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Vol. 1 · No. 1 · November 2026 Documentation p. 5

Documentation

Two models behind one key. QED writes academic prose from your notes; Sic scores sentences for machine authorship. Use them over HTTP, or give them to an agent as tools.

  1. 1Quickstart5 minutesCreate a key, score a paragraph, draft a passage, check it against your notes.
  2. 2API referenceReferenceEvery endpoint, field and error: write, detect, compare, disclosure, models, usage.
  3. 3MCP serverAgentsConnect Claude, Cursor or another agent, and what each tool does.
  4. 4Models and limitsReferenceModel strings, sizes, speed, allowances and rate limits, and what we keep.
  5. 5Responsible usePolicyDisclosure, checking, and what a detector score may and may not be used for.

At a glance

Base URLhttps://api.etal-labs.com/v1
AuthenticationAuthorization: Bearer etal_…, with a key from the console
FormatJSON in, JSON out. Text is Markdown: math as $…$, citations as [@key].
Modelsqed (QED 1, qed-2026b) and sic (Sic 1, sic-2026a)
MCPhttps://mcp.etal-labs.com/mcp, Streamable HTTP, sign-in or key
StoredCounts, sizes and timings of your requests. Not the text you send, and not the text returned.