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Agent Kiosk Academic Search
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Agent Kiosk Academic Search is a paid API for AI agents from agent-kiosk.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).
Searches academic literature and returns relevant scientific papers for a given research topic or query.
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Peer-reviewed scientific paper & preprint search (OpenAlex + arXiv) returning citations, reconstructed abstracts, and direct Open-Access PDF links.
Output
Returns a JSON object with an 'ok' boolean and a 'data' object containing academic paper results matching the query, including paper titles, authors, abstracts, and other metadata depending on the underlying data source. Also includes a 'payment_mode' field indicating how the x402 micropayment was processed.
Example use cases
Literature review for a research proposal
“Find me the top 10 academic papers on zero knowledge proofs — I'm putting together a research proposal and need a solid literature foundation.”
Staying current on a scientific field
“Search for the latest academic research on large language model alignment and give me 5 papers so I can stay up to date with what's being published.”
Technical due diligence for a startup
“Look up academic papers about homomorphic encryption — I need to understand the state of the science for a technical due diligence report, return up to 8 papers.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://agent-kiosk.vercel.app/v1/academic-search?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when an AI agent needs to retrieve peer-reviewed or scholarly academic papers on a specific research topic at low per-call cost ($0.02 USDC). It is well-suited for literature review automation, research discovery pipelines, or any workflow requiring access to scientific publications without a full academic database subscription. Prefer it over general web search when the user explicitly needs academic or scientific sources rather than general web content.
Side effects
- Query too vague or ambiguous resulting in low-relevance papers
- Limit parameter out of range (must be 1-15) causing validation error
- No papers found for highly niche or very recent topics
- Payment failure via x402/Base USDC causing 402 response
- Service timeout on complex or broad academic queries
- API returns ok:false with error details in data field
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | number | |
| query | string | Scientific topic or paper query |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"count": 5,
"query": "autonomous AI agents",
"papers": [
{
"title": "Autonomous LLM Agents in Decentralized Markets",
"citations": 142
}
]
}
}Tags
x402
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