Quick Start
Python API
Search and collect papers:
from scitex_scholar import Scholar
scholar = Scholar()
papers = scholar.search("deep learning EEG", limit=20)
# Save as BibTeX
papers.save("results.bib")
# Iterate
for paper in papers:
print(paper.metadata.basic.title, paper.metadata.id.doi)
Convert a BibTeX file:
from scitex_scholar import Papers, to_bibtex, generate_cite_key
papers = Papers.from_bibtex("input.bib")
print(to_bibtex(papers))
Semantic PDF Highlighting
Overlay colour-coded rhetorical highlights on a PDF (claim / method / limitation / supportive / contradicting). See Semantic PDF Highlighting for the full scheme.
from scitex_scholar.pdf_highlight import highlight_pdf
result = highlight_pdf(
"paper.pdf",
output_path="paper.highlighted.pdf",
model="claude-haiku-4-5-20251001", # sentence-level by default
)
print(result.counts()) # {'focal_claim': 43, 'focal_method': 64, ...}
print(result.annotations_added)
Offline label-apply workflow (no LLM calls; reviewer-in-the-loop):
from scitex_scholar.pdf_highlight import (
extract_blocks, apply_classifications, save_with_highlights,
)
doc, blocks = extract_blocks("paper.pdf", sentence_level=True)
apply_classifications(blocks, [
{"id": 12, "category": "focal_claim", "confidence": 0.95},
{"id": 13, "category": "focal_method", "confidence": 0.85},
])
save_with_highlights(doc, blocks, "paper.highlighted.pdf",
source_name="paper.pdf")
CLI
# Full paper pipeline
scitex-scholar single --doi "10.1093/brain/awx173" --project my_project
scitex-scholar bibtex --bibtex refs.bib --project my_project
# Semantic highlighting
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
scitex-scholar highlight paper.pdf
scitex-scholar highlight paper.pdf --stub # no API calls
scitex-scholar highlight paper.pdf --dry-run # classify only
# MCP server (unified scitex serve)
scitex serve --transport stdio
Next Steps
Semantic PDF Highlighting — five-category scheme, model selection, known limitations.
CLI Reference — full CLI reference.
MCP Server — MCP server tools for AI agents.
API Reference — Python API reference.