OpenAlex API and MCP
Scholarly works from OpenAlex. 1 tool through Agentik.
Capabilities
Pricing
- Price
- OpenAlex's own, per call, with no markup
- Billing
- From your Agentik balance, call by call.
- Free
- 1 tool have no charge per call
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Agentik holds the OpenAlex account. Your agent pays each call from one Agentik balance.
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Use OpenAlex through Agentik to find recent papers about [topic] and sum them up. Show me the tool and its price first.
All OpenAlex tools
Use cases
- Literature reviewThe most cited and most recent papers on a question from OpenAlex and Crossref, research found by meaning with Exa, and background from Wikipedia, in a review with citations.
- Fact-check a claimA claim checked against the web, the news, research papers and Wikipedia, with the original source found in the Internet Archive.
- Expert finderResearchers and practitioners who published or spoke recently on your topic, their papers and podcast appearances, their X profiles and emails.
- Learning planAny topic broken into what to learn first, with plain-language background, the key papers, the books and the best lectures, in a week-by-week plan.
Other providers
Questions
Do I need an account with OpenAlex?
No. Agentik holds the connection to OpenAlex. Your agent calls it with your Agentik key, and each call is paid from your balance at OpenAlex's price.
Is the data the same as the direct API?
Yes. Each tool is one OpenAlex endpoint with its real inputs. Agentik adds the price check, the balance and the receipt.
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