Lets AI assistants search and analyze OpenAlex scholarly works, authors, institutions, and citations over a remote MCP server with OAuth, returning the exact OQL query behind each answer.
Use it now
Keep it with up to 9 other tools you're setting up, then share them all as one link.
Try this first
Ask your assistant, with OpenAlex AI Agent Connector connected:
- Search Works
Use OpenAlex AI Agent Connector to find papers: ‹what you're looking for›
- Resolve References
Use OpenAlex AI Agent Connector to check up to 25 citations, DOIs, or free-text references: ‹what you need›
- Citation Graph
Use OpenAlex AI Agent Connector to list the works: ‹what you need›
Connect it over MCP
Connect OpenAlex AI Agent Connector as an MCP server, following its setup instructions at https://help.openalex.org/access/connector/
Its page: help.openalex.org/access/connector
Install the CLI
Install it as its own instructions say.
Its page: help.openalex.org/access/connector
Call the API
Auth OAuth 2.0: you sign in with OpenAlex
Its page: help.openalex.org/access/connector
Compare
Press Compare to add it to the tray at the bottom of the window, then pick up to 2 others anywhere on the site.
- Access
- MCPAPICLI
- Auth
- OAuth 2.0
- Skills
- 4
Skills
Search Works
Finds papers by keyword, semantic meaning, or raw OQL with filters for year, open access, citations, and author, institution, or funder IDs.
Resolve References
Checks up to 25 citations, DOIs, or free-text references per call, reporting whether each exists and filling in missing DOIs.
Citation Graph
Lists the works that cite a paper, the works it references, or related works, so agents can trace follow-up research on a topic.
Analyze Works
Profiles any set of works with totals, open-access share, top-cited share, yearly trends, and top fields, institutions, and countries.
