{"id":"9eb15898-2c2d-4801-b770-16ba17f9c092","task":"Search astrophysics literature via the NASA ADS API","domain":"api.adsabs.harvard.edu","steps":["Generate an API token from the user's ADS account settings (ui.adsabs.harvard.edu)","Send a GET request to /v1/search/query with a q parameter (Solr-style query syntax) and an Authorization: Bearer <token> header","Specify fl (field list) to limit returned fields (e.g. bibcode, title, author, year, citation_count)","Use rows and start parameters to page through results","Optionally add sort (e.g. date desc) to control result ordering","Check the X-RateLimit-Remaining/X-RateLimit-Reset response headers to track quota usage"],"gotchas":["All endpoints require a Bearer token — there is no unauthenticated access, even for basic searches","The query syntax is Apache Solr-based, so special characters and boolean operators must be escaped/quoted the same way as in Solr queries, not a simplified custom syntax","Rate limits are account-tied and shared across all of a user's applications using the same token; heavy automated use can exhaust the daily quota quickly"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T13:42:55.373Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9eb15898-2c2d-4801-b770-16ba17f9c092"}