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Import SOP: Deep literature research, raw full text + PDF Q&A (from literature-engine)

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Paper Research (Import)

Deep literature research capability imported from the literature-engine skill library.

Purpose

  • Retrieve paper full text (markdown format)
  • Perform Q&A on a paper's PDF
  • Analyze a paper's methods and results in depth

How to Use

Directly call the paper-research skill in literature-engine. This skill provides:

  • Paper full-text retrieval (multi-source fallback)
  • PDF Q&A (AlphaXiv answer_pdf_queries)
  • AI three-pass reading method (Keshav method)

When to Use

  • You need to understand a paper's methodological details in depth
  • You need to extract specific information from a paper
  • You need to perform in-depth analysis of a paper

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOPWhen to use
literature-researchDeep literature research — raw full text reading and targeted PDF queries for rigorous analysis