--- title: "Connect Vidalytics to USGS Water Services - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Interactive Video\" fires in Vidalytics, your agent runs \"Find daily values\" in USGS Water Services." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-usgs-water-services" --- # Connect Vidalytics to USGS Water Services When **New Interactive Video** fires in [Vidalytics](https://apiant.ai/connections/vidalytics), your agent runs **Find daily values** in [USGS Water Services](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Vidalytics **1** trigger USGS Water Services **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Vidalytics and USGS Water Services 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 Vidalytics can start in USGS Water Services - When **New Interactive Video** in Vidalytics then **Find daily values** in USGS Water Services - When **New Interactive Video** in Vidalytics then **Find groundwater levels** in USGS Water Services 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 Vidalytics and USGS Water Services ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 5 actions - Trigger **New Interactive Video** Triggers when a new video is added to your Vidalytics workspace. - Action **Find daily values** Query summarized daily statistics (mean, median, max, min) for streams, springs, lakes and wells. - Action **Find groundwater levels** Retrieve historical manually-recorded groundwater levels for hydrologic sites. - Action **Find instantaneous values** Query near-real-time water readings (e.g. gage height, discharge, temperature) from USGS monitoring sites. - Action **Find sites** Query USGS hydrologic site metadata (location, site type, data availability period) - Action **Find site statistics** Retrieve daily/monthly/annual statistics (mean, min, max, percentiles) for a site's approved time-series data. ## Each app on its own - [ **Vidalytics** Vidalytics automates workflows by sending viewer engagement events to your CRM and marketing tools.](https://apiant.ai/connections/vidalytics) - [ **USGS Water Services** Water quality and level info for rivers and lakes. Free, credential-less public API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/usgs-water-services) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Vidalytics - [ **Vidalytics to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-hubspot) - [ **Vidalytics to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-salesforce) - [ **Vidalytics to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-slack) - [ **Vidalytics to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-google-sheets) - [ **Vidalytics to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-gmail) - [ **Vidalytics to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/vidalytics-to-google-calendar) ## More into USGS Water Services - [ **HubSpot to USGS Water Services** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Salesforce to USGS Water Services** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Slack to USGS Water Services** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Sheets to USGS Water Services** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Gmail to USGS Water Services** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-usgs-water-services) - [ **Google Calendar to USGS Water Services** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-usgs-water-services) Questions ## Vidalytics and USGS Water Services, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Vidalytics? Any of Vidalytics's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Interactive Video. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in USGS Water Services when something happens in Vidalytics? Any of USGS Water Services's 5 actions, including Find daily values, Find groundwater levels, Find instantaneous values and Find sites. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from USGS Water Services to Vidalytics? USGS Water Services has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Vidalytics. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads USGS Water Services's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Vidalytics or USGS Water Services? 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 Vidalytics and USGS Water Services without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in USGS Water Services 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.