# Connect Worktivity to Crossref Metadata Search

When **New Employee** fires in [Worktivity](https://apiant.ai/connections/worktivity), 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.

Worktivity **2** triggers Worktivity **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 Worktivity and Crossref Metadata Search to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 Worktivity can start in Crossref Metadata Search

- When **New Employee** in Worktivity then **Find funders by query** in Crossref Metadata Search
- When **New Project Task** in Worktivity 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 Worktivity and Crossref Metadata Search

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 18 actions

- Trigger

**New Employee**

Triggers when a new employee is added.

- Trigger

**New Project Task**

Triggers when a new task is created in a project.

- Action

**Add customer**

Creates a customer.

- Action

**Add project**

Creates a project.

- Action

**Add task**

Creates a task.

- Action

**Get project**

Gets a project by id.

- Action

**Get task**

Gets a task by id.

- Action

**List customers**

Lists customers.

- Action

**List employees**

Lists employees.

- Action

**List projects**

Lists projects.

- Action

**List teams**

Lists teams.

- Action

**List timesheets**

Lists timesheet data.

- Action

**Update project**

Updates a project.

- Action

**Update task**

Updates a task.

- 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

- [ **Worktivity** Worktivity is a platform that tracks app and website usage to improve team productivity.](https://apiant.ai/connections/worktivity)
- [ **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 Worktivity

- [ **Worktivity to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-zoom)
- [ **Worktivity to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-linkedin)
- [ **Worktivity to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-facebook)
- [ **Worktivity to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-anthropic)
- [ **Worktivity to GoHighLevel** All-in-one sales and marketing platform agencies white-label and resell to their clients — contacts...](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-gohighlevel)
- [ **Worktivity to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/worktivity-to-supabase)

## 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

## Worktivity and Crossref Metadata Search, answered

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### What can start an automation from Worktivity?

Any of Worktivity's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Employee and New Project Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Crossref Metadata Search when something happens in Worktivity?

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.

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### Can it also run from Crossref Metadata Search to Worktivity?

Crossref Metadata Search has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Worktivity. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Crossref Metadata Search's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Worktivity 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.