# Connect Pcloud to OpenAlex When **New file** fires in [Pcloud](https://apiant.ai/connections/pcloud), 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. Pcloud **1** trigger Pcloud **13** 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 Pcloud and OpenAlex to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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 Pcloud can start in OpenAlex - When **New file** in Pcloud then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New file** in Pcloud 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 Pcloud and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 20 actions - Trigger **New file** Triggers when a new file appears in the chosen pCloud folder. - Action **Add folder** Creates a new folder in pCloud, inside a parent folder or at a given path. - Action **Add public link for file** Creates a public link to a file in pCloud and returns the link and its code. - Action **Copy file** Copies a file to another folder or path in your pCloud drive and returns the new file's details. - Action **Delete file** Deletes a file from pCloud, identified by its file id or path. - Action **Delete folder** Deletes an empty folder in pCloud by its id or path and returns the deleted folder's details. - Action **Get file** Returns the details of a file in pCloud, such as its name, path, size and content type. - Action **Get file download link** Returns a temporary download link for a pCloud file, along with when the link expires. - Action **Get user info** Returns the connected pCloud user's account details: email, verification and premium status, language, and storage quota usage. - Action **List folder contents** Returns the files and subfolders inside a pCloud folder, optionally the whole tree. - Action **List public links** Returns all of the current user's public links to files and folders, with download and traffic counts. - Action **Update file** Renames a file and/or moves it to another folder in pCloud. Returns the updated file's details. - Action **Update folder** Renames and/or moves a folder in pCloud and returns the updated folder's details. - Action **Upload file** Uploads a file from a URL into a pCloud folder and returns the new file's details. - 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 - [ **Pcloud** Cloud storage platform for securely storing, syncing, and sharing files and folders across devices.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pcloud) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Pcloud - [ **Pcloud to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-salesforce) - [ **Pcloud to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-slack) - [ **Pcloud to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-stripe) - [ **Pcloud to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-shopify) - [ **Pcloud to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Pcloud to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pcloud-to-pipedrive) ## 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 ## Pcloud and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Pcloud? Any of Pcloud's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New file. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in Pcloud? 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 Pcloud? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Pcloud. 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 Pcloud 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. ### ### 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.