--- title: "Connect Google Merchant Center to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New or Updated Product\" fires in Google Merchant Center, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-openalex" --- # Connect Google Merchant Center to OpenAlex When **New or Updated Product** fires in [Google Merchant Center](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-merchant-center), 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. Google Merchant Center **1** trigger Google Merchant Center **7** 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 Google Merchant Center 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Merchant Center can start in OpenAlex - When **New or Updated Product** in Google Merchant Center then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New or Updated Product** in Google Merchant Center 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 Google Merchant Center and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 14 actions - Trigger **New or Updated Product** Triggers when a product is added to or changed in a Merchant Center account. Google takes about 5 minutes to process a product change, so it fires after that delay. - Action **Delete Product Input** Deletes a product input from a Merchant Center data source. - Action **Get Product** Returns one product from a Merchant Center account, including its approval status and issues. A newly added or changed product can take about 5 minutes to appear here. - Action **Insert Product Input** Creates or replaces a product in a Merchant Center data source. - Action **List Accounts** Returns the Merchant Center accounts the connected Google login can access. - Action **List Data Sources** Returns the data sources (product feeds) configured in a Merchant Center account. - Action **List Products** Returns the products in a Merchant Center account. A newly added or changed product can take about 5 minutes to appear here. - Action **Update Product Input** Updates selected attributes of an existing product input in a Merchant Center data source. - 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 - [ **Google Merchant Center** API for managing product listings, inventory, and shopping data feeds shown on Google Shopping.](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-merchant-center) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Merchant Center - [ **Google Merchant Center to Google Tag Manager** Tag management system for deploying and configuring website/app tracking codes, tags, and triggers without...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-google-tag-manager) - [ **Google Merchant Center to Square** Square is a commerce platform for payments, point of sale, orders, customers, catalog, and invoices.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-square) - [ **Google Merchant Center to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-hubspot) - [ **Google Merchant Center to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-salesforce) - [ **Google Merchant Center to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-slack) - [ **Google Merchant Center to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-merchant-center-to-google-sheets) ## 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](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 ## Google Merchant Center and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Google Merchant Center? Any of Google Merchant Center's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New or Updated Product. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in Google Merchant Center? 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 Google Merchant Center? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Google Merchant Center. 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 Google Merchant Center 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 Google Merchant Center 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.