--- title: "Connect Ministry Centered Technologies to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New person\" fires in Ministry Centered Technologies, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-openalex" --- # Connect Ministry Centered Technologies to OpenAlex When **New person** fires in [Ministry Centered Technologies](https://apiant.ai/connections/ministry-centered-technologies), 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. Ministry Centered Technologies **2** triggers Ministry Centered Technologies **10** 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 Ministry Centered Technologies 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 Ministry Centered Technologies can start in OpenAlex - When **New person** in Ministry Centered Technologies then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **Updated person** in Ministry Centered Technologies 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 Ministry Centered Technologies and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 17 actions - Trigger **New person** Triggered when a new person is created - Trigger **Updated person** Triggered when a person is created or updated - Action **Add email** Add an email address to a person. - Action **Add note** Add a note to a person. - Action **Add person** Create a person. - Action **Add phone number** Add a phone number to a person. - Action **Delete person** Delete a person. - Action **Find people by criteria** Returns the people that match the specified criteria - Action **Get person** Get a person by id. - Action **List notes** Lists the notes on a person, returning each note's id, text and category. - Action **List people** List people. - Action **Update person** Update a person. - 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 - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies** Ministry Centred Technologies is a mobile apps developer company that develops various business apps for the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ministry-centered-technologies) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Ministry Centered Technologies - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to MMO Games** MMOBomb publishes a database of free-to-play MMO and online games together with related news and giveaways.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-mmo-games) - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-salesforce) - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-slack) - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-stripe) - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-to-shopify) - [ **Ministry Centered Technologies to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ministry-centered-technologies-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 ## Ministry Centered Technologies and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Ministry Centered Technologies? Any of Ministry Centered Technologies's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New person and Updated person. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in Ministry Centered Technologies? 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 Ministry Centered Technologies? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Ministry Centered Technologies. 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 Ministry Centered Technologies 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 Ministry Centered Technologies 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.