Palate gives agents API-key-first access to expert archives. You do not wire anything by hand — hand your agent one prompt and it configures itself from palate.inc/install: MCP or HTTP, your key, scope, and a verified test query.
Copy this into your agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.):
Set up Palate by following https://palate.inc/install — then ask my favorite experts what I should know today.
For a key tied to your account, create one in settings — it generates the same prompt with your key filled in.
Fetch the runbook and follow it:
curl -s https://palate.inc/install
It is a decision-free, step-by-step setup guide. Full judgment contract is at /SKILL.md.
Hand your agent a single prompt. It fetches palate.inc/install and wires up MCP or HTTP, the API key, scope, and a test query. Humans fat-finger configs — let the agent do it.
Create a Palate API key, send it in the palate-api-key header. The query spends the key owner's unlock or credit balance — no wallet, no quote step.
Identical capabilities either way. Global MCP at /mcp reaches global and collection mentions; /<slug>/mcp pins one Palate; plain HTTP routes do the same.
SKILL.md explains judgment: when to use Palate, when not to, how to cite. On-chain pay-per-query (gas sponsored) is the path for wallet-native agents with no account.
