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name: paper-finder description: Find and search for academic papers using the paper-finder service. Use when conducting literature review, searching for related work, finding baseline papers, or looking for methodology references.

Paper Finder

Use this when conducting literature review or searching for academic papers.

When to Use

• Starting a literature review
• Looking for related work on a topic
• Finding baseline papers for experiments
• Searching for methodology references

How to Use

Run the helper script from your workspace:

Copypython scripts/find_papers.py "your research topic"

Options:

• --mode fast (default): Quick search (~30 seconds)
• --mode diligent: Thorough search (~3 minutes)
• --format json: Output as JSON instead of text

Example:

Copypython scripts/find_papers.py "hypothesis generation with large language models" --mode fast

What You Get

Returns relevance-ranked papers with:

• Title, authors, year
• Abstract (already extracted)
• URL for download
• Relevance score (0-3, focus on papers with score >= 2)
• Citation count

After Finding Papers

1. Download PDFs for papers with relevance >= 2
2. Read abstracts first (already provided in output)
3. Only read full PDFs for most relevant papers
4. Write notes to literature_review.md immediately

If Paper-Finder Service Not Running

The script will show a fallback message. Use manual search instead:

• arXiv: https://arxiv.org
• Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org
• Papers with Code: https://paperswithcode.com

Manual search works well - paper-finder is just a convenience for faster, more targeted results.