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Dev builds repeatable research pipeline to automate academic PDF analysis
A developer spent 48 hours building a research pipeline that automates discovery, deep reading, and structured fact extraction from academic PDFs. The workflow integrates Deep Research AI to surface missed papers and cut literature skim time from 8 hours to 40 minutes. The system uses curl for batch PDF fetching and pdfminer for coordinate extraction, outputting structured CSV data.
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The post is a practical war story, not a product launch, but it highlights how AI-assisted research tools are becoming essential for developers working with academic literature.
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