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Public Project plan

PaperTrail

“Can this research assistant cite sources without becoming too complex?”

Needs feedbackResearch assistantshared by @devon11 replies

Working plan

A local workspace that turns saved papers into linked notes with source trails.

Problem

Research notes lose their relationship to the original paper and supporting passage.

Who it is for

Independent researchers, students, and writers working from saved academic sources.

Next decision

Choose whether citations are generated during capture or only when a note is published.

Stack

Tools named in this Project

Every letter-stamped stack pill is a link to that tool’s corresponding landing page.

Conversation

Feedback on the current plan

@devon

I’m looking for the gaps that would become expensive after other people start relying on this Project.

AI Project Guide

Suggestion: turn the next decision into one testable rule, then ask a reviewer to challenge the failure case before adding more features.

@community-reviewer

The one-line description is clear. I would keep it and add a single example showing what success looks like for the first user.