# AGENTS.md - OpenAlex CLI

You are being asked to install or use the OpenAlex CLI from the Printing Press library.

## What it is

openalex-pp-cli is an agent-native command line tool for OpenAlex. The OpenAlex API provides access to a comprehensive catalog of scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions,...
It is a single Go binary that ships with an agent skill, and it installs with one command.

## Install

Recommended (installs the binary and the agent skill):

    npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install openalex

Hermes:

    hermes skills install mvanhorn/printing-press-library/cli-skills/pp-openalex --force

OpenClaw:

    clawhub install printing-press-library/openalex

## MCP server

This CLI ships an MCP server (openalex-pp-mcp) with 43 tools. Point any MCP client at it, including Claude Desktop.

## After install

Call openalex-pp-cli from the shell, or use the /pp-openalex skill inside an agent.
Run openalex-pp-cli --help to list commands.

## Links

- Documentation: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/openalex
- Library page: https://printingpress.dev/library/other/openalex
- This file: https://printingpress.dev/documentation/openalex/agents.md