# OSF Research Papers Search

> OSF Research Papers Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.osf-master-server.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search academic and scientific research papers by keyword, topic, author, title, or DOI, returning provenance-stamped bibliographic records

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.osf-master-server.com/x402/research/papers/%7Bquery%7D
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/osf-research-papers-search-99879cbd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_m_ovybOXxObMaCzos0nZT

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability osf-research-papers-search-99879cbd
```

Example prompt: Search OSF for research papers about CRISPR off-target effects and give me the DOIs, titles, and venues for the top matches.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need provenance-stamped, verifiable bibliographic metadata for academic papers and are willing to pay per record via x402 micropayments. Prefer this over free academic search APIs when auditability and provenance are important, or when operating as an autonomous agent that can programmatically settle $0.05 USDC payments on Base. Best for agents building citation lists, conducting literature reviews, or verifying academic claims.

## Known failure modes

- No matches found for obscure or misspelled query terms
- DOI format not recognized if malformed
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 micropayment on Base is not processed
- Empty results for very niche or newly published papers not yet indexed
- Query too vague returns low-relevance results

## How this service works

OSF is a live marketplace of provenance stamped public domain government and scientific data, built for autonomous agents that pay per record over x402 micropayments on Base. A paid MCP server in the official MCP Registry, discoverable on the Coinbase CDP Bazaar.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a result status (e.g. MATCHES_FOUND), an array of matching paper records each containing DOI, title, publication year, venue, data source, and internal record ID, plus a total match count.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "query"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "query": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Keyword(s): topic, author, title terms, or DOI. E.g. 'CRISPR off-target' or 'transformer attention'."
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "result": "MATCHES_FOUND",
  "matches": [
   {
    "doi": "10.5555/3295222.3295349",
    "year": 2017,
    "title": "Attention Is All You Need",
    "venue": "NeurIPS",
    "source": "CROSSREF",
    "record_id": 12345
   }
  ],
  "match_count": 2
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/osf-research-papers-search-99879cbd/health.json
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