--- title: "Connect Notion to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Comment\" fires in Notion, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect Notion to Crossref Metadata Search When **New Comment** fires in [Notion](https://apiant.ai/connections/notion), 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. Notion **5** triggers Notion **23** 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 Notion 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. [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 Notion can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New Comment** in Notion then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New Data Source Item** in Notion 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 Notion and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 29 actions - Trigger **New Comment** Triggers when a new comment is created in your Notion workspace. You can filter by database or specific page. - Trigger **New Data Source Item** Triggers when a new item is created in a data source. - Trigger **Updated Content in Data Source Item** Triggers when the content in a data source item is updated. - Trigger **Updated Content in Page** Triggers when the content in a page is updated. - Trigger **Updated Properties in Data Source Item** Triggers when one or more properties of a data source item are updated. - Action **Add Block to Page** Adds a new content block to an existing Notion page. Supports various block types including paragraphs, headings, lists, to-dos, callouts, code blocks, and more. - Action **Add Comment** Adds a new comment to a Page. - Action **Add Content to Page** Adds Content to a Page. - Action **Archive Data Source Item** Soft deletes an item in a data source. - Action **Create Data Source Item** Creates an item in a data source. - Action **Create Page** Creates a Page inside a parent page - Action **Find Data Source Items** Searches for items in a data source by its properties. - Action **Find Page (By Title)** Searches for a page by title. - Action **Get Block** Retrieves a block by ID. - Action **Get Block Children** Retrieves child blocks of a parent block or page with support for pagination. - Action **Get Page** Retrieves a specific page or data source item from Notion using its ID. - Action **Get Page and Children** Retrieves a page by its ID and all of its block children. - Action **Get Page Comments** Retrieves comments from a Page. - Action **Get Page Property** Retrieves a specific property value from a Notion page. - Action **Get User Details** Retrieves user information by ID. - Action **Query Data Source (Advanced)** Query a Notion data source with advanced filtering and sorting using JSON. Supports complex logic like AND/OR conditions, multiple sorts, and all Notion filter types. - Action **Restore Data Source Item** Restores a data source item which was previously archived. - Action **Retrieve Database** This action retrieves a database in Notion using the ID of the database. - Action **Update Database** Updates a Notion database's title, description and column (property) schema. - Action **Update Data Source Item** Updates a data source item. - Action **Update Data Source Schema** Updates a Notion data source schema including properties and title. Allows adding, modifying, or removing data source properties to change the schema. - Action **Upload File to Data Source Item** Uploads a file to a files property in a data source item. - Action **Upload File to Page or Block** Uploads a file to a page or block in Notion. - 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 - [ **Notion** A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.](https://apiant.ai/connections/notion) - [ **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 Notion - [ **Notion to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-hubspot) - [ **Notion to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-slack) - [ **Notion to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-stripe) - [ **Notion to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-shopify) - [ **Notion to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Notion to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-pipedrive) ## 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 is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](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 ## Notion and Crossref Metadata Search, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Notion? Any of Notion's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Comment, New Data Source Item, Updated Content in Data Source Item and Updated Content in Page. 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 Notion? 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 Notion? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Notion. 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 Notion 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 Notion 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.