Give OpenScience a document and a specific question: explain a method, compare claims, extract a table, or turn a protocol into an analysis plan. Keep the original document available so you can verify the answer.
Open or attach a document
Attach a supported PDF, Markdown, or text file, reference an existing project path, or provide a known accessible URL. Open a saved PDF through Files to inspect the page preview.
Read papers/study.pdf. Summarize its research question, dataset, method,
main findings, and limitations. For each key claim, give the page or
section location and distinguish the authors' result from your inference.
Model input support and available extraction tools affect how the document is read. If the text cannot be extracted, ask for the specific pages or a readable conversion instead of accepting a summary based only on its title or abstract.
Compare multiple papers
Define the comparison before searching or reading:
Compare the PDFs in papers/ on sample selection, measurement method,
validation, and the main limitation. Build results/evidence.csv with one
row per study, include source locations, and use not reported when a
field is absent. Save a narrative synthesis separately.
Check whether two papers report the same cohort or dataset before treating them as independent evidence. A disagreement can come from definitions or methods rather than a direct contradiction.
Extract a table
Specify the output columns and handling of missing information:
Extract the experimental conditions in papers/protocol.pdf into
results/conditions.csv: experiment, sample, concentration, concentration
unit, temperature, duration, source page, and notes. Preserve ranges and
inequalities. Mark unreadable values for review; do not guess them.
Inspect merged cells, superscripts, decimal separators, footnotes, and units in the original. Keep extracted values separate from conversions or calculated values.
Scanned pages and complex layouts
Scanned PDFs may require OCR; equations, multi-column text, charts, and tables can need additional handling. Check Customize → Tools for available document tools and the tool catalog.
Ask for a sample extraction before processing a large collection. State which pages were successfully read and which need manual review. A PDF preview is a viewing feature, not a guarantee of complete text extraction.
Read a known web page
For an exact URL, ask OpenScience to read the page and cite the sections it used. For discovery across many sites, use Research search. If a page requires a login or is not accessible, provide an authorized export or an alternative source.
The webfetch tool reads a page inline when output_path is omitted; format selects Markdown, text or HTML. Providing output_path instead saves the raw response bytes without conversion. Use an .html destination for a saved HTML page. A format mismatch is not evidence of an access block, and HTML returned for a requested PDF or dataset is rejected rather than silently saved as that file type.
A page can change after the analysis. Save the source URL, access date, document version, and any permitted local copy with the project.
Save an evidence package
A useful output includes a readable summary, a structured extraction where appropriate, a source list, and a record of uncertainty. Save the final report as a Result, and use Literature review for a search-and-screen workflow or Writing for a manuscript draft.