# Mendeley AI connector guide

Connect Mendeley data to AI agents with Combined. Explore annotations, catalog search, identifier types, source setup, MCP access and read-only business queries.

Combined offers 1,125 connectors across catalog sources and connectors generated through desktop automation.

## Connect

1. Open Combined Connected Apps and select Mendeley.
2. Authorize the source and choose the relevant datasets.
3. Complete a first sync, then grant your agent access through the Set up or Access workspace.
4. Discover the actual source schemas before querying.

## Setup reference

- Client ID: required in the upstream source schema
- Refresh token: required in the upstream source schema
- Client secret: required in the upstream source schema
- Name for institution: required in the upstream source schema
- Query for catalog search: required in the upstream source schema
- Start date: required in the upstream source schema

## Dataset reference

- annotations; key: id; update field: last_modified
- catalog_search; key: id
- identifier_types; key: uuid
- profile; key: id; update field: created
- trashed; key: id; update field: last_modified
- groups; key: id; update field: created
- folders; key: id; update field: modified
- files; key: id; update field: created
- documents; key: id; update field: created
- subject_areas; key: uuid
- institutions; key: id

This is the upstream connector reference, version 0.0.45. Account permissions and sync configuration determine the datasets available in your workspace.

## Agent prompt

Use Combined to analyze my Mendeley data.
List my granted sources, discover the datasets and describe their fields.
Look for datasets corresponding to annotations, catalog_search, identifier_types, profile, trashed, groups.
Check the last successful sync and report the available date coverage.
Propose three useful questions based on the fields actually available.
For the question I choose, run read-only SQL over the complete matching dataset.
Use a bounded result; include source names, time window and query receipt.
Ask for a missing join key or metric definition instead of inventing one.

## Links

- Combined: https://www.trycombined.com/
- Setup: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/getting-started/onboarding
- MCP: https://www.trycombined.com/docs/integrations/mcp
- Pricing: https://www.trycombined.com/pricing
- Upstream source reference: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/mendeley
- Full guide: https://www.trycombined.com/connectors/mendeley