--- title: "Connect VideoAsk to Hong Kong Obervatory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Videoask\" fires in VideoAsk, your agent runs \"Convert Gregorian date to lunar date\" in Hong Kong Obervatory." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-hong-kong-obervatory" --- # Connect VideoAsk to Hong Kong Obervatory When **New Videoask** fires in [VideoAsk](https://apiant.ai/connections/videoask), your agent runs **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** in [Hong Kong Obervatory](https://apiant.ai/connections/hong-kong-obervatory). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. VideoAsk **1** trigger VideoAsk **15** actions Hong Kong Obervatory **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want VideoAsk and Hong Kong Obervatory 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 VideoAsk can start in Hong Kong Obervatory - When **New Videoask** in VideoAsk then **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** in Hong Kong Obervatory - When **New Videoask** in VideoAsk then **Get 9-day weather forecast** in Hong Kong Obervatory 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 VideoAsk and Hong Kong Obervatory ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 28 actions - Trigger **New Videoask** Triggers when a new videoask is created in the selected VideoAsk organization. - Action **Add question** Adds a new question step to a videoask, using a video from a public link, media already in VideoAsk, or a new upload. - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag in a VideoAsk organization that can be applied to contacts. - Action **Add tag to contact** Adds an existing tag to a VideoAsk contact and returns the tags now on that contact. - Action **Create a Contact in a Videoask (OLD)** Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number. - Action **Create a Contact in VideoAsk (Recommended)** Creates a contact in your VideoAsk organization from an email address, with an optional name and phone number. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact (respondent) and their contact details from your VideoAsk organization. - Action **Delete form** Deletes a VideoAsk form (videoask). Optionally performs a soft delete so the form can be restored later. - Action **Find conversations by filter** Returns the responses (conversations) on a videoask that match the filters you choose, such as unread only, reply status, tag, score range or creation date range. - Action **Find forms by keyword** Returns the videoasks in an organization whose titles match the specified keyword. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single VideoAsk response (contact) for a videoask, with the respondent's details and, optionally, their answers and the conversation messages. - Action **Get form** Returns a videoask (form) by its id, including all of its questions. - Action **List forms** Returns all videoasks (forms) in a VideoAsk organization, newest first. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in a VideoAsk organization, optionally only those with a given title. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing VideoAsk contact's name, email address or phone number. - Action **Update form** Updates an existing videoask's title, privacy, contact form, scheduled close date and display settings such as the end screen. - Action **Convert Gregorian date to lunar date** Convert a Gregorian calendar date to its lunar calendar year and date. - Action **Get 9-day weather forecast** Get the 9-day weather forecast including daily temperature, humidity, wind and rain probability. - Action **Get current weather report** Get the current weather report: temperature, humidity, rainfall, UV index, lightning and warning messages. - Action **Get daily maximum temperature** Get daily maximum air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get daily mean temperature** Get daily mean air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get daily minimum temperature** Get daily minimum air temperature records for a station and period. - Action **Get high and low tide times** Get the times and heights of astronomical high and low tides for a station. - Action **Get hourly heights of astronomical tides** Get hourly predicted heights of astronomical tides for a station and date. - Action **Get latest 10-minute mean visibility** Get the latest 10-minute mean visibility reading across monitoring stations. - Action **Get lightning count** Get the cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning count for a date. - Action **Get moonrise and moonset times** Get times of moonrise, moon transit and moonset for a given date range. - Action **Get sunrise and sunset times** Get times of sunrise, sun transit and sunset for a given date range. - Action **Get weather and radiation level report** Get the daily weather and ambient gamma radiation level report. ## Each app on its own - [ **VideoAsk** VideoAsk is a business tool to help your business have meaningful interactions using the proximity of video.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videoask) - [ **Hong Kong Obervatory** Hong Kong Observatory is Hong Kong's official meteorological and geophysical service, publishing its data...](https://apiant.ai/connections/hong-kong-obervatory) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from VideoAsk - [ **VideoAsk to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-zoom) - [ **VideoAsk to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-webflow) - [ **VideoAsk to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-wix) - [ **VideoAsk to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-linkedin) - [ **VideoAsk to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-facebook) - [ **VideoAsk to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/videoask-to-anthropic) ## More into Hong Kong Obervatory - [ **HubSpot to Hong Kong Obervatory** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Salesforce to Hong Kong Obervatory** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-hong-kong-obervatory) - [ **Slack to Hong Kong Obervatory** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Hong Kong Obervatory when something happens in VideoAsk? Any of Hong Kong Obervatory's 13 actions, including Convert Gregorian date to lunar date, Get 9-day weather forecast, Get current weather report and Get daily maximum temperature. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Hong Kong Obervatory to VideoAsk? Hong Kong Obervatory has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in VideoAsk. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Hong Kong Obervatory's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for VideoAsk or Hong Kong Obervatory? 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 VideoAsk and Hong Kong Obervatory 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.