# Connect crates.io and Exist When **New crate** fires in [crates.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/crates-io), your agent runs **Get User Profile** in [Exist](https://apiant.ai/connections/exist), or **New Attribute Value** in Exist to **Find crates by category** in crates.io. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. crates.io **2** triggers crates.io **8** actions Exist **1** trigger Exist **11** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want crates.io and Exist 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 crates.io and Exist can do together ### From crates.io to Exist - When **New crate** in crates.io then **Get User Profile** in Exist - When **New crate version** in crates.io then **Create Attributes** in Exist ### From Exist to crates.io - When **New Attribute Value** in Exist then **Find crates by category** in crates.io - When **New Attribute Value** in Exist then **Find crates by name** in crates.io 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 crates.io and Exist ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers ยท 19 actions - Trigger **New crate** Fires when a new crate is registered on crates.io. - Trigger **New crate version** Fires when any crate publishes a new version. - Action **Find crates by category** Search crates.io within a given category slug. - Action **Find crates by name** Search crates.io for crates matching a query string. - Action **Get crate** Get metadata for a single crate by name. - Action **Get crate downloads** Get download counts (daily history + totals) for a crate. - Action **Get crate version** Get metadata for one specific version of a crate. - Action **Get crate version readme** Get the rendered README HTML for a specific crate version. - Action **List categories** List all crates.io categories with descriptions and crate counts. - Action **List crate versions** List all published versions of a crate. - Trigger **New Attribute Value** Triggers when a new daily value is recorded for the chosen Exist attribute, such as steps or mood. - Action **Acquire Attributes** Takes ownership of one or more Exist attributes for this app so it can write their values, creating templated attributes the user doesn't have yet. - Action **Create Attributes** Creates one or more new attributes in the user's Exist account, from a template or as custom attributes, and returns which succeeded and which failed. - Action **Get Attribute Values** Returns the daily values recorded for one of the user's Exist attributes, newest first. - Action **Get Averages** Returns the most recent weekly average values for your Exist attributes, optionally filtered by group, attribute and date range, including historical averages. - Action **Get User Profile** Returns the authenticated Exist user's profile: name, avatar, timezone, local time and unit preferences. - Action **Increment Attribute Values** Adds amounts to the existing daily values of attributes your app owns in Exist, returning each attribute's new total. - Action **List Attributes** Returns the Exist user's attributes (without values), optionally filtered by group, name, or type. - Action **List Attributes with Values** Returns the user's Exist attributes together with their recent daily values. - Action **List Owned Attributes** Returns the user's attributes that your Exist client currently owns, without values. Can be filtered by group, attribute name, manual flag and more. - Action **Release Attributes** Releases your ownership of one or more Exist attributes so another service can provide their data, or they become inactive. - Action **Update Attribute Values** Saves daily total values for attributes you own in Exist, up to 35 at a time, replacing any value already stored for those days. ## Each app on its own - [ **crates.io** Search Rust crates and read crate metadata, versions, owners and download counts from the crates.io package...](https://apiant.ai/connections/crates-io) - [ **Exist** Personal analytics service that aggregates health, activity, and habit data to reveal correlations across...](https://apiant.ai/connections/exist) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from crates.io - [ **crates.io to Postman** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-postman) - [ **crates.io to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-hubspot) - [ **crates.io to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-salesforce) - [ **crates.io to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-slack) - [ **crates.io to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-google-calendar) - [ **crates.io to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/crates-io-to-google-drive) ## More into Exist - [ **ActiveCampaign to Exist** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-exist) - [ **Airtable to Exist** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-exist) - [ **Asana to Exist** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-exist) - [ **ClickUp to Exist** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-exist) - [ **Discord to Exist** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-exist) - [ **Brevo to Exist** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-exist) Questions ## crates.io and Exist, answered ### ### What can start an automation from crates.io? Any of crates.io's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New crate and New crate version. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Exist when something happens in crates.io? Any of Exist's 11 actions, including Create Attributes, Update Attribute Values, Acquire Attributes and Get Attribute Values. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Exist to crates.io? Yes. When something happens in Exist, your agent can act in crates.io too. This page covers both directions: Exist's triggers and crates.io's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for crates.io or Exist? 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. ### ### 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.