--- title: "Connect Inistate to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Changed Information\" fires in Inistate, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-openalex" --- # Connect Inistate to OpenAlex When **Changed Information** fires in [Inistate](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate), 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. Inistate **6** triggers Inistate **9** 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 Inistate 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 Inistate can start in OpenAlex - When **Changed Information** in Inistate then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **Changed State** in Inistate 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 Inistate and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 6 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **Activity Performed** Triggers when an activity is performed on an entry in the chosen module, detected as a change to the entry's last-updated time. - Trigger **Changed Information** Triggers when an entry's information in an Inistate module is changed. - Trigger **Changed State** Triggers when an entry in the selected Inistate module moves to a different workflow state. - Trigger **Information Due** Triggers when an entry in the chosen module reaches its due date. - Trigger **New Entry** Triggers when a new entry is created in the selected Inistate module. - Trigger **Updated Entry** Triggers when an entry in the selected module is created or changed. - Action **Create Entry** Creates a new entry in an Inistate module with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Entry** Deletes an entry from an Inistate module. - Action **Duplicate Entry** Creates a copy of an existing entry in an Inistate module. - Action **Edit Entry** Edits an existing entry in an Inistate module, updating the field values you supply. - Action **Get Activity Form** Returns the fields an Inistate activity asks for (such as the create form, or the Reject form on an entry), with each field's id, name, type and options. - Action **List Entries** Returns entries from an Inistate module, optionally narrowed to one of the module's listings. - Action **List Modules** Returns the modules (record types such as Leave Request or Expense Claim) set up in an Inistate workspace. - Action **List Workspaces** Returns the Inistate workspaces the connected user belongs to, with each workspace's id and name. - Action **Perform Activity** Runs an activity (such as Submit, Approve or Reject) on an existing Inistate entry, moving it through its workflow. - 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 - [ **Inistate** Inistate is simplifying processes to best-fit sustainable and scalable solutions and reinventing no-code...](https://apiant.ai/connections/inistate) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Inistate - [ **Inistate to Chucknorris** Free JSON API providing hand-curated, random Chuck Norris jokes/facts.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-chucknorris) - [ **Inistate to Docusnap365** Docusnap is a software for automated network inventory, IT documentation, license management and permission...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-docusnap365) - [ **Inistate to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-salesforce) - [ **Inistate to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-slack) - [ **Inistate to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-mailchimp) - [ **Inistate to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/inistate-to-stripe) ## 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 ## Inistate and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Inistate? Any of Inistate's 6 triggers in the catalog, including Changed Information, Changed State, New Entry and Updated Entry. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in Inistate? 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 Inistate? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Inistate. 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 Inistate 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 Inistate 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.