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

## 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.*