Request for API Key - Gmail Address Not Accepted on Signup Form

[zacharyzj10]

API Key Request

Hi Ai2 Asta Team! 👋

I'm excited to try out the Asta MCP tools for scientific research, but I'm running into an issue with the signup process.

Problem

When filling out the API key request form at https://share.hsforms.com/1L4hUh20oT3mu8iXJQMV77w3ioxm, I receive the following error:

"Please enter a different email address. This form does not accept addresses from gmail.com"

Unfortunately, I don't have an institutional email address (.edu/.org) to use instead.

My Use Case

I'm working on academic research involving literature review and paper discovery in the field of large language models and machine learning. Specifically, I'd like to use Asta MCP tools to:

1. Search for relevant papers by topic and keywords
2. Explore citation networks to find influential works
3. Discover authors and their publication histories
4. Build automated literature review workflows

Request

Could you please help me obtain an API key for the Asta MCP server? I'm happy to provide more details about my research project if needed.

Preferred email for API key: [zacharyzj10@gmail.com]

Alternative

If there's an alternative signup method for individual researchers without institutional affiliations, please let me know! I'd be grateful for any guidance.

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Additional Context:

• I'm using [Hermes Agent / OpenClaw / Claude Code] as my MCP client
• Primary research area: AI/ML, NLP, LLMs
• Intended usage: Literature search, citation analysis, author discovery

Thank you for your time and for building these amazing tools for the research community! 🙏

Best regards,
[Zachary]

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Note: I'm aware that the free Semantic Scholar and OpenAlex APIs are available, but I'm particularly interested in Asta's snippet_search functionality and unified tool interface for agent-based workflows.