OpenAlex integrations

Connect OpenAlex to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. OpenAlex is an open catalog of the global scholarly record. Callers can search and list works (papers, books, datasets) by title, abstract, or full-text search and filter them by publication year, open-access status, cited-by count, concept, institution, funder, or source, and fetch a single work by OpenAlex id, DOI, PMID, or ORCID-linked author. It also covers authors, institutions, sources (journals and repositories), publishers, funders, topics, and concepts, each listable, filterable, and retrievable by id, with grouped counts for aggregate analysis and autocomplete lookups by name. No credentials required.

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7 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with OpenAlex?

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Connect your AI client

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

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

Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

Setup guide

Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

Setup guide

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

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

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What your agent can do with OpenAlex

Triggers and actions 7 actions

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.

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OpenAlex, answered

Is there a OpenAlex MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with OpenAlex. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server, sign in once in your browser, and your client can build, test and run automations that use OpenAlex. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in OpenAlex?

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.

Which apps can OpenAlex connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs OpenAlex with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.