--- title: "Connect AI Law Tracker to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New enforcement matter\" fires in AI Law Tracker, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-openalex" --- # Connect AI Law Tracker to OpenAlex When **New enforcement matter** fires in [AI Law Tracker](https://apiant.ai/connections/ai-law-tracker), your agent runs **Classify text topics** in [OpenAlex](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. AI Law Tracker **1** trigger AI Law Tracker **16** actions OpenAlex **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want AI Law Tracker and OpenAlex 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 AI Law Tracker can start in OpenAlex - When **New enforcement matter** in AI Law Tracker then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New enforcement matter** in AI Law Tracker then **Find entities by autocomplete** in OpenAlex 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 AI Law Tracker and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 23 actions - Trigger **New enforcement matter** - Action **Assess company** submit a company profile, get back applicable obligations + a 1-10 risk score. - Action **Find laws** full-text search over law records by title/summary. - Action **Generate compliance report** on-demand AI compliance report (PDF or signed link). - Action **Get bill** one landmark bill with sources, citations, cross-links. - Action **Get law** get one legal record by uuid. - Action **Get law citations** citation projection for one law record. - Action **Get law sources** tiered primary/secondary source URLs backing one law record. - Action **Get sector** one sector's overview + derived obligations & penalties. - Action **List bills** curated landmark-bill index. - Action **List deadlines** upcoming AI-law effective/compliance dates (JSON or iCal). - Action **List jurisdictions** covered jurisdictions with record counts. - Action **List laws** list legal records with filter/sort/pagination. - Action **List news** AI-law news headlines (filter, keyword, date range; newest-first). - Action **List obligations** derived AI-law obligations for a jurisdiction/sector/use. - Action **List penalties** penalty & enforcement dataset for applicable laws. - Action **List sectors** sector index (valid slugs for obligations/penalties/assess). - Action **Classify text topics** Classify arbitrary text (e.g. title/abstract) into OpenAlex topics ("Aboutness" endpoint). - Action **Find entities by autocomplete** Type-ahead search across a given entity type (works, authors, sources, institutions, etc), returning quick display hints. - Action **Get funder** Get a single funder by OpenAlex ID. - Action **Get publisher** Get a single publisher by OpenAlex ID. - Action **Get source** Get a single source by OpenAlex ID or external ID (ISSN etc). - Action **List publishers** List/search publishers with filter/search params. - Action **List topics** List/search research topics with filter/search params. ## Each app on its own - [ **AI Law Tracker** AI regulation laws by jurisdiction (US, EU, global) as read-only JSON; free tier](https://apiant.ai/connections/ai-law-tracker) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from AI Law Tracker - [ **AI Law Tracker to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-hubspot) - [ **AI Law Tracker to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-salesforce) - [ **AI Law Tracker to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-slack) - [ **AI Law Tracker to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-google-sheets) - [ **AI Law Tracker to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-google-drive) - [ **AI Law Tracker to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ai-law-tracker-to-mailchimp) ## More into OpenAlex - [ **HubSpot to OpenAlex** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-openalex) - [ **Salesforce to OpenAlex** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-openalex) - [ **Slack to OpenAlex** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-openalex) - [ **Google Sheets to OpenAlex** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-openalex) - [ **Gmail to OpenAlex** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-openalex) - [ **Google Calendar to OpenAlex** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-openalex) Questions ## AI Law Tracker and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from AI Law Tracker? Any of AI Law Tracker's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New enforcement matter. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in AI Law Tracker? Any of OpenAlex's 7 actions, including Classify text topics, Find entities by autocomplete, Get funder and Get publisher. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from OpenAlex to AI Law Tracker? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in AI Law Tracker. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads OpenAlex's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for AI Law Tracker or OpenAlex? 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 AI Law Tracker and OpenAlex 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.