File Management & Storage

Shade integrations

Connect Shade to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Shade is an AI-powered cloud NAS for media teams that enables real-time editing, natural language search, and review workflows for media files.

Connects with an API keyshade.inc
7 triggers7 actions

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

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with Shade?

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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)
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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with Shade

Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 7 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.

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Is there a Shade MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Shade. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server, sign in once in your browser, and your client can build, test and run automations that use Shade. Nothing to install.

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 Shade?

Any of Shade's 7 actions, including Create Folder, Copy a File, Find an Asset and Get Public Links for a File or Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can Shade connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Shade with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.