---
title: "Connect EARLY and crates.io - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Activity Created\" fires in EARLY, your agent runs \"Find crates by category\" in crates.io."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-crates-io"
---

# Connect EARLY and crates.io

When **Activity Created** fires in [EARLY](https://apiant.ai/connections/early), your agent runs **Find crates by category** in [crates.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/crates-io), or **New crate** in crates.io to **Add Member to Folder** in EARLY. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

EARLY **13** triggers EARLY **19** actions crates.io **2** triggers crates.io **8** actions

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

## What do you want EARLY and crates.io 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.

[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 EARLY and crates.io can do together

### From EARLY to crates.io

- When **Activity Created** in EARLY then **Find crates by category** in crates.io
- When **Activity Updated** in EARLY then **Find crates by name** in crates.io

### From crates.io to EARLY

- When **New crate** in crates.io then **Add Member to Folder** in EARLY
- When **New crate version** in crates.io then **Create Activity** in EARLY

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 EARLY and crates.io

## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 27 actions

- Trigger

**Activity Created**

Triggers when an activity is created.

- Trigger

**Activity Deleted**

Triggers when an activity is deleted.

- Trigger

**Activity Updated**

Triggers when an activity is updated.

- Trigger

**Folder Created**

Triggers when a folder is created.

- Trigger

**Folder Deleted**

Triggers when a folder is deleted.

- Trigger

**Folder Updated**

Triggers when a folder is updated.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Created**

Triggers when a time entry is created.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Deleted**

Triggers when a time entry is deleted.

- Trigger

**Time Entry Updated**

Triggers when a time entry is updated.

- Trigger

**Tracking Canceled**

Triggers when a tracking is canceled.

- Trigger

**Tracking Started**

Triggers when a new tracking is started.

- Trigger

**Tracking Stopped**

Triggers when a tracking is stopped.

- Trigger

**Tracking Updated**

Triggers when a tracking is updated.

- Action

**Add Member to Folder**

Adds a person with a given email to a folder.

- Action

**Cancel Current Tracking**

Cancels the tracking that is currently running without saving a time entry

- Action

**Create Activity**

Creates an activity.

- Action

**Create Folder**

Creates a folder.

- Action

**Create Tag**

Creates an tag.

- Action

**Create Time Entry**

Creates a time entry for a given activity, start- and end-time.

- Action

**Delete Activity**

Deletes an activity by ID

- Action

**Delete Folder**

Deletes a folder by ID

- Action

**Delete Time Entry**

Deletes a time entry by ID

- Action

**Get Current Tracking**

Gets the tracking that is currently running

- Action

**Get Folder**

Gets a folder by ID

- Action

**Get Time Entry**

Gets a time entry by ID

- Action

**List Activities**

Lists the activities in the account

- Action

**Start Tracking**

Start Tracking an Activity.

- Action

**Stop Current Tracking**

Stop the current time tracking.

- Action

**Update Activity**

Updates an existing activity by ID

- Action

**Update Current Tracking**

Updates the tracking that is currently running

- Action

**Update Folder**

Updates an existing folder by ID

- Action

**Update Time Entry**

Updates an existing time entry by ID

- 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.

## Each app on its own

- [ **EARLY** EARLY is a Time Tracking App: Effortless, Smart, and Secure.](https://apiant.ai/connections/early)
- [ **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)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from EARLY

- [ **EARLY to Bugcrowd** Bugcrowd API for interacting and tracking the reported issues programmatically](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-bugcrowd)
- [ **EARLY to Genshin Impact** The genshin.dev API serves reference game data for Genshin Impact.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-genshin-impact)
- [ **EARLY to Pipefile** Pipefile streamlines the collection of personal, financial, and otherwise sensitive documents to keep your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-pipefile)
- [ **EARLY to Pulsedive** Scan, search and collect threat intelligence data in real-time](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-pulsedive)
- [ **EARLY to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-salesforce)
- [ **EARLY to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/early-to-google-sheets)

## More into crates.io

- [ **Google Sheets to crates.io** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-crates-io)
- [ **Gmail to crates.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-crates-io)
- [ **ActiveCampaign to crates.io** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-crates-io)
- [ **Airtable to crates.io** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-crates-io)
- [ **Asana to crates.io** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-crates-io)
- [ **ClickUp to crates.io** 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-crates-io)

Questions

## EARLY and crates.io, answered

###

### What can start an automation from EARLY?

Any of EARLY's 13 triggers in the catalog, including Activity Created, Activity Updated, Folder Created and Folder Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in crates.io when something happens in EARLY?

Any of crates.io's 8 actions, including Find crates by category, Find crates by name, Get crate and Get crate downloads. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from crates.io to EARLY?

Yes. When something happens in crates.io, your agent can act in EARLY too. This page covers both directions: crates.io's triggers and EARLY's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for EARLY or crates.io?

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 EARLY and crates.io 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.
