Update src/agentcore/scholarly.py

src/agentcore/scholarly.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 
 from src.config import get_settings, LIBBEE_VERSION
 
-from src.agentcore.utils import _strip_resource_noise
+from src.agentcore.utils import _escape, _strip_resource_noise
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -237,3 +237,62 @@ async def enrich_papers_with_oa(papers: List[dict], max_lookups: int = 5) -> Lis
                 if meta.get("venue") and not p.get("venue"):
                     p["venue"] = meta["venue"]
     return papers
+
+
+# ── Shared evidence panel ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Used by BOTH search handlers (_run_search_mode and _research_snapshot) so the
+# panel appears on ordinary searches, not only on "deep research" phrasing.
+# Returns (papers, html). Never raises: on any failure returns ([], "") and the
+# caller renders exactly its pre-3.8 output.
+
+async def fetch_evidence_panel(topic: str, limit: int = 6, max_lookups: int = 5):
+    papers: List[dict] = []
+    try:
+        papers = await _openalex_search(topic, limit=limit)
+        if not papers:
+            papers = await _semantic_scholar_search(topic, limit=limit)
+        if papers:
+            papers = await enrich_papers_with_oa(papers, max_lookups=max_lookups)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning(f"Evidence panel failed for '{topic}': {exc}")
+        return [], ""
+    if not papers:
+        return [], ""
+
+    rows = ""
+    for paper in papers[:5]:
+        _t = _escape(str(paper.get("title") or "Untitled"))
+        _y = _escape(str(paper.get("year") or "n.d."))
+        _v = _escape(str(paper.get("venue") or ""))
+        _c = paper.get("cited_by_count")
+        _link = paper.get("link") or (f"https://doi.org/{paper['doi']}" if paper.get("doi") else "")
+        _oa = paper.get("oa_pdf_url") or ""
+        _bits = [b for b in (_y, _v) if b]
+        if isinstance(_c, int) and _c > 0:
+            _bits.append(f"{_c:,} citations")
+        _meta = " \u00b7 ".join(_bits)
+        _title_html = (
+            f'<a href="{_escape(_link)}" target="_blank" style="color:#003366;font-weight:600">{_t}</a>'
+            if _link else f'<span style="font-weight:600">{_t}</span>'
+        )
+        _oa_html = (
+            f' \u00b7 <a href="{_escape(_oa)}" target="_blank" '
+            f'style="color:#047857;font-weight:700">\U0001f513 OA full text</a>'
+            if _oa else ""
+        )
+        rows += (
+            f'<div style="margin:7px 0;padding-left:2px;font-size:.84rem;line-height:1.55">'
+            f'{_title_html}<br>'
+            f'<span style="color:#6b7280;font-size:.78rem">{_meta}{_oa_html}</span></div>'
+        )
+    html = (
+        '<div style="margin-top:16px;padding:12px 14px;border:1px solid #d1fae5;'
+        'border-radius:10px;background:#f0fdf9">'
+        '<div style="font-weight:700;color:#065f46;font-size:.86rem;margin-bottom:4px">'
+        '\U0001f50e Open scholarly evidence</div>'
+        '<div style="font-size:.76rem;color:#047857;margin-bottom:8px">'
+        'Top open-index results (OpenAlex / Semantic Scholar) with legal open-access '
+        'links via Unpaywall and metadata via Crossref where available.</div>'
+        f'{rows}</div>'
+    )
+    return papers, html