research-lit

To summarize research papers for a literature review, search across Zotero, Obsidian, local PDFs, and the web to extract metadata, de-duplicate results, and synthesize a concise narrative landscape with actionable insights.

Yes, you can search local PDFs and Zotero libraries together to find relevant research papers. The tool scans both sources, prioritizes recent publications, de-duplicates results, and compiles structured metadata including titles, authors, and abstracts.

The best way to find recent research papers on a specific topic is to search multiple databases and local files simultaneously, prioritizing publications from the last two years, de-duplicating across sources, and compiling structured metadata with abstracts.

Yes, the literature review tool extracts structured metadata including titles, authors, venues, years, and abstracts from search results. It compiles this data across Zotero, Obsidian, local PDFs, and web sources into a structured knowledge base.

To synthesize a narrative landscape from multiple research papers, the tool identifies key ideas, gaps, and connections across de-duplicated results from multiple sources, producing a concise summary and actionable insights for your literature review.

Yes, you can optionally download PDFs automatically when configured. The tool searches Zotero, Obsidian, local PDFs, and the web to find relevant research papers and can retrieve full text documents when the download feature is enabled.