Integration
Connect GorillaDesk to OpenAlex
When New Customer fires in GorillaDesk, your agent runs Classify text topics in OpenAlex. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want GorillaDesk and OpenAlex to do together?
Ask the assistant
Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiOne 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Grok
Open grok.com/connectors, choose New Connector, then Custom, and paste the address. Grok signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)Example flows
What GorillaDesk can start in OpenAlex
When New Customer in GorillaDesk
then Classify text topics 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 GorillaDesk and OpenAlex
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 26 actions
- New Customer
Triggers when a new customer is added in GorillaDesk.
- New Lead
Triggers when a new inbound lead arrives in GorillaDesk.
- Add Customer
Creates a new customer in GorillaDesk with their service location.
- Add Customer Location
Adds a new service location to an existing GorillaDesk customer.
- Get Customer
Returns one GorillaDesk customer by ID.
- Get Estimate
Returns one GorillaDesk estimate by ID.
- Get Invoice
Returns one GorillaDesk invoice by ID.
- Get Job
Returns one GorillaDesk job by ID.
- Get Payment
Returns one GorillaDesk payment by ID.
- Get schedule
Returns one schedule (technician route) in your GorillaDesk company, including its name, nickname and assigned user.
- List customer credits
Returns customer credits, with each credit's original value, remaining balance, issue date and payment method. Optionally filtered to one customer.
- List Customers
Returns a page of GorillaDesk customers, optionally filtered by account number or status.
- List estimates
Returns the estimates in your GorillaDesk company, optionally filtered by customer, job, status, signature status, date range or estimate number.
- List invoices
Returns invoices in your GorillaDesk company, optionally filtered by customer, job, status, state, signature status, date range or invoice number.
- List jobs
Returns jobs in your GorillaDesk account, optionally filtered by customer, date range, keyword or schedule.
- List payments
Returns payments recorded in GorillaDesk, optionally filtered by customer, invoice, status or payment date.
- List recurring invoices
Returns the recurring invoices (invoice schedules for jobs) in your GorillaDesk company, optionally filtered by customer, job, keyword or start date.
- List schedules
Returns the schedules (technician routes) set up in your GorillaDesk company, with each schedule's assigned user.
- List services
Returns the service templates (such as "Monthly Service") set up in your GorillaDesk account that can be booked as jobs.
- List users
Returns the users (admins and technicians) in your GorillaDesk company.
- Update Customer
Updates an existing GorillaDesk customer's name, company, email or account number.
- Classify text topics
Classify arbitrary text (e.g. title/abstract) into OpenAlex topics ("Aboutness" endpoint).
- Find entities by autocomplete
Type-ahead search across a given entity type (works, authors, sources, institutions, etc), returning quick display hints.
- Get funder
Get a single funder by OpenAlex ID.
- Get publisher
Get a single publisher by OpenAlex ID.
- Get source
Get a single source by OpenAlex ID or external ID (ISSN etc).
- List publishers
List/search publishers with filter/search params.
- List topics
List/search research topics with filter/search params.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
GorillaDesk and OpenAlex, answered
What can start an automation from GorillaDesk?
Any of GorillaDesk's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Customer and New Lead. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in GorillaDesk?
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 GorillaDesk?
OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in GorillaDesk. 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 GorillaDesk 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 GorillaDesk 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.