OpenAlex for AI agents

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Looks things up in OpenAlex without asking first. 11 actions.

• Autocomplete EntitiesResolve a partial name or title to likely OpenAlex entity IDs before filtering or retrieving metadata.
• Download Work ContentDownload an OpenAlex-cached PDF or gzipped GROBID TEI file for a work. Choose the format matching the work's has_content flags. Each call currently costs $0.01, and source copyright terms still apply.
• Get ChangefileRetrieve changed entity counts and JSONL/Parquet download details for one OpenAlex changefile date. Requires an OpenAlex paid plan; inspect GET_RATE_LIMIT_STATUS for daily capacity and current endpoin
• Get CollectionGet metadata for one private OpenAlex collection owned by the connected user.
• Get Metadata EntityRetrieve one OpenAlex work, author, source, institution, topic, keyword, publisher, funder, award, taxonomy item, country, continent, or language by its supported identifier. Returns the provider's en
• Get Rate Limit StatusValidate the connected OpenAlex API key and inspect daily budget, prepaid balance, reset timing, and current endpoint costs before expensive queries or downloads.
• List ChangefilesList all available OpenAlex changefile dates and detail URLs. Requires an OpenAlex paid plan. Keep aggregate traffic below 100 requests per second and inspect GET_RATE_LIMIT_STATUS for daily capacity
• List Collection EntitiesList one page of entity IDs in an owned private collection together with collection metadata and page totals.
• List My CollectionsList private OpenAlex collections owned by the connected API-key user, optionally finding collections that contain an entity.
• Query Metadata EntitiesSearch, filter, sort, sample, select, or group one OpenAlex metadata resource other than works, including authors, venues, organizations, taxonomy, geography, awards, and enumerations. Returns one cur
• Query WorksSearch, filter, sort, sample, select, or group scholarly works. Returns one cursor-controlled page and its OpenAlex query cost; use the snapshot for whole-catalog exports.