Documentation

Welcome to the paperKB documentation. Choose a topic to get started.

• What is paperKB? — overview of the platform and its key features.
• Getting Started — create your first KB, add papers, search and chat.
• Importing Papers — PMIDs, DOIs, PDFs, URLs, and Zotero sync.
• Knowledge Bases — settings, members, visibility, collections, and maintenance.
• Groups — creating groups, managing members, and how group roles map to KB access.
• Chat — chatting with KBs and papers, citations, and conversation history.
• Scoring — how search results are ranked: score components, weights, and formulas.
• Literature Map — interactive visualization of your corpus by abstract similarity.
• API & MCP — API keys, MCP endpoints, REST API, and connecting AI tools.

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