--- title: "Connect inspirehep.net to PDF Blocks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New job posting\" fires in inspirehep.net, your agent runs \"Extract Pages From PDF\" in PDF Blocks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-pdf-blocks" --- # Connect inspirehep.net to PDF Blocks When **New job posting** fires in [inspirehep.net](https://apiant.ai/connections/inspirehep-net), your agent runs **Extract Pages From PDF** in [PDF Blocks](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. inspirehep.net **2** triggers inspirehep.net **7** actions PDF Blocks **17** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want inspirehep.net and PDF Blocks 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 inspirehep.net can start in PDF Blocks - When **New job posting** in inspirehep.net then **Extract Pages From PDF** in PDF Blocks - When **New literature** in inspirehep.net then **Merge PDF Documents** in PDF Blocks 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 inspirehep.net and PDF Blocks ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 24 actions - Trigger **New job posting** Fires when a new physics job posting is added to INSPIRE matching a search query. Polls the jobs search endpoint sorted by most recent. - Trigger **New literature** Fires when a new literature (paper) record is added to INSPIRE matching a search query. Polls the literature search endpoint sorted by most recent. - Action **Find authors** Search INSPIRE for author records matching a query (name, affiliation, etc). - Action **Find jobs** Search INSPIRE for physics job postings matching a query. - Action **Find literature** Search INSPIRE's literature database for papers matching a query (title, author, arXiv id, DOI, etc). - Action **Get author** Retrieve a single author record by its INSPIRE record id or ORCID iD. - Action **Get conference** Retrieve a single conference record by its INSPIRE record id. - Action **Get institution** Retrieve a single institution record by its INSPIRE record id. - Action **Get literature** Retrieve a single literature (paper) record by its INSPIRE record id, DOI, or arXiv id. - Action **Add Image Watermark to PDF** Add an image watermark to each page of a PDF document. - Action **Add Password to PDF** Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access. - Action **Add restrictions to PDF** Add permission restrictions to a PDF. - Action **Add Text Watermark to PDF** Add a text watermark to each page of a PDF document. Choose from several watermark templates. - Action **Extract Pages From PDF** Extract one or more pages from a PDF document. - Action **Merge PDF Documents** Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. - Action **Remove pages from PDF** Remove selected pages from a PDF. - Action **Remove password from PDF** Decrypt a PDF with a known password. - Action **Remove restrictions from PDF** Remove permission restrictions from a PDF. - Action **Remove signatures from PDF** Remove digital signatures from a PDF. - Action **Reorder pages in PDF** Reorder pages into a specified sequence. - Action **Reverse pages in PDF** Reverse page order. - Action **Rotate pages in PDF** Rotate selected pages. - Action **Split PDF at page** Break a PDF at a chosen page boundary. - Action **Split PDF by file size** Cap each part's byte size when splitting. - Action **Split PDF by page count** Break a PDF into fixed-size chunks. - Action **Split PDF into page groups** Group pages by a defined pattern into separate PDFs. ## Each app on its own - [ **inspirehep.net** INSPIRE-HEP is the information system for high-energy physics literature, run by CERN and partner...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inspirehep-net) - [ **PDF Blocks** PDF actions for your zaps: Merge PDF documents, protect PDFs with a password, watermark PDF documents, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-blocks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from inspirehep.net - [ **inspirehep.net to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-salesforce) - [ **inspirehep.net to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-slack) - [ **inspirehep.net to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-mailchimp) - [ **inspirehep.net to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-stripe) - [ **inspirehep.net to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-shopify) - [ **inspirehep.net to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inspirehep-net-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into PDF Blocks - [ **HubSpot to PDF Blocks** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Salesforce to PDF Blocks** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Slack to PDF Blocks** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Blocks** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Gmail to PDF Blocks** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-pdf-blocks) - [ **Google Calendar to PDF Blocks** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-pdf-blocks) Questions ## inspirehep.net and PDF Blocks, answered ### ### What can start an automation from inspirehep.net? Any of inspirehep.net's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New job posting and New literature. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Blocks when something happens in inspirehep.net? Any of PDF Blocks's 17 actions, including Add Image Watermark to PDF, Add Password to PDF, Add restrictions to PDF and Add Text Watermark to PDF. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Blocks to inspirehep.net? PDF Blocks has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in inspirehep.net. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Blocks's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for inspirehep.net or PDF Blocks? 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 inspirehep.net and PDF Blocks 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.