--- title: "Connect TidyHQ to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in TidyHQ, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect TidyHQ to Crossref Metadata Search When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [TidyHQ](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidyhq), 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. TidyHQ **10** triggers TidyHQ **19** 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 TidyHQ 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 TidyHQ can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **Contact Added to Group** in TidyHQ then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **Contact Created** in TidyHQ 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 TidyHQ and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 25 actions - Trigger **Contact Activated** Triggers when a contact has been activated (after new membership, or reactivated e.g. restored from trash). - Trigger **Contact Added to Group** Triggers when a contact has been added to a group. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact has been created for the first time. - Trigger **Contact Deactivated** Triggers when a contact has been deleted. - Trigger **Contact Removed From Group** Triggers when a contact has been removed from a group. - Trigger **Event Deleted** Triggers when an event is deleted. - Trigger **Event Ticket Created** Triggers when an event ticket is created. - Trigger **Event Ticket Deleted** Triggers when an event ticket is deleted. - Trigger **Event Ticket Updated** Triggers when an event ticket is updated. - Trigger **Event Updated** Triggers when an event is updated. - Action **Add Contact Note** Adds a note to a TidyHQ contact. - Action **Add Contact To Group** Adds an existing TidyHQ contact to one of your groups. - Action **Add Event Ticket** Creates a new ticket type on a TidyHQ event. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a new invoice in TidyHQ with your own line items, optionally addressed to a contact. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Contact Note** Deletes a note from a TidyHQ contact. - Action **Delete Event** Deletes an event from your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Event Ticket** Deletes a ticket type from a TidyHQ event. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in your TidyHQ organisation whose details match the search text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single TidyHQ contact by its id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get event** Returns a single TidyHQ event by its ID, with all of its details. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your TidyHQ organisation, optionally narrowed by search text. - Action **List event tickets** Returns the ticket types available on a TidyHQ event. - Action **List groups** Returns the contact groups in your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Remove Contact From Group** Removes a contact from a TidyHQ group. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing TidyHQ contact's details. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Event** Updates an existing TidyHQ event's name, times, location or description. - Action **Update Event Ticket** Updates a ticket type on a TidyHQ event, such as its name, price, quantity or sales window. Fields left blank are not changed. - 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 - [ **TidyHQ** When your group needs to collect membership dues, communicate with everyone and keep track of your finances...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidyhq) - [ **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 TidyHQ - [ **TidyHQ to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-trello) - [ **TidyHQ to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-zoom) - [ **TidyHQ to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-twilio) - [ **TidyHQ to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-typeform) - [ **TidyHQ to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-webflow) - [ **TidyHQ to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-wix) ## 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 ## TidyHQ and Crossref Metadata Search, answered ### ### What can start an automation from TidyHQ? Any of TidyHQ's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to Group, Contact Created, Contact Removed From Group and Event Ticket Created. 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 TidyHQ? 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 TidyHQ? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in TidyHQ. 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 TidyHQ 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 TidyHQ 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.