Paper Digest

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name: paper-digest

description: "Given an arXiv ID or URL, fetch the paper, spawn sub-agents to read its key citations, and write an executive summary under."

user-invocable: true

author: Damoon

version: 0.0.1

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# Paper Digest

Input

Step 1 — Fetch the main paper

Try HTML first: web.fetch https://arxiv.org/html/<arxiv_id>

If the `paper_text` is retrieved then write the summary to `~/.openclaw/workspace/papers/<arxiv-id>.md`.

Step 2 — Extract citations

Note: DO NOT DO THIS STEP INSIDE sub-agents

Within the `main agent` and from `paper_text`, identify **at most 5 citations** the paper most directly builds on. Prioritize:

For each citation, extract either the `arXiv ID` or the **title**. Then resolve to an arXiv URL:

Step 3 — Spawn sub-agents for citations

***Note***: Ensure that the sub-agent related task is precise and concise so the sub-agent does not have to re-read the previously read SKILLs and files.

For each resolved citation:

- Fetch https://arxiv.org/html/<citation_id> (or add v1 at the end, and try again: web.fetch https://arxiv.org/html/<arxiv_id>v1). If unavailable, SKIP. If retrieved then Write the summary to `~/.openclaw/workspace/papers/<arxiv-id>.md`.

Step 4 — Write the executive summary

Check the citation summaries within `~/.openclaw/workspace/papers/` then utilize the main paper we are summarising with citation summaries and write a single **markdown document in flowing prose** (no bullet lists) to `~/.openclaw/workspace/digest/report_<arxiv-id>`. Use this structure:

# <Title>

<What problem this solves and why it matters. Context and related references summary>

<What prior work missed and how this paper addresses that gap. Cite inline as [Author et al., YEAR](<arxiv_link>).

<Core method in plain terms>

<Headline result. How it differs from previous work.

<One limitation and one future direction>

<Detailed Ablations, benchmarks if present in this paper or cited references>

Rules