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Start here

  • How it works
  • Walkthroughs
  • Example setups
  • First fill: missing PDFs onto disk
  • Grow the library: topic search and people you follow
  • Tidy a collection: lint, identifiers, duplicates
  • Paperful workbench
  • Why Paperful
  • Docker
  • Zotero
  • Commands
  • Firefox add-on
  • Workflows
  • Research pack playbook
  • Dedupe
  • Configuration (config.toml)
  • Paperful architecture
  • Developer guide
  • Quiet mirror (out/)
  • Paperful terms
  • Releases and stability

Using paperful

  • Mendeley
  • EndNote
  • Adapter SDK
  • Source routing and circuit breaker
  • Screen for problematic papers (PPS-based)
  • Systematic review
  • Critique (local manuscript pack)
  • Rewrite (apply a critique pack)
  • Stuff (extra citations from the library)
  • Campus EZProxy
  • Research operators
  • Browser sessions (Scholar, EZProxy, publishers)
  • Sci-Hub
  • Legal, fetch stance, and privacy
  • SerpApi (Google Scholar search)
  • Camofox recover lane
  • GROBID sidecar
  • AI for notes and Ask: what is feasible
  • Optional LLM: setup and verbs
  • Ask your library: rag and ask
  • Browser agent: local models (Ollama + browser-use)

Product

  • How Paperful compares
  • How Paperful compares — reference
  • Snowball
  • Author watch lists
  • Co-author network
  • Search Page
  • Keepup (alert loop and what cites)
  • BBNJ author-site + authorwatch (dogfood)
  • E2E stack (topic + effort)
  • E2E all-in: NBA (reference dogfood)
  • Roadmap
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