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scholar-search

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SONAR SCORE0.828
LIVE PRICE0.010000
BAZAAR LIVEcompatible
CDP INDEXEDno
DECISION EVIDENCE

Why an agent can trust this route.

18 observations in the last 24h
HANDSHAKE SUCCESS94.4%402 challenge reachable
PAID DELIVERY0.0%settlement observed
P90 LATENCY2067msrecent response window
PRICE DRIFT0.0%advertised vs observed

Sonar evidence is advisory. Paid delivery is shown as verified only when paid probes are available; otherwise route estimates use the unpaid handshake as a clearly labeled proxy.

SONAR PROBE HISTORY / 30D

Observed outcomes

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LIVE ENDPOINT METADATA

Search the scholarly literature by keyword or topic and get a ranked list of works with core metadata. Optional filters for year range, open-access only, concept and institution. Powered by OpenAlex. A cheap first step before /scholar/paper.

Resource: api.agentstools.dev/scholar/search

Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 · Pay to: 0xF22e558a00D91Ee12A1F50C52186FecB8dDFf493

Payment methods: — · Last validation: 2026-09-13 23:06:35.689+00

{
  "input": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "type",
      "method"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "type": {
        "type": "string",
        "const": "http"
      },
      "method": {
        "enum": [
          "GET",
          "HEAD",
          "DELETE"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "queryParams": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "query"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "limit": {
            "type": "integer",
            "maximum": 50,
            "minimum": 1,
            "description": "Max items to return, default 10"
          },
          "query": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Keyword or topic search terms"
          },
          "concept": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filter by a subject concept name"
          },
          "oa_only": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Restrict to open-access works when true"
          },
          "year_to": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Latest publication year to include"
          },
          "year_from": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Earliest publication year to include"
          },
          "institution": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Filter by an author institution name"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "type"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "type": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  },
  "paymentRequirements": [
    {
      "raw": {
        "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
        "extra": {
          "name": "USD Coin",
          "version": "2"
        },
        "payTo": "0xF22e558a00D91Ee12A1F50C52186FecB8dDFf493",
        "amount": "10000",
        "scheme": "exact",
        "network": "eip155:8453",
        "maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
      },
      "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
      "payTo": "0xF22e558a00D91Ee12A1F50C52186FecB8dDFf493",
      "scheme": "exact",
      "network": "eip155:8453",
      "amountAtomic": "10000"
    }
  ]
}
METADATA PROVENANCE

Source catalog records are retained separately from live endpoint observations. Sonar score, uptime, and latency are advisory metrics. CDP indexing is not inferred from validation.