OpenEvidence (portable)

A stdlib-only Python port of openevidence-mcp. One CLI (scripts/oe.py) with four subcommands matching the MCP tools.

MCP tool	Skill command	Purpose
`oe_auth_status`	`python3 scripts/oe.py auth-status`	Confirm `cookies.json` still authenticates `/api/auth/me`
`oe_history_list`	`python3 scripts/oe.py history`	Paginated question history with optional search
`oe_article_get`	`python3 scripts/oe.py article <uuid>`	Fetch an article, extract answer + figures, save artifacts
`oe_ask`	`python3 scripts/oe.py ask "<question>"`	Submit a new question, optionally wait, save artifacts

Output of every command is a single JSON object on stdout - same shape the MCP returns to its client.

Setup (one time)

Cookies. Export the OpenEvidence cookies from a logged-in browser tab (e.g. "Cookie-Editor" extension → "Export → JSON"). Save as cookies.json next to this SKILL.md. The format is either a flat array of cookie objects or { "cookies": [...] } (Playwright storage state). The file is gitignored.
Verify. python3 scripts/oe.py auth-status should print "authenticated": true. Status 401/403 means the cookies expired - re-export.

Cookie lookup order: $OE_COOKIES, ./cookies.json, the skill folder, ~/.openevidence/cookies.json.