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What we mean by source-native tables, provenance, read-only SQL, and the other words these pages lean on.

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public SQL In Scry, public SQL means read-only SQL over public corpus material: papers, forums, social records, public datasets, and source-native tables.read-only SQL API Scry accepts bounded SQL over HTTPS and returns JSON rows from public corpus surfaces. The query path is for reading records, joins, and aggregates.source-native table Source-native tables keep source-specific identifiers and fields visible, such as HN IDs, Reddit comment IDs, Mastodon account IDs, paper keys, scores, and timestamps.provenance A Scry result carries provenance when it keeps source, URI, source-native ID, timestamp, and relevant labels in the result set where the relation provides them.personal query over public data Scry returns rows from public corpus tables, authorized by your API key, with source identity intact.

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These pages exist for the phrases people actually search and discuss. They define Scry's public-data vocabulary and keep the main page focused.