Add OpenAlex to your AI agent
OpenAlex is an open catalog of scholarly works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, and related research metadata.
- Things your agent can do in OpenAlex
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Things your AI can do in OpenAlex
Your FormWise AI can handle any of these in OpenAlex — on its own, without you needing to click a button.
Add Collection Entities
Bulk-add one or more matching OpenAlex entity IDs to an owned collection without duplicating existing memberships.
Autocomplete Entities
Resolve a partial name or title to likely OpenAlex entity IDs before filtering or retrieving metadata.
Create Collection
Create a private, single-entity-type OpenAlex collection, optionally with an initial bounded set of entity IDs.
Delete Collection
Permanently delete exactly one owned private OpenAlex collection and all of its collection memberships. This does not delete the underlying OpenAlex entities.
Download Work Content
Download 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 Collection
Get metadata for one private OpenAlex collection owned by the connected user.
Get Metadata Entity
Retrieve 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 entity object directly; use select to limit its top-level fields.
Get Rate Limit Status
Validate the connected OpenAlex API key and inspect daily budget, prepaid balance, reset timing, and current endpoint costs before expensive queries or downloads.
List Collection Entities
List one page of entity IDs in an owned private collection together with collection metadata and page totals.
List My Collections
List private OpenAlex collections owned by the connected API-key user, optionally finding collections that contain an entity.
Query Metadata Entities
Search, filter, sort, sample, select, or group one OpenAlex metadata resource other than works, including authors, venues, organizations, taxonomy, geography, awards, and enumerations. Returns one cursor-controlled page.
Query Works
Search, 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.
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Remove Collection Entities
Bulk-remove one or more entity memberships from an owned private OpenAlex collection without deleting the underlying OpenAlex entities.
Update Collection
Update a private collection's name or description, or change its entity type while the collection is empty. Provide at least one of display_name, description, or entity_type.
Built for the way you actually work
No code, no engineers
Connect in a few clicks and start using your AI right away. If you can use the apps you already love, you can do this.
Sounds like you, not like a bot
Train your AI on your offer, your voice, and the way you actually talk to clients — it picks up where you leave off.
Plugs into the stack you already use
No need to rip out your CRM, your scheduler, or your email tool. Your AI works inside the apps running your business today.
Your data stays yours
Client conversations, lists, and credentials are scoped to your workspace. Nothing gets shared, sold, or used to train anyone else’s AI.
What you can do once OpenAlex is connected
Onboard new clients without lifting a finger
When someone signs up, your AI greets them, sets up their next step in OpenAlex, and keeps the momentum going — even at 2am.
Reply to leads in seconds, not days
Your AI watches OpenAlex for new inquiries, answers questions in your voice, and books the call before they cool off.
Get your weekends back
Hand off the repetitive OpenAlex work — follow-ups, reminders, updates, simple admin — and stop being the bottleneck in your own business.
How to connect OpenAlex to your agent
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Start using FormWise for free
Sign up in under a minute.
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Find OpenAlex in your connected apps
Inside FormWise, go to Settings → Connected Services and look for OpenAlex.
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Hit "Connect"
Click "Connect OpenAlex" and log in like you normally would. We only ask for the permissions your AI actually needs.
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Tell your AI what to do in OpenAlex
Build a quick AI Agent (it's like writing instructions, not code), and pick the OpenAlex actions you want your AI to handle.
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Watch it run
Send it a real-world task and watch your AI take care of OpenAlex for you. Tweak the wording until it feels just right.
Powered by the AI you already trust
Your OpenAlex workflow runs on the same world-class AI used by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. We handle the technical part — you just tell your AI what to do, in plain English.
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Questions other OpenAlex users had before signing up
Do I need to know how to code?
Not even a little. If you can use OpenAlex today, you can set this up. You'll connect OpenAlex, tell your AI what it should help with, and you're live. The whole thing is built for coaches, course creators, agencies, and operators — not engineers.
Will my clients know they're talking to an AI?
Only if you want them to. Your FormWise AI is trained on your voice, your offer, and the way you actually communicate — so it sounds like a thoughtful team member, not a clunky chatbot. Most people can't tell.
Can I make it sound like me?
Yes. You can give your AI examples of how you write, the questions you usually ask new clients, the way you handle objections, and the language you use about your offer. The more you give it, the more it sounds like you wrote it.
What if I want to take over a conversation?
You're always in control. You can step in at any point, take over from your AI, or stop it from sending messages until you've reviewed them. Think of it as a teammate, not a replacement.
Is my client data safe?
Yes. Your OpenAlex login and client information stay scoped to your workspace. We don't sell it, we don't share it, and we don't use your data to train anyone else's AI. You can disconnect OpenAlex or delete everything any time.
What happens when OpenAlex updates their app?
We handle it. When OpenAlex adds new features or changes how something works, we update the integration in the background. You don't have to do anything — your AI just keeps working.
How fast can I actually get this running?
Most people are up and running the same day they sign up. Connecting OpenAlex takes a few minutes. Teaching your AI to handle the work the way you'd want it done is the part worth slowing down for.
What is FormWise?
FormWise is the AI agent builder for coaches, course creators, and agencies. You connect the apps you already use — like OpenAlex — train your AI on your offer and voice, and let it handle the work you've been doing manually: onboarding, follow-ups, support, admin. No code, no developers, no engineering team required.
Can I sell AI agents to my clients?
Yes. A lot of FormWise users build AI assistants and sell them as part of their offer — done-for-you AI setups, white-label assistants for client businesses, custom GPTs trained on a client's brand. You can charge a setup fee, a monthly retainer, or both.
Can I embed my AI on my website or in my course?
Yes. Every AI you build in FormWise can be embedded on your site, dropped into your course platform, or shared as a standalone link. Your clients and students just open it like any other web page — no app to download, no login hoops.
Do I need to know anything about AI to use this?
No. If you can describe what you want your AI to do in plain English — "greet new clients, ask these 3 questions, book them a call" — FormWise can build it. We handle the models, the prompts, the connections. You handle the part you already know: what your business actually needs.
About OpenAlex on FormWise
OpenAlex is an open catalog of scholarly works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, and related research metadata.
Connect OpenAlex once and your FormWise AI gets 14 things it can do inside it. That means your AI can handle the OpenAlex work in your business — the messages, the updates, the follow-ups, the admin — the way you would, just faster and around the clock.
You don't need to know how any of it works under the hood. We take care of keeping the connection alive, retrying if something fails, and making sure your data only ever moves where you tell it to.
New to OpenAlex? Take a look at openalex.org.
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