Researchers

A researcher’s literature-review workflow

Search → ingest PDFs → agent summarizes "what this cluster says" → you take the stance.

Kition Team·Jun 10, 2026·7 min read

Components

  • papers table: title, year, authors, abstract, pdf_attachment, tags
  • Notes/papers/<slug>.md: your notes per paper
  • Reports/lit-review-<topic>.md: the synthesis output

A task sequence

  • 1. Read all abstracts in `papers` tagged X
  • 2. Cluster: identify 3-5 research directions
  • 3. Pick 3-5 key papers per direction
  • 4. Generate "method / findings / limitations" notes for each
  • 5. Hand me an open-questions list

Ready when you are.

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