Integration
Connect iLovePDF to OpenAlex
When New Completed Task fires in iLovePDF, 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 iLovePDF and OpenAlex to do together?
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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 iLovePDF can start in OpenAlex
When New Completed Task in iLovePDF
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 iLovePDF and OpenAlex
Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 19 actions
- New Completed Task
Triggers when an iLovePDF task (compress, merge, split, OCR and the other tools) finishes successfully, optionally only for one tool.
- Audit PDF File
Downloads the audit trail PDF of a signature request.
- Compress PDF
Compresses a PDF from a public URL and returns the compressed file.
- Download Original Files
Downloads the original, unsigned files of a signature request.
- Download Signed Files
Downloads the signed file of a completed signature request (a ZIP when it held several files).
- Merge PDF
Combines two PDFs from public URLs into one PDF and returns it.
- Ocr PDF
Runs OCR on a scanned PDF from a public URL and returns a searchable PDF.
- Office to PDF
Converts an Office document (DOC, DOCX, PPT, XLS, ODT and similar) from a public URL into a PDF and returns it.
- PDF to PDF/A
Converts a PDF from a public URL into PDF/A for archiving and returns it.
- Protect PDF
Password-protects a PDF from a public URL and returns the protected file.
- Send Reminder
Sends a reminder email to every signer of a signature request who has not signed yet.
- Send Signature Request
Sends a PDF from a public URL to a signer by email for a legally binding e-signature.
- Unlock PDF
Removes password security from a PDF at a public URL and returns the unlocked file.
- 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.
Each app on its own
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Questions
iLovePDF and OpenAlex, answered
What can start an automation from iLovePDF?
Any of iLovePDF's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Completed Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in iLovePDF?
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 iLovePDF?
OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in iLovePDF. 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 iLovePDF 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 iLovePDF 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.