# Connect Bart to Crossref Metadata Search

When **New service advisory** fires in [Bart](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart), 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.

Bart **1** trigger Bart **8** 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 Bart and Crossref Metadata Search 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 Bart can start in Crossref Metadata Search

- When **New service advisory** in Bart then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search
- When **New service advisory** in Bart 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 Bart and Crossref Metadata Search

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 14 actions

- Trigger

**New service advisory**

Triggers when BART posts a new service advisory (delay, emergency or information notice).

- Action

**Find trips by origin and destination**

Finds BART trips departing from an origin station to a destination station around a given time, with fares and legs for each trip.

- Action

**Get route**

Returns details for a BART route: its name, colour, origin and destination, and the ordered list of stations it serves.

- Action

**Get station**

Returns detailed information about a BART station, including its address, location, routes, platforms and nearby attractions.

- Action

**Get station schedule**

Returns the full day's scheduled train departures from a BART station, with line, destination, time and platform for each.

- Action

**List real-time departures**

Returns the current estimated departure times for trains leaving a BART station, grouped by destination.

- Action

**List routes**

Returns the list of BART routes (lines) in service for the current or a chosen schedule date.

- Action

**List service advisories**

Returns BART's current service advisories (delays, emergencies and general information).

- Action

**List stations**

Returns every BART station with its full name, abbreviation, coordinates and address.

- 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

- [ **Bart** Real-time BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train schedules, arrivals, and station data API.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bart)
- [ **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 Bart

- [ **Bart to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-hubspot)
- [ **Bart to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-salesforce)
- [ **Bart to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-slack)
- [ **Bart to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Bart to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-gmail)
- [ **Bart to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bart-to-google-calendar)

## More into Crossref Metadata Search

- [ **HubSpot to Crossref Metadata Search** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-crossref-metadata-search)
- [ **Salesforce to Crossref Metadata Search** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-crossref-metadata-search)
- [ **Slack to Crossref Metadata Search** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-crossref-metadata-search)
- [ **Google Sheets to Crossref Metadata Search** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-crossref-metadata-search)
- [ **Gmail to Crossref Metadata Search** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-crossref-metadata-search)
- [ **Google Calendar to Crossref Metadata Search** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-crossref-metadata-search)

Questions

## Bart and Crossref Metadata Search, answered

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### What can start an automation from Bart?

Any of Bart's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New service advisory. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Crossref Metadata Search when something happens in Bart?

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.

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### Can it also run from Crossref Metadata Search to Bart?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Bart 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.

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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.