autoresearch

Search, read, and query research papers via the `alpha` CLI (alphaXiv-backed). Use when the user asks about academic papers, wants to find research on a topic, needs to read a specific paper, ask questions about a paper, inspect a paper's code repository, or manage paper annotations.

Autonomous experiment loop that tries ideas, measures results, keeps what works, and discards what doesn't. Use when the user asks to optimize a metric, run an experiment loop, improve performance iteratively, or automate benchmarking.

Contribute changes to the Feynman repository itself. Use when the task is to add features, fix bugs, update prompts or skills, change install or release behavior, improve docs, or prepare a focused PR against this repo.

Run a thorough, source-heavy investigation on any topic. Use when the user asks for deep research, a comprehensive analysis, an in-depth report, or a multi-source investigation. Produces a cited research brief with provenance tracking.

Execute research code inside isolated Docker containers for safe replication, experiments, and benchmarks. Use when the user selects Docker as the execution environment or asks to run code safely, in isolation, or in a sandbox.

Explain research, papers, or technical ideas in plain English with minimal jargon, concrete analogies, and clear takeaways. Use when the user says "ELI5 this", asks for a simple explanation of a paper or research result, wants jargon removed, or asks what something technically dense actually means.

Inspect active background research work including running processes, scheduled follow-ups, and pending tasks. Use when the user asks what's running, checks on background work, or wants to see scheduled jobs.

Run a literature review using paper search and primary-source synthesis. Use when the user asks for a lit review, paper survey, state of the art, or academic landscape summary on a research topic.

Run GPU workloads on Modal's serverless infrastructure. Use when the user needs remote GPU compute for training, inference, benchmarks, or batch processing and Modal CLI is available.

Compare a paper's claims against its public codebase. Use when the user asks to audit a paper, check code-claim consistency, verify reproducibility of a specific paper, or find mismatches between a paper and its implementation.

Turn research findings into a polished paper-style draft with sections, equations, and citations. Use when the user asks to write a paper, draft a report, write up findings, or produce a technical document from collected research.

Simulate a tough but constructive peer review of an AI research artifact. Use when the user asks for a review, critique, feedback on a paper or draft, or wants to identify weaknesses before submission.

Preview Markdown, LaTeX, PDF, or code artifacts in the browser or as PDF. Use when the user wants to review a written artifact, export a report, or view a rendered document.

Plan or execute a replication of a paper, claim, or benchmark. Use when the user asks to replicate results, reproduce an experiment, verify a claim empirically, or build a replication package.

Provision and manage GPU pods on RunPod for long-running experiments. Use when the user needs persistent GPU compute with SSH access, large datasets, or multi-step experiments.

Write a durable session log capturing completed work, findings, open questions, and next steps. Use when the user asks to log progress, save session notes, write up what was done, or create a research diary entry.

Search past Feynman session transcripts to recover prior work, conversations, and research context. Use when the user references something from a previous session, asks "what did we do before", or when you suspect relevant past context exists.

Compare multiple sources on a topic and produce a grounded comparison matrix. Use when the user asks to compare papers, tools, approaches, frameworks, or claims across multiple sources.

Set up a recurring research watch on a topic, company, paper area, or product surface. Use when the user asks to monitor a field, track new papers, watch for updates, or set up alerts on a research area.