--- title: "Connect incwo to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New invoice\" fires in incwo, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-openalex" --- # Connect incwo to OpenAlex When **New invoice** fires in [incwo](https://apiant.ai/connections/incwo), 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. incwo **1** trigger incwo **17** 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 incwo 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 incwo can start in OpenAlex - When **New invoice** in incwo then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New invoice** in incwo 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 incwo and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 24 actions - Trigger **New invoice** Triggered when a new invoice is created - Action **Add invoice** Creates a draft invoice (or credit note) with its lines in incwo in one atomic call. incwo always creates invoices as drafts; numbering happens when the invoice is confirmed in incwo. - Action **Add opportunity** Create a lead/opportunity (CRM: Leads and opportunities). POST to the opportunities collection.xml per docs. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a Contact - Action **Create Firm** Creates a Firm - Action **Create Task** Creates a Task - Action **Find Contact** Finds a contact - Action **Find Firm** Searches your incwo firms (companies) by keyword and returns the ones that match. - Action **Get contact** Retrieves a single incwo contact by its ID. - Action **Get firm** Get a firm by id. - Action **Get invoice** Returns one incwo invoice (or draft credit note) with its party, lines, totals and progress. - Action **Get opportunity** Returns one incwo opportunity (lead) with its topic, client, stage, amount and confidence. - Action **Get task** Returns one incwo task by its id, with its title, content, due date, assignment and status. - Action **List contacts** List contacts, paginated with ?page=N and date filters. - Action **List firms** Lists firms (companies) in incwo, optionally narrowed by search text or field filters and sorted. - Action **Update contact** Update a contact. - Action **Update firm** Update a firm. - Action **Update task** Update a project task. - 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 - [ **incwo** incwo.com is a CRM and invoicing platform for SMEs](https://apiant.ai/connections/incwo) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from incwo - [ **incwo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-salesforce) - [ **incwo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-slack) - [ **incwo to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-mailchimp) - [ **incwo to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-stripe) - [ **incwo to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-shopify) - [ **incwo to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/incwo-to-quickbooks-online) ## 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 ## incwo and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from incwo? Any of incwo's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in incwo? 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 incwo? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in incwo. 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 incwo 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 incwo 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.