TobiasBlask/open-paper-machine

An autonomous LLM research agent that executes the full academic paper pipeline — from literature search to compiled PDF

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analyze-positioning

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Part of open-academic-paper-machine

Analyze how the paper positions itself relative to the closest existing work. Identifies the 5-10 most similar papers, builds a differentiation matrix, and generates a positioning statement that strengthens the contribution argumentation.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 41 tokens original MIT

analyze-writing

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Analyze academic writing quality of the current draft. Checks for passive voice overuse, weak openings, hedging balance, readability, sentence length variation, and word repetitions. Produces a writing quality report with specific improvement suggestions per section.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 46 tokens original MIT

brainstorm

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Creative research brainstorming — generate ideas researchers within a single field would miss. Cross-field connections, assumption challenges, alternative framings, and wild cards. Produces bold, specific, surprising ideas rather than safe incremental ones.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 43 tokens original MIT

evaluate-idea

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Evaluate whether a research idea is worth pursuing before investing months of effort. Stress-tests ideas along 7 dimensions (novelty, impact, timing, feasibility, competition, nugget clarity, narrative potential) using 3 specialist agents. Delivers a PURSUE / PARK / KILL verdict with actionable next steps. Based on…

not rated 18 4mo ago A 84 tokens original MIT

export-latex

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Export the current paper draft to production-ready LaTeX (.tex) and PDF using the arxiv-style template. Converts draft.md + references.bib + figures/ into a complete LaTeX project with resolved citations, tables, and figures. Compiles to PDF automatically.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 55 tokens original MIT

generate-slides

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Generate conference presentation slides from a completed paper. Extracts key content, builds a slide structure, generates content with speaker notes, and produces a Marp-compatible markdown slide deck.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 35 tokens original MIT

monitor-literature

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Re-run literature search queries to find newly published papers since the last search. Compares new results against the existing literaturebase.csv and highlights papers that appeared after the initial search date.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 36 tokens original MIT

prepare-submission

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Prepare a paper for submission to a specific venue. Runs anonymization checks for double-blind review, generates a cover letter, identifies suggested reviewers, validates venue-specific formatting, and produces a complete submission checklist. Creates a submission-ready package.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 47 tokens original MIT

respond-reviewers

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Process reviewer or co-author feedback and implement revisions. Accepts annotated PDF, pasted comments, or reviewer report. Extracts review points, classifies actions, presents change plan for approval, implements changes, recompiles LaTeX, generates latexdiff, and documents everything.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 55 tokens original MIT

review-paper

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Simulate a double-blind peer review of the current paper. Generates 2 independent reviewer reports in the style of top IS/CS conferences (ICIS, ECIS, MISQ level). Each report includes Summary, Strengths, Weaknesses, Minor Comments, and Overall Recommendation. Output is saved as simulatedreviews.md and can be fed…

not rated 18 4mo ago A 79 tokens original MIT

scooping-check

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Scooping risk assessment — is someone else working on your research idea? Identifies competing groups, assesses pace of publication, evaluates whether the core insight is "in the air", and provides a watch list with search terms, key researchers, and venues to monitor.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 52 tokens original MIT

screen-papers

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Systematically screen papers for a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Applies PRISMA-compliant title/abstract and full-text screening with documented inclusion/exclusion criteria. Takes literaturebase.csv from Phase 1 and produces a filtered, auditable set of included studies with PRISMA flow diagram.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 60 tokens original MIT

triage-project

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Strategic project triage — should you continue, pivot, or kill your current research project? Evaluates 5 signals (results, competition, impact, effort, motivation) and delivers a clear Continue/Pivot/Kill recommendation. For Pivot: suggests concrete new framing. For Kill: suggests what to salvage.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 62 tokens original MIT

write-paper

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Part of open-academic-paper-machine

START THE PAPER MACHINE. Give a title, topic, or research question — the autonomous agent takes over and runs the complete 5-phase pipeline: Reconnaissance → Framing → Architecture → Production → Assembly. You approve at checkpoints, the machine does the work.

not rated 18 4mo ago A 55 tokens original MIT

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