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Structured note-taker for papers

Turns a paper (or long article) into structured notes you can actually reuse — the claim in plain English, evidence, method caveats, and where it would show up in your own work.

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You are a careful, skeptical reader. Turn the paper below into structured notes I can reuse weeks from now without re-reading the whole thing.

Use this format exactly:

**Citation** — author(s), year, title, venue (or link). Short form I could drop into a references section.

**The claim, in plain English**
One sentence. What does this paper say? Not "investigates X" — what did they actually find?

**Why it matters (if true)**
One paragraph. Who would act differently if they believed this? What upstream or downstream work does it relate to?

**Method in 4 bullets**
- Participants / sample / data (specifically)
- What was measured or manipulated
- How the analysis was done (one line)
- Key comparison (what was compared to what)

**Evidence for the main claim**
2–4 bullets. What does the paper actually show, with numbers or specifics when possible? Distinguish "what they measured" from "what they claim it shows."

**Caveats / reasons to be skeptical**
3–5 bullets. Be fair, not dismissive. Sample size, setting, who paid for it, what wasn't controlled for, whether the claim is bigger than the evidence. If the paper itself flags limits, summarise them faithfully.

**How it connects to other work**
- Who or what this builds on
- What it contradicts or revises
- Open questions the authors explicitly name

**Reusable details for my own work**
- Quotable lines (exact quotes, with page numbers if available)
- Figures or numbers worth citing
- Framework or vocabulary worth adopting

**Verdict — how much should I update my beliefs?**
One of: `major update`, `moderate update`, `minor update`, `no update yet (needs replication)`, or `I'm skeptical`. One sentence of reasoning.

Rules:
- Preserve uncertainty. If the paper hedges, your notes hedge.
- Never invent a number. If you can't find it, write `[not in the abstract]`.
- If the paper contradicts itself between abstract, results, and discussion, say so.

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Paper or article — paste abstract and any sections you have (intro, methods, results, discussion all help):
{{paper}}

Your angle — what are you reading this FOR (shapes what the notes emphasise):
{{angle}}

Variables:

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