--- title: "Connect Sorry to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New notice\" fires in Sorry, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect Sorry to Crossref Metadata Search When **New notice** fires in [Sorry](https://apiant.ai/connections/sorry), 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. Sorry **1** trigger Sorry **16** 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 Sorry 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 Sorry can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New notice** in Sorry then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New notice** in Sorry 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 Sorry and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 22 actions - Trigger **New notice** Triggers when a new notice (incident, maintenance or general announcement) is created on the selected Sorry status page. - Action **Add component** Creates a new component on a Sorry status page, optionally nested under a parent component. - Action **Add notice** Creates a new incident, maintenance or general notice on a Sorry status page, optionally linking affected components and publishing it to subscribers. - Action **Add notice update** Posts a new update on an existing notice on a Sorry status page, optionally publishing it to your configured integrations. - Action **Add subscriber** Adds an email or SMS subscriber to a status page, optionally limited to specific components, so they receive status notices. - Action **Delete notice** Deletes a notice (incident, maintenance or general) from a Sorry status page. - Action **Delete subscriber** Permanently removes a subscriber from a status page. - Action **Get notice** Returns a single notice from a status page, including its type, state, subject, synopsis and link. - Action **Get status page** Returns a single Sorry status page with its name, state, timezone, support details and notification settings, optionally including related brand, components, notices and more. - Action **List components** Returns all components (the services or infrastructure elements) shown on a Sorry status page, with their current state. - Action **List notices** Returns the notices (incidents, maintenance and general notices) posted on a Sorry status page, optionally filtered by type, state, subject or creation date. - Action **List notice updates** Returns all updates posted on a notice on one of your Sorry status pages, optionally filtered by creation date or content. - Action **List status pages** Returns all status pages in your Sorry account, optionally filtered by name or creation date. - Action **List subscribers** Returns the subscribers on a status page, optionally only those who receive notices for a specific component. - Action **Update component** Updates a component on a Sorry status page, such as its name, description, position or parent component. - Action **Update notice** Updates an existing notice on a Sorry status page — change its subject or state, add a comment, set affected components or reschedule planned maintenance. - Action **Update status page** Updates a status page's settings, such as its name, timezone, support contact details, search visibility and language. - 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 - [ **Sorry** Status page and incident communication platform for notifying customers about downtime.](https://apiant.ai/connections/sorry) - [ **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 Sorry - [ **Sorry to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-stripe) - [ **Sorry to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-trello) - [ **Sorry to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-zoom) - [ **Sorry to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-twilio) - [ **Sorry to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-typeform) - [ **Sorry to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/sorry-to-webflow) ## 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 ## Sorry and Crossref Metadata Search, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Sorry? Any of Sorry's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New notice. 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 Sorry? 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 Sorry? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Sorry. 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 Sorry 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 Sorry 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.