# acatome-quest-mcp

> Paper-request MCP: track, resolve, fetch (OA-only), and flag misconceptions for scientific papers

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/acatome-quest-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: OpenClaw Contributors
- homepage: https://github.com/retospect/acatome-quest-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/retospect/acatome-quest-mcp
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: arxiv, citations, doi, llm, mcp, papers, unpaywall
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:acatome-quest-mcp

### Description (declared)

# acatome-quest-mcp

**Paper-request MCP for scientific papers.**  The missing piece between
[`precis-mcp`](https://github.com/retospect/precis-mcp) (navigates what's
already in your library) and
[`acatome-extract`](https://github.com/retospect/acatome-extract) (ingests
PDFs that land in an inbox).

An LLM says *"I want this paper"* (DOI, arXiv id, title, or free-form citation).
Quest:

1. **Checks the store first** — no duplicate work if we already have it.
2. **Resolves the metadata** via Crossref + Semantic Scholar + arXiv.
3. **Flags misconceptions** — broken DOI, DOI↔title mismatch, duplicate of an
   existing slug, fabrication suspect.
4. **Fetches the PDF** from legitimate open-access sources only and drops it
   into the existing watch inbox, where `acatome-extract` takes over.
5. Returns a **request id** in milliseconds.  Slow extraction happens out of
   band; the MCP call never blocks.

## Open access only — by policy

Quest fetches from **arXiv, Unpaywall, OpenAlex, Europe PMC, and Semantic
Scholar's open-access index only**.  It does not, will not, and cannot be
configured to use Sci-Hub, LibGen, institutional proxies without explicit opt-
in, or any other paywall-circumvention mechanism.  Failed retrievals yield a
`needs_user` status with the publisher URL, for you to retrieve manually.

## Install

```bash
pip install acatome-quest-mcp
# or with uv
uv add acatome-quest-mcp
```

For dedup against a local `acatome-store`:

```bash
pip install 'acatome-quest-mcp[store]'
```

## Four tools

| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `submit(ref, *, dry_run=False, source=None, priority=0, created_by=None)` | Resolve + optionally queue.  Idempotent. |
| `status(id=None, *, filter=None)` | Read one or many requests. |
| `update(id, mode, **kwargs)` | Mutate.  Modes: `confirm`, `repoint`, `flag`, `priority`, `cancel`. |
| `submit_file(url?, content_base64?, filename?, request_id?, ref?, created_by?)` | Attach a user-supplied PDF (e.g. Discord attachme…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- research.academic (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/acatome-quest-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T08:20:16.221Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/acatome-quest-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/acatome-quest-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:acatome-quest-mcp