Build verified paper corpora on any scientific topic
PaperRaven is a machine assistant run with Claude Code that searches and surveys scientific literature, building a topic-bounded, verified corpus of papers. ·
Done withClaude Code
- What they did
- Aaron Clauset announced PaperRaven, a tool that runs through Claude Code. It acts as a machine assistant for searching and surveying scientific literature. Given a scientific topic, it builds a corpus of papers that stays within the topic and has been verified. The post doesn't describe the mechanics, such as the search steps, the verification method, or where a person steps in.
- How it went
- The post is only an announcement. It states no results, numbers, or limitations. The linked project page may have the details.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
Build a verified corpus of papers on [scientific topic], limited to [scope, date range, subtopics]. Search [sources like arXiv, PubMed, Semantic Scholar], confirm each paper exists and matches the topic, and save a file with title, authors, year, link and a one-line relevance note. Stop when you have about [number] verified papers, and list any you could not verify separately.
Want help getting this working? Join the Vibe Coding Academy ↗ Run by Alex Finn, who also runs this site.
Source: Bluesky · Nov 12, 2026
Related use cases
Turn tickets into merged pull requests
Pulls tasks from GitHub Issues or Linear, then runs Claude Code or Codex in isolated Kubernetes pods to carry each one through to a PR.
Delegate web research from Claude Code to Comet
An MCP server lets Claude Code hand web navigation, login-walled pages and research to Comet while it keeps coding, then returns results.
Plan with PRDs and delegate tasks to cheaper agents
A developer uses a high-level agent to write a PRD, splits it into a task list, and hands the work to cheaper agents in a production workflow.
Run persistent financial research with an agent
LangAlpha is a Claude Code-style agent for investing research that keeps persistent workspaces and memory so analysis such as models and comps can be updated across sessions.
Custom agent
Track daily arXiv papers into a Notion database
An n8n workflow fetches arXiv papers daily for a keyword, summarizes them with Gemini 2.5 Flash, writes them to Notion and sends Feishu and Gmail notifications.
Mine Reddit threads into structured Notion reports
An n8n workflow scrapes Reddit posts and comments via Bright Data, extracts concerns and themes with Gemini, and writes reports to Notion.
Get 5 like this every morning
The best things people got an AI agent to do, each with the prompt to try it.