--- title: "Connect al-Qur'an to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Hijri Month\" fires in al-Qur'an, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/al-qur-an-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect al-Qur'an to Crossref Metadata Search When **New Hijri Month** fires in [al-Qur'an](https://apiant.ai/connections/al-qur-an), your agent runs **Find funders by query** in [Crossref Metadata Search](https://apiant.ai/connections/crossref-metadata-search). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. al-Qur'an **5** triggers al-Qur'an **13** actions Crossref Metadata Search **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want al-Qur'an and Crossref Metadata Search 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What al-Qur'an can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New Hijri Month** in al-Qur'an then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **Daily Name of Allah** in al-Qur'an then **Find works by query** in Crossref Metadata Search 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 al-Qur'an and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **Daily Name of Allah** Triggers once a day with one of the 99 Names of Allah, cycling through all of them in order, with its Arabic text, transliteration and English meaning. - Trigger **Daily Prayer Times** Triggers once a day with that day's prayer times (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha and more) for the chosen city. - Trigger **New Hijri Month** Triggers when a new Hijri (Islamic) month begins, returning today's Hijri date with the new month's name and number. - Trigger **Next Prayer Reminder** Triggers when the next upcoming prayer for your location changes, returning the prayer's name and time. - Trigger **Upcoming Islamic Holiday** Triggers when the next upcoming Islamic holiday changes, returning its Hijri and Gregorian dates. - Action **Convert Hijri Date** Converts a Hijri (Islamic) date to its Gregorian equivalent, returning both dates with day, month and year details. - Action **Get Ayah** Returns a single ayah (verse) of the Qur'an in the edition you choose, with its surah, juz and page details. - Action **Get Ayah Audio URL** Returns the audio recitation URL (MP3 on the Islamic Network CDN) for one ayah of the Qur'an in the chosen reciter's audio edition. - Action **Get Ayah Image URL** Returns the CDN image URL of a single Quran ayah, in normal or high resolution, after confirming the image exists. - Action **Get Islamic Holidays** Returns the Islamic holidays for a given Hijri year, with each holiday's Hijri and Gregorian dates. - Action **Get Name(s) of Allah** Returns one or more of the 99 Names of Allah (Asma al-Husna) with Arabic text, transliteration and English meaning. - Action **Get Prayer Calendar** Returns prayer times for every day of a Gregorian month for a city. - Action **Get Prayer Times** Returns the prayer times for a city on a given date, along with the Hijri date and calculation details. - Action **Get Qibla Direction** Returns the Qibla direction (compass bearing toward the Kaaba in Makkah) for a given latitude and longitude. - Action **Get Reading Portion** Returns the ayahs of one Qur'an reading portion — a juz, manzil, ruku, page or hizb quarter — in the edition you choose. - Action **Get Surah** Returns a surah of the Qur'an with its details and all of its ayahs in the edition you choose. - Action **Get Surah Audio URL** Returns the streaming MP3 URL for a full surah recited by the chosen reciter, and confirms the file exists on the Islamic Network CDN. - Action **Search Quran** Searches the Qur'an for ayahs containing a word, in all surahs or one surah, in a chosen language or edition. - Action **Find funders by query** Search the Crossref Funder Registry for funding organizations matching a free-text query. - Action **Find works by query** Search Crossref's bibliographic metadata for works (articles, books, conference papers, etc.) matching a free-text query, with optional filters and sorting. - Action **Get funder** Retrieve metadata for a funding organization and its suborganizations by funder ID. - Action **Get journal** Retrieve information about a journal by its ISSN. - Action **Get member** Retrieve metadata for a Crossref member (publisher) by member ID. - Action **Get work by DOI** Retrieve full Crossref metadata for a single work given its DOI. ## Each app on its own - [ **al-Qur'an** The Al Quran Cloud is a simple web app that allows you to read and hear the Quran being recited by Juz...](https://apiant.ai/connections/al-qur-an) - [ **Crossref Metadata Search** Crossref is the DOI registration agency for scholarly publishing and exposes metadata for well over a...](https://apiant.ai/connections/crossref-metadata-search) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from al-Qur'an - [ **al-Qur'an to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/al-qur-an-to-hubspot) - [ **al-Qur'an to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/al-qur-an-to-salesforce) - [ **al-Qur'an to Slack** 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 Crossref Metadata Search when something happens in al-Qur'an? Any of Crossref Metadata Search's 6 actions, including Find funders by query, Find works by query, Get funder and Get journal. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Crossref Metadata Search to al-Qur'an? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in al-Qur'an. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Crossref Metadata Search's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for al-Qur'an or Crossref Metadata Search? 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 al-Qur'an and Crossref Metadata Search 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.