OpenAlex
Scholarly works search
Full-text search over 250M+ scholarly works (papers, books, datasets): title, DOI, year, citations, open access status, authors with institutions, venue. Supports OpenAlex filters and sorting.
Use this tool with your agent
Give this to your agent
Use my connected Agentik MCP server. I want to use the tool openalex/search-works (Scholarly works search (OpenAlex)). Call inspect_tool with {"tool_id": "openalex/search-works"} first and tell me the price before anything runs. Ask me for the inputs it needs; never invent values, IDs or file URLs. When I confirm, call run_tool with tool_id "openalex/search-works" and my inputs, follow it with get_run if it is still running, and give me the result and the price Agentik reports. If the tool is unavailable, say so and use discover_tools to propose an alternative.Show the prompt
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Codex: your agent takes it from there, and shows the price before it runs.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | Yes | |
per_page | integer | No | |
page | integer | No | |
filter | string | No | OpenAlex filter string, e.g. 'publication_year:2024,is_oa:true' |
sort | string | No | Options: relevance_score:desc, cited_by_count:desc, publication_date:desc. |
How your agent calls it
First inspect_tool for the current schema and price, then run_tool with the published example after confirming your inputs:
{
"tool_id": "openalex/search-works",
"input": {
"query": "model context protocol",
"per_page": 2
}
}Price and billing
- Price
- Free
- Model
- Per call
- Detail
- No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Data from OpenAlex (CC0)
- The provider’s price, 0% markup.
- One prepaid balance for every provider; your agent sees the price before it runs.
- Pay for measured usage; unused reservations are released.