Comparison

ScienceToStartup is an Agent Operating System for Research Commercialization

API and MCP Platform for Turning Research Papers into Buildable Product Signals.

Use this page when you know you need ScienceToStartup, but you have not chosen between direct HTTP integration and a tool-native agent transport.

REST Guide MCP Guide API Docs

Use REST for deterministic backend integrations and narrow, explicit requests.

Use MCP for tool-native multi-step reasoning and faster setup in hosted agent clients.

Both routes preserve the same proof surfaces and canonical IDs.

Workflow

Query-led flow

1Decide whether your system is agent-first or service-first.
2Use REST for explicit discovery contracts and MCP for hosted tools.
3Keep the same proof URLs and source context regardless of transport.
4Choose one transport for the primary flow, then add the other for advanced use cases.

Proof Surface Example

Signal Canvas

Citation-first answer surface that turns paper context into research-to-product judgment.

Open proof surface

curl

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/v1/free/papers?q=voice%20agents&limit=5"

curl -X POST "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_papers","arguments":{"query":"voice agents","limit":5}}}'

Python

import requests

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY"}

papers = requests.get(
    "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/v1/free/papers",
    headers=headers,
    params={"q": "voice agents", "limit": 5},
    timeout=30,
)

# curl -X POST "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_papers","arguments":{"query":"voice agents","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript

const headers = { Authorization: "Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" };

const papers = await fetch(
  "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/v1/free/papers?q=voice%20agents&limit=5",
  { headers },
);

// curl -X POST "https://sciencetostartup.com/api/mcp" -H "Authorization: Bearer s2s_YOUR_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_papers","arguments":{"query":"voice agents","limit":5}}}'

Canonical links

Cursor MCP for research

See how MCP behaves inside a hosted developer client.

Claude MCP for research

Compare hosted Claude usage with direct API integration.

OpenAPI

Machine-readable REST contract for search, proof retrieval, Signal Canvas, and exports.