asset in the Shade drive and folder you select finishes transcription.
- Public Share Link Updated
Triggers when a public share link in the Shade drive you select is created or changed.
- Copy a File
Copies a file or folder to another location within the same Shade drive.
- Create Folder
Creates a folder at the path you supply in a Shade drive.
- Find an Asset
Returns the assets in a Shade drive that match the text you search for, optionally narrowed by precision filters.
- Get Public Links for a File or Folder
Returns the public share links that exist for a file or folder in a Shade drive.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- New Video Uploaded & Indexed
Triggered when a new video is uploaded to a VideoDB collection.
- Add Collection
Creates a new VideoDB collection to organize videos and scope search.
- 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.
- Ask Video (Q&A)
Get the Q&A for a video.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Create Highlight Clip
Starts an AI clip-generation job on an indexed video from a natural-language prompt describing the moments to include.
- Delete Collection
Permanently delete a VideoDB collection and all media in it.
- Delete Video
Permanently delete a video and all its metadata, transcripts and indexes from VideoDB.
- 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.
- 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.
- Generate Subtitles
Generates subtitles for a video using VideoDB service.
- Generate Video
Starts an AI video generation job from a text prompt and saves the result to a collection.
- 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.
- Get Collection
Retrieve the details of one VideoDB collection by its id.
- Get Meeting Assets
Get a meeting recording's status and recorded video URL.
- Get Transcript
Get the transcript of a video.
- Get Video Metadata
Get metadata for a video.
- List Collections
Retrieve all collections in your VideoDB account, including the default collection.
- List Videos
Lists the videos in a VideoDB collection.
- Record a Meeting
Invite our bot to join and record your meetings.
- 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.
- Update Collection
Updates a VideoDB collection's name, description, or public visibility. Fields left blank are left unchanged.
- 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.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Shade and VideoDB, 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 VideoDB when something happens in Shade?
Any of VideoDB's 24 actions, including Create Highlight Clip, Update Collection, Upload & Index Video and Add Collection. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from VideoDB to Shade?
Yes. When something happens in VideoDB, your agent can act in Shade too. This page covers both directions: VideoDB's triggers and Shade's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Shade 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.
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.