# dao-paper-search-mcp

> MCP server for DAO-centred research: Zenon DAI, IAA Publications, ADAJ, plus a curated cross-platform paper-search surface (Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, CORE, Zenodo, bioRxiv) — every hit pre-renders an inline_citation block for verbatim agent copy.

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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/dao-paper-search-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Patrick Leiverkus
- version: 1.2.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: adaj, archaeology, bibliography, iaa, levant, mcp, zenon-dai
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:dao-paper-search-mcp

### Description (declared)

# dao-paper-search-mcp

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DAO-centred MCP server for academic research — Levant archaeology, biblical archaeology, Bronze/Iron Age, plus a curated cross-platform paper-search surface for the wider humanities. Started as a vertical complement to [`paper-search-mcp`](https://github.com/openags/paper-search-mcp); now also reimplements the cross-platform adapters that matter for DAO/DH workflows (Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, arXiv, CORE, Zenodo) so every hit carries the same pre-rendered `inline_citation` block.

The DAO-specific sources (Zenon DAI, IAA Publications, ADAJ) are the original raison d'être and remain the strongest reason to use this server for Levantine archaeology. The horizontal adapters reduce the need to run `paper-search-mcp` alongside.

## Sources

### DAO-specific (Tier 1, original scope)

| Tool | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| `search_zenon` | Zenon DAI (~1M records, multilingual DE/EN/FR/IT/HE/AR) | implemented |
| `search_iaa` | IAA Publications (ʿAtiqot, HA-ESI, IAA Book Series, Favissa, …) | implemented (OAI-PMH backend since v0.5.0) |
| `search_adaj` | DoA Publication Archive (ADAJ, SHAJ, Munjazat, JERD, Athar) | implemented |
| `resolve_author` | Wikidata SPARQL + local override list + GND fallback | implemented |
| `resolve_site` | iDAI.gazetteer (DAI's authoritative place register) | implemented |

### Cross-platform (selective `paper-search-mcp` substitution)

| Tool | Source | Status |
|---|-…

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

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/dao-paper-search-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:21:18.731Z)

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