# scholarly-gateway-mcp

> A deterministic, reusable MCP substrate for scholarly publication retrieval.

Record `scholarly-gateway-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/scholarly-gateway-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/scholarly-gateway-mcp
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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/scholarly-gateway-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.2.2
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:scholarly-gateway-mcp

### Description (declared)

# scholarly-gateway-mcp

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A reusable MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides a deterministic, provenance-aware gateway to scholarly publication sources. The V1 contract is frozen; behavior and tool schemas are stable and will not change without an explicit contract revision.

## Start here

- [Integration Guide](docs/INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md) — what this server is, quickstart, canonical tool call patterns, provider_status interpretation, and a reproducibility checklist
- [Examples](docs/EXAMPLES.md) — three canonical workflows: single-provider lookup, multi-provider query with not_supported handling, and re-run determinism verification
- [Troubleshooting](docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) — top failure modes with contract-aligned resolution steps

## V1 Contract
Authoritative spec: [docs/V1_CONTRACT.md](docs/V1_CONTRACT.md)

## Governance
- [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) — PR types, determinism rules, contract rule, and how to propose new features
- [docs/GOVERNANCE.md](docs/GOVERNANCE.md) — authority model, change control, versioning doctrine, and release checklist

## Setup (dev)

    python3 -m venv .venv
    source .venv/bin/activate
    pip install -U pip
    pip install -e ".[dev]"
    pytest -q

## Install

For local development (editable install):

    pip install -e ".[dev]"

For a regular install:

    pip install .

## Run

    scholarly-gateway

## Configuration

Environment variables:

- SCHOLARLY_GATEWAY_DB_PATH (optional): path to SQLite DB file used for cross-session lookup persistence.
  - Default: ./.data/scholarly_gateway.db

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/scholarly-gateway-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:28:04.321Z)

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