--- title: "Connect Partnero to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Customer Created\" fires in Partnero, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect Partnero to Crossref Metadata Search When **Customer Created** fires in [Partnero](https://apiant.ai/connections/partnero), 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. Partnero **8** triggers Partnero **12** 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 Partnero 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 Partnero can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **Customer Created** in Partnero then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **Customer Updated** in Partnero 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 Partnero and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **Customer Created** Triggers when a new customer is created in Partnero. - Trigger **Customer Deleted** Triggers when a customer is deleted in Partnero. - Trigger **Customer Updated** Triggers when a customer is updated in your Partnero program. - Trigger **Partner Created** Triggers when a new partner is created in your Partnero program. - Trigger **Partner Deleted** Triggers when a partner is deleted from your Partnero program. - Trigger **Partner Updated** Triggers when a partner is updated in your Partnero program. - Trigger **Transaction Created** Triggers when a new transaction is recorded in your Partnero program. - Trigger **Transaction Deleted** Triggers when a transaction is deleted (refunded) in Partnero. - Action **Archive Partner** Archives (soft-deletes) a partner so they lose portal access; the partner can be restored later. - Action **Create a New Customer** Creates a customer in your Partnero affiliate program and attributes them to a partner for commission tracking. - Action **Create a New Partner** Creates a new affiliate partner in your Partnero program and returns the partner record, including its referral link. - Action **Create a New Transaction** Records a sales transaction for a customer so Partnero calculates the referring partner's commission. Can optionally create the customer in the same call. - Action **Delete Existing Customer** Deletes an existing customer from your Partnero program by their customer key. - Action **Delete Existing Partner** Deletes an existing partner from your Partnero program. - Action **Delete Existing Transaction** Deletes an existing transaction in your Partnero program by its key. - Action **Find Partner** Finds a partner in your Partnero program by partner ID and returns their details, referral statistics, commissions and referral links. - Action **Get Transaction** Returns a single transaction by its key. - Action **Restore Partner** Restores a previously archived partner and reactivates their portal access. - Action **Update Existing Customer** Updates an existing customer's name, email, key or tags in your Partnero program. - Action **Update Existing Partner** Updates an existing partner's name, email, password, referral key or tags in your Partnero program. - 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 - [ **Partnero** Partnero is a partnership management software with a focus on customizable program settings & partner...](https://apiant.ai/connections/partnero) - [ **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 Partnero - [ **Partnero to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-salesforce) - [ **Partnero to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-slack) - [ **Partnero to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-stripe) - [ **Partnero to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-shopify) - [ **Partnero to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Partnero to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/partnero-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](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 ## Partnero and Crossref Metadata Search, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Partnero? Any of Partnero's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Customer Created, Customer Updated, Partner Created and Partner Updated. 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 Partnero? 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 Partnero? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Partnero. 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 Partnero 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 Partnero 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.