--- title: "Connect YouCan to OpenAlex - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in YouCan, your agent runs \"Classify text topics\" in OpenAlex." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-openalex" --- # Connect YouCan to OpenAlex When **New Order** fires in [YouCan](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan), 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. YouCan **1** trigger YouCan **16** 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 YouCan 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 YouCan can start in OpenAlex - When **New Order** in YouCan then **Classify text topics** in OpenAlex - When **New Order** in YouCan 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 YouCan and OpenAlex ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 23 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your YouCan store. - Action **Add category** Creates a new product category in your YouCan store. - Action **Add coupon** Creates a discount coupon in your YouCan store, valid for the products you choose. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in your YouCan store for an existing customer, with the product variants, shipping choice and optional addresses, discount, notes and tags. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in your YouCan store with their contact details and optional addresses. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product in your YouCan store, with optional pricing, inventory, variants, categories and images. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from your YouCan store. - Action **Get coupon** Returns a single coupon from your YouCan store, including its code, discount value, type, dates and usage limit. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer from your YouCan store, optionally including their addresses and orders. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its ID, optionally with its customer, items, payment, shipping and other related details. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product from your YouCan store, including price, inventory, images and optional variants, categories and vendors. - Action **List customers** Returns customers in your YouCan store, optionally filtered by a search on name, phone or email. - Action **List products** Returns the products in your YouCan store, optionally searched, sorted and with related variants, categories or images. - Action **List Shipping Zones** Returns the store's shipping zones, optionally including their shipping rates. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, contact details, location or notes in your YouCan store. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update order status** Updates an order's general, shipping or payment status in your YouCan store. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in your YouCan store. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - 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 - [ **YouCan** YouCan is an integrated platform specialized in e-commerce, offering a wide range of services needed by...](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan) - [ **OpenAlex** OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record.](https://apiant.ai/connections/openalex) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from YouCan - [ **YouCan to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-zoom) - [ **YouCan to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-linkedin) - [ **YouCan to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-facebook) - [ **YouCan to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-anthropic) - [ **YouCan to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-supabase) - [ **YouCan to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-elevenlabs) ## 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 ## YouCan and OpenAlex, answered ### ### What can start an automation from YouCan? Any of YouCan's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Order. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in OpenAlex when something happens in YouCan? 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 YouCan? OpenAlex has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in YouCan. 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 YouCan 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 YouCan 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.