OpenAlex for AI agents
OpenAlex is available to your agents through Vaaya, alongside hundreds of other tools, over one connection. The open index of scholarly work. You never create a OpenAlex account, hold its API key, or carry its subscription: Vaaya meters each call and rolls it into one bill.
npx @vaaya/mcp installWhat OpenAlex does
OpenAlex indexes hundreds of millions of papers, authors, and institutions — citation graphs and research output for any field or organization.
The facts
Public records & data
Vaaya MCP, or HTTP with one Vaaya API key
Listed in the catalog, with the price of each call
Per call, priced before it runs and charged only on success. Vaaya settles with OpenAlex; you are billed the catalog price, which includes Vaaya’s margin
Only the parameters of the call your agent makes. Results are returned to you and recorded in your history
Held server-side by Vaaya; your agent never receives a OpenAlex key
OpenAlex’s own terms apply to the underlying service, published at openalex.org
OpenAlex is available through Vaaya. Vaaya holds the account and settles the usage; this page does not imply a partnership or endorsement by OpenAlex.
How your agents use it
Connect Vaaya
One install wires Vaaya into your agent as an MCP server. OpenAlex comes with it, no separate signup.
Describe the outcome
Your agent says what it needs in plain language. Vaaya routes it to OpenAlex and returns the result.
Pay per call
Metered to the call and capped by your max. Every call on one bill. Failed calls are not billed.
Give your agents OpenAlex.
Install Vaaya and your agent reaches OpenAlex, and hundreds more tools, through one integration.
npx @vaaya/mcp install