What problem does it solve? Keeping academic paper notes consistent inside an Obsidian research vault is tedious: Zotero metadata must be ingested, paper notes normalized to a shared schema, synthesis notes maintained, and a visual literature map refreshed after every batch of new papers. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Zotero ingestion and note normalization: Pulls papers from Zotero into canonical Papers/*.md notes with a standardized frontmatter schema (claim, method, evidence, limitation, relevance). - Literature synthesis: Maintains durable synthesis notes in Knowledge/ such as Literature-Overview, Method-Families, and Research-Gaps. - Canvas graph generation: Builds Maps/literature.canvas, an argument-map style Obsidian canvas grouping papers by subfield with thinned claim/method/gap edges, plus a legacy Mermaid map option. - Use Case: After importing 30 new Zotero entries for a project, run the workflow to create one note per paper, update the knowledge synthesis notes, and regenerate the literature canvas showing how papers relate. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to read the papers from Zotero, create normalized notes under Papers/, and refresh the literature canvas for the current project vault.
