Summarize new AI research papers into a searchable database

Finds new AI research papers, summarizes them with AI, and saves the summaries to a spreadsheet you can search.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each new paper found.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Document Processing & OCRSpreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & AnalyticsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsOpenAI

The problem it solves

Keeping up with new research papers means reading dozens of dense PDFs a week, which just isn't realistic on top of everything else you do. Important findings get missed simply because nobody had time to read the full paper.

Who it fits

A researcher, product team, or content creator who needs to stay current on AI research without reading every paper.

How it works

  1. Runs automatically on a schedule
  2. Collects the newest research paper listings for your chosen topic
  3. Downloads each paper and converts it to text
  4. AI generates a concise, readable summary of each one
  5. Saves every summary to a spreadsheet and lets you know when new ones are ready
What you get

Papers summarized before you'd find them yourself

You get plain-language summaries of the newest research papers in your field, organized in a spreadsheet you can search anytime.

What you get

A searchable spreadsheet of plain-English research summaries, updated automatically as new papers come out.

What you need

A web data collection subscription, an OpenAI API key, and a Google Sheets account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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