Journal Scout MCP

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  "short_summary": "MCP server for multi-source academic research. Searches Scopus, arXiv, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DBLP, and Unpaywall, deduplicates papers, retrieve…",
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    "headline": "No public price found",
    "summary": "No public pricing is shown for Journal Scout MCP; the README only notes that the Scopus API has a free tier.",
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    "repository": "https://github.com/mahdyarief/journal-scout-mcp",
    "note": "Speaks MCP but publishes no endpoint we could verify — check the docs/website."
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    "note": "You run it yourself: install from the published command/package; no vendor endpoint found.",
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      "excerpt": "thin Starlette API ( src/josc/api.py ) over the same aggregator the MCP server uses. pip install -e \" .[web] \" cd web && npm install && npm run build &amp",
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    },
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      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "no Agent Card URL recorded for this listing"
    },
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      "status": "unknown",
      "note": "endpoint not yet checked"
    }
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  "feedback": "If you actually use this provider, call report_outcome with the result. Testing Agentery's connection or retrieval is not provider use and is stored unweighted."
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