Multi-Agent Research Assistant with Zotero + PubMed + GPT-4

📦 Release v1.0.0 — Multi-Agent Research Assistant with Zotero + PubMed + GPT-4

This is the first public release of ResearchAssistant, an AI-powered literature analysis tool that integrates your personal Zotero library with live PubMed searches to deliver synthesized, evidence-based answers to research questions.

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🚀 Key Features

• 🔍 Local RAG Search
  Build a semantic vector index of your Zotero .bib file using text-embedding-3-large and FAISS.

• 🌐 PubMed Agent
  Automatically constructs PubMed-compatible Boolean queries from natural language questions using GPT-4.

• 🧠 Manager Agent
  A multi-agent controller that:

  • Searches your Zotero library
  • Queries PubMed
  • Synthesizes findings with GPT-4
  • Identifies missing or novel papers

• 🧾 Prompt Customization
  Modular prompts in Markdown format under /prompts, structured for easy editing and reuse.

• 🧱 Streamlit Web UI
  Clean browser-based interface with University of Michigan branding colors and typography.

• 💾 Query Logging
  Automatically stores previous research questions and responses in SQLite for history and downstream use.

• 📡 PubMed Watcher
  Periodically checks for new relevant articles based on prior queries and alerts you to emerging findings.

• 🔄 Incremental Index Updating
  Efficiently update your Zotero index when new references are added — no need to rebuild from scratch.

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📚 Getting Started

Check out the README for full installation and usage instructions, including both CLI and Streamlit interface options.

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🧪 Planned Extensions

• Auto-add recommended PubMed papers to Zotero
• Export answers or citations to BibTeX, Markdown, or Notion
• Advanced filtering for Zotero results
• Fine-tuned summarization or evaluation agents for deeper analysis

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Thanks for trying it out — feedback, suggestions, and PRs are welcome!