paper

/paper — Academic Paper Workflow

Default Config

Edit this section to customize for your project.

output_dir: "./papers"
# Obsidian vault users: set paper_output_dir in your project's CLAUDE.md
# Drive/OneDrive: use the appropriate MCP, then set path (e.g. "gdrive://My Drive/Papers")

venues: [CHI, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, EDM, LAK, AIED, ITS, CSCW, SIGIR, CIKM]

keywords:
  - cognitive load
  - adaptive learning
  - intelligent tutoring
  - conversational learning
  - LLM tutoring
  - learning analytics
  - behavioral signals
  - educational dialogue

min_citations: 5      # /paper find: filter out papers with fewer citations
daily_max: 10         # /paper digest: max papers per run

annotation_lang: zh   # zh = Chinese annotations | en = English; override with --lang

openalex_email: ""    # Optional. Add email to join OpenAlex Polite Pool (higher rate limits).
semantic_scholar_api_key: ""  # Optional. Free key: semanticscholar.org/product/api

Override any config value in your project's CLAUDE.md using keys: paper_output_dir, paper_venues, paper_keywords, paper_annotation_lang.

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Subcommands

Command	Usage	Description
find	/paper find "cognitive load LLM"	Search papers → Digest HTML with top N cards
read	/paper read /path/to/file.pdf	Annotate a single PDF → full dual-column HTML
digest	/paper digest	Daily new papers from arxiv (used by cron)
cite	/paper cite [[note-name]]	Generate APA + BibTeX citation from existing annotation

Flags:

• --context "ML课第3周" — override project context
• --questions "Q1:... Q2:..." — switch to Question mode (Mode A)
• --questions — interactive question mode (Claude asks you)
• --output /path/ — override output directory for this run
• --top N — return N results (default: 5 for find, daily_max for digest); also accepts bare number after query
• --lang en — override annotation language for this run
• --source arxiv — search only arxiv (latest preprints, no citation filter)
• --source venues — search only papers from config venues list (citation-weighted ranking)
• --local /path/ — read local PDFs from folder (no API calls); or --local a.pdf b.pdf for specific files