README.md

ArXiv Research Assistant

Daily digest of new arXiv papers, configured to your interests.

Setup

1. Create and activate virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   
   # Windows
   .\venv\Scripts\activate
   
   # Linux/Mac
   source venv/bin/activate
   

2. Clone and install:

   git clone https://github.com/KernAlan/arXivResearchAssistant.git
   cd ArxivResearchAssistant
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Add OpenAI API key to .env:

   OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key_here
   

4. Run:

   python -m src.cli generate
   

   Digests are saved to digests/arxiv_digest_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.html

Configuration

Edit config.py to customize:

• Topics and categories to monitor
• Filtering criteria
• Model settings
• Research interests

Note: arXiv updates at 14:00 UTC (9:00 AM EST) on weekdays. Run once daily after this time.