Add ASP as primary setup in academic-research agent

[Almadhi07]

Summary:

• pyproject.toml — Bumped agent-starter-pack from >=0.14.1 to >=0.32.0

• README.md — Moved ASP setup from a bottom "Alternative" section to the primary setup option; removed the duplicate section

• uv.lock — Regenerated to reflect the updated ASP dependency

Reverting: I was only supposed to approve the workflow runs, not the PR itself.

[zeroasterisk]

ASP Integration Checklist (ref: PR #1286 as approved template)

• ✅ ASP as recommended — correct positioning
• ✅ uvx one-liner as primary — good
• ✅ Clean README structure
• ⚠️ Missing __init__.py auth block — No google.auth.default() + os.environ.setdefault block. This is needed for the agent to work in ASP-generated projects with ADC. See #1286 or your own #1091 for the pattern.
• ⚠️ Verify end-to-end — Does uvx agent-starter-pack create + uv run adk run actually work for this agent? The auth block is usually what makes or breaks it.

Add the auth block in __init__.py and verify the agent runs in an ASP-scaffolded project.

[zeroasterisk]

Checking in — the review feedback from Mar 21 hasn't been addressed yet. Needs the google.auth.default() + os.environ.setdefault auth block in __init__.py, and verify README matches the approved template from PR #1286. Your #1091 is approved now — apply the same pattern here.

[Almadhi07]

Checking in — the review feedback from Mar 21 hasn't been addressed yet. Needs the google.auth.default() + os.environ.setdefault auth block in __init__.py, and verify README matches the approved template from PR #1286. Your #1091 is approved now — apply the same pattern here.

Addressed:

Google auth added

• I stashed my local README and init.py changes first so the rebase could run cleanly.
• I rebased academic-research-asp onto the latest upstream/main.
• To resolve the uv.lock conflict, I removed the conflicted lockfile and regenerated it from python/agents/academic-research using uv lock.
• After the rebase completed, I restored my local README and init.py changes with git stash pop.
• I ran the pytest tests successfully with 1 passed.
• ASP-first README.
• Finally I force-pushed
• I ran into a uv.lock merge conflict while updating this branch.

[zeroasterisk]

Looks good — auth block with correct import order (from . import agent after env setup with noqa), load_dotenv before auth. Clean. ✅

[zeroasterisk]

Hey @Almadhi07 — this PR has merge conflicts with main. Could you rebase your branch and resolve them?

git fetch upstream
git rebase upstream/main
# resolve any conflicts
git push --force-with-lease

The PR is approved and ready to merge once conflicts are resolved. Thanks! 🙏