# Connect VideoDB to Pickaxe

When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** fires in [VideoDB](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb), your agent runs **Create Document** in [Pickaxe](https://apiant.ai/connections/pickaxe). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

VideoDB **1** trigger VideoDB **24** actions Pickaxe **18** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want VideoDB and Pickaxe to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 VideoDB can start in Pickaxe

- When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create Document** in Pickaxe
- When **New Video Uploaded & Indexed** in VideoDB then **Create User** in Pickaxe

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 VideoDB and Pickaxe

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 42 actions

- 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&amp;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 Collection**

Permanently delete a VideoDB collection and all media in it.

- 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

**Record a Meeting**

Invite our bot to join and record your meetings.

- 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

**Update Collection**

Updates a VideoDB collection's name, description, or public visibility. Fields left blank are left unchanged.

- 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.

- Action

**Connect Document**

Connect a document to a Pickaxe or User.

- Action

**Create Access Group**

Create a new access group.

- Action

**Create Document**

Create a new document with the provided details.

- Action

**Create User**

Create a new document with the provided details.

- Action

**Delete Access Group**

Delete an access group, or reassign links and users before deleting it.

- Action

**Delete Document**

Delete a specific document by its ID.

- Action

**Delete User**

Delete a specific user by their email.

- Action

**Disconnect Document**

Detach a document from a Pickaxe or User.

- Action

**Find Access Group**

Retrieve a specific access group by its ID.

- Action

**Find Access Groups**

List all access groups for a studio workspace.

- Action

**Find Document by ID**

Retrieve a specific document by its ID.

- Action

**Find Documents**

Finds knowledge base documents whose name or title contains the given text.

- Action

**Find User by Email**

Retrieve a specific user by their email.

- Action

**Find Users**

List all users with optional pagination.

- Action

**Preview Delete Access Group**

Preview the impact of deleting an access group.

- Action

**Remove Access Group Links**

Remove access groups from deployments or portals, or remove resources from an access group.

- Action

**Update Access Group**

Update an existing access group.

- Action

**Update User**

Update a specific user by their email.

## Each app on its own

- [ **VideoDB** VideoDB is an AI engine for video workflows—search scenes, cut clips, dub, subtitles, and apply GenAI effects.](https://apiant.ai/connections/videodb)
- [ **Pickaxe** Pickaxe is a simple, no-code platform to build, launch, and sell AI products.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pickaxe)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## VideoDB and Pickaxe, answered

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### What can start an automation from VideoDB?

Any of VideoDB's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Video Uploaded & Indexed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Pickaxe when something happens in VideoDB?

Any of Pickaxe's 18 actions, including Create Access Group, Create Document, Create User and Update Access Group. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Pickaxe to VideoDB?

Pickaxe has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in VideoDB. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Pickaxe's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for VideoDB or Pickaxe?

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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
