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# Summarize research papers into a reading list

New papers turned into a short, honest reading list.

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- On a scheduleEvery Monday
- ThenSummarizes each paper
- ResultReading list with limits

Give a bot new papers in your field and get a short plain-language summary of each, with the main claim, the method and what it does not show.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
For each paper link, write three sentences: the question, the method and the main finding as stated by the authors. Add one line on limits the authors mention. Quote no more than one short phrase.
```

CopyHermes AgentSetup sketch

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Ask Hermes to create a scheduled task with the cron expression 0 9 * * 1 and this prompt: For each paper link, write three sentences: the question, the method and the main finding as stated by the authors. Add one line on limits the authors mention.
```

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Hermes Agent documents scheduled tasks that run on cron expressions. [Docs ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron)

OpenClawSetup sketch

```
openclaw automations create "0 9 * * 1" "For each paper link, write three sentences: the question, the method and the main finding as stated by the authors. Add one line on limits the authors mention." --name "Summarize research papers into a reading"
```

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OpenClaw documents the openclaw automations CLI for cron schedules that run a prompt and can announce the result to a chat channel. [Docs ](https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/cron)

Grok BotSetup sketch

```
Ask your Bot: "Every Monday at 9:00 AM, for each paper link, write three sentences: the question, the method and the main finding as stated by the authors. Add one line on limits the authors mention." Then open the routine and check When to run.
```

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Grok Bot documents routines that run a Bot's workflow on a schedule or after an event. [Docs ](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations)

## Tools it uses

BrowserDocs

## Works with

BotBentoHermes AgentOpenClawGrok Bot

## Tags

- papers
- summaries
- reading

## Source

[Ask HN: Bots for summarizing and searching complex scientific papers?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34756155)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-14

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-14 · Updated 2026-10-14 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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