--- title: "Connect Uscreen to Crossref Metadata Search - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Invoice\" fires in Uscreen, your agent runs \"Find funders by query\" in Crossref Metadata Search." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-crossref-metadata-search" --- # Connect Uscreen to Crossref Metadata Search When **New Invoice** fires in [Uscreen](https://apiant.ai/connections/uscreen), 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. Uscreen **4** triggers Uscreen **30** 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 Uscreen 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 Uscreen can start in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New Invoice** in Uscreen then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search - When **New User** in Uscreen 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 Uscreen and Crossref Metadata Search ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in your Uscreen storefront. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new customer is added to your Uscreen storefront. - Trigger **New Video View** Triggers when a customer views a video in your Uscreen storefront. - Trigger **User Updated** Triggers when a customer in your Uscreen storefront is added or updated. - Action **Cancel Customer Subscription** Cancels the customer's active subscription. - Action **Create Group** Creates a team group on a subscription plan. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a team group. - Action **Generate Sign-On Link** Generates a single sign-on link that logs the customer into your storefront. - Action **Get Content** Returns one video, collection or live event. - Action **Get Customer** Returns one customer by ID or email. - Action **Get Customer Access** Returns one access record for a customer. - Action **Get Customer Subscription** Returns the customer's active subscription. - Action **Get Invoice** Returns one invoice by ID. - Action **Get Offer** Returns one offer by ID. - Action **Get Playlist Item** Returns one playlist item of a collection. - Action **Get Total Watch Time** Returns total watch time for a customer or content in a date range. - Action **Get Video** Returns one uploaded video by ID. - Action **Get Video Views** Returns video view records for a customer or content in a date range. - Action **Get Video Views Summary** Returns view counts and watch time per customer and video in a date range. - Action **List Contents** Returns a page of videos, collections and live events. - Action **List Customer Accesses** Returns the bundles and subscriptions a customer has access to. - Action **List Customers** Returns a page of customers, optionally filtered by a date range. - Action **List Email Topics** Returns your storefront's email topics. - Action **List Group Members** Returns the members of a team group. - Action **List Groups** Returns a page of team groups. - Action **List Invoices** Returns a page of invoices, optionally filtered by date range. - Action **List Offers** Returns your subscription, bundle and rental offers. - Action **List Playlist Items** Returns the playlist items and files of a collection. - Action **List Videos** Returns a page of uploaded videos. - Action **Publish Content** Publishes a video, collection or live event. - Action **Remove Group Member** Removes a person from a team group. - Action **Revoke Customer Access** Revokes a customer's access to a bundle or subscription. - Action **Schedule Content** Schedules a video or collection for future publication. - Action **Unpublish Content** Unpublishes a video, collection or live event. - 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 - [ **Uscreen** Uscreen is a fully hosted video platform enabling you to sell and distribute your videos online.](https://apiant.ai/connections/uscreen) - [ **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 Uscreen - [ **Uscreen to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-zoom) - [ **Uscreen to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-webflow) - [ **Uscreen 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/uscreen-to-wix) - [ **Uscreen to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-linkedin) - [ **Uscreen to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-facebook) - [ **Uscreen to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/uscreen-to-anthropic) ## 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 ## Uscreen and Crossref Metadata Search, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Uscreen? Any of Uscreen's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Invoice, New User, New Video View and User 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 Uscreen? 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 Uscreen? Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Uscreen. 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 Uscreen 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 Uscreen 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.