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Extract text from papers, summarize them, and create reading notes. Use when reading or summarizing a paper, and automatically after downloading one.
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| name | reading-notes |
| description | Extract text from papers, summarize them, and create reading notes. Use when reading or summarizing a paper, and automatically after downloading one. |
Reading notes are objective (what does the paper say?) — create them automatically, no approval needed. One note per paper in notes/.
make extract-text PDF="sources/filename.pdf" to get the textYYYY-MM-DD-authorlastname-year---short-title.md (e.g., 2026-03-08-smith-2024---cognitive-offloading.md)---
title: "Author Year - Short Title"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
tags: [relevant, topic, tags]
doi: "10.xxxx/..."
---
templates/note.md: Summary, Key Findings, Methodology, Relevance to This Work, Questions & Follow-ups, plus one key quote the user can paste into the manuscriptnotes/."make extract-text PDF="sources/paper.pdf" — extract one PDFmake extract-all — extract every PDF in sources/make new-note TITLE="Paper Title" — create a note from the templatemake search-notes QUERY="keyword" — search across all notesNotes feed section drafts, and drafts must trace every claim to its source in under 30 seconds. Capture in the note:
"exact words" (p. 12)