# Suverse OpenAlex Works Search

> Suverse OpenAlex Works Search is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Searches the OpenAlex open scholarly graph for academic works by keyword, returning ranked results with identifiers and metadata — no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-openalex-works
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-openalex-works-search-ee591efc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_90-ChSSn_DpmcsATCEspV

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 suverse-openalex-works-search-ee591efc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the OpenAlex scholarly graph for academic works about 'CRISPR gene editing in cancer therapy' and give me the top ranked papers with their titles, IDs, and metadata.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need no-key access to the OpenAlex scholarly graph for keyword-based literature discovery, literature reviews, citation gathering, or research enrichment. Prefer it over direct OpenAlex API calls when operating in a paid x402 micropayment context without needing to manage your own API credentials. Best for broad keyword searches rather than structured ID lookups.

## Known failure modes

- Empty query returns no results or error
- Very broad or ambiguous keywords return loosely related works
- Rare or highly technical niche topics may return few or no matches
- Upstream OpenAlex API unavailability causes degraded or dead response
- Malformed POST body causes input validation failure

## How this service works

Search the OpenAlex open scholarly graph for works by keyword, no key. Returns ranked matches with identifiers and metadata. For AI agents doing literature review, research enrichment, and citation analysis.

## Output

Returns ranked scholarly works from the OpenAlex open academic graph matching the keyword query. Each result includes work identifiers (OpenAlex ID, DOI), title, publication year, author metadata, venue/journal information, and relevance ranking. No authentication key is required on the caller's side.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/suverse-openalex-works-search-ee591efc/health.json
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