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Actions
Everything Sokko can do in OpenAlex
Every OpenAlex action Sokko can run. Ask for one in a sentence and it's done.
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. Downloads are limited to 25 MB; compressed TEI must also remain within 25 MB after expansion.
Get Changefile
Retrieve 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 endpoint cost.
Get Collection
Get metadata for one private OpenAlex collection owned by the connected user.
Get Concept
Retrieve one item from the deprecated, frozen OpenAlex Concepts taxonomy for legacy workflows. Prefer Topics through GET_ENTITY for new work; use select to limit returned fields.
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.
Infer Topics from Text
Use OpenAlex's deprecated legacy classifier to infer topics from a required title, optionally accompanied by an abstract. Not recommended for new projects; costs $0.01 per request.
List Changefiles
List 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 and current endpoint cost.
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 Concepts
Query the deprecated, frozen OpenAlex Concepts taxonomy for legacy workflows. Prefer Topics through QUERY_ENTITIES for new work. Returns one cursor-controlled page; keep aggregate traffic below 100 requests per second and monitor the connected key's daily USD budget.
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.
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.
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Questions, answered.
Sokko is an AI assistant that lives in your Slack. Connect your apps, ask for what you need in plain language, and Sokko takes the work off your plate.
Sign up to Sokko, ask Sokko to connect to OpenAlex, and approve the connection when prompted. From then on you can ask Sokko to do things in OpenAlex whenever you need.
No. There's nothing to build or configure. You ask Sokko in Slack the same way you'd ask a colleague, and Sokko handles the rest.
Yes. Ask once and tell Sokko when to repeat it, like every Monday at 9am, and it becomes a routine that runs without you.
Read and act on data in OpenAlex, and trigger workflows when something changes there. Tell Sokko the outcome you want and it handles the rest.
Yes. Sokko connects to 1,000+ apps and any MCP server, so you can ask for tasks that span OpenAlex and the rest of your stack in a single request.