--- title: "Connect Raisely to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Campaign\" fires in Raisely, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-openalex" --- # Connect Raisely to OpenAlex When **New Campaign** fires in [Raisely](https://apiant.ai/connections/raisely), 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. Raisely **3** triggers Raisely **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 Raisely 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 Raisely can start in OpenAlex - When **New Campaign** in Raisely then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New Interaction** in Raisely 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 Raisely and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 16 actions - Trigger **New Campaign** Triggers when a new campaign is created in your Raisely organisation. - Trigger **New Interaction** Triggers when a new interaction is recorded against a person in Raisely. - Trigger **New Person** Triggers when a new person (supporter) is added to your Raisely organisation. - Action **Get campaign** Returns a Raisely campaign, including its settings and custom public fields, by its path or UUID. - Action **Get donation** Returns a single donation by its unique ID, including its amount, donor and any custom fields. - Action **Get profile** Returns a fundraising profile (individual or team page), including its goal, totals and custom fields. - Action **Get user** Returns a Raisely user (a person with access to your organisation's admin) by their unique ID. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your Raisely account, newest first, optionally filtered by search text, path, mode or status. - Action **List donations** Returns the donations in your Raisely organisation, optionally narrowed to one campaign or by search text. - Action **Update campaign** Updates an existing Raisely campaign's name, description or fundraising goal. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update donation** Updates an existing donation's donor details and message in Raisely. - Action **Update profile** Updates a fundraising profile's name, description, goal or photo, and returns the updated profile. - 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 - [ **Raisely** Raisely is an online fundraising platform to help charities raise money online and nurture their supporters.](https://apiant.ai/connections/raisely) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Raisely - [ **Raisely to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-salesforce) - [ **Raisely to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-slack) - [ **Raisely to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-stripe) - [ **Raisely to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-shopify) - [ **Raisely to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-trello) - [ **Raisely to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/raisely-to-zoom) ## 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 ## Raisely and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Raisely? Any of Raisely's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Campaign, New Interaction and New 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 Raisely? 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 Raisely? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Raisely. 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 Raisely 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 Raisely 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.