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paper-corpus-rag

Category: knowledge-and-rag · License: MIT · Version: 1.0 · Includes scripts Tags: RAG, retrieval, vector database, pgvector, Chroma, Qdrant, FAISS, SQLite, full-text search, literature synthesis

When to use it

Build grounded question answering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) over your own collection of research papers, with answers that cite the exact paper and passage. Use when a user wants to “chat with” or search a folder of PDFs, synthesize evidence across a literature corpus, find which paper says X, or build a vector/hybrid index with SQLite FTS5, pgvector (Postgres), Chroma, Qdrant or FAISS. Includes a zero-dependency local full-text index with citable hits.

Example requests

Ask your agent in plain language, for example:
  • “I have 300 PDFs of papers. Let me ask questions and get answers with citations to the exact passages.”

Install

In Claude Code you can also add the marketplace with /plugin marketplace add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills and install the whole knowledge-and-rag category with /plugin install knowledge-and-rag@research-agent-skills.

Full playbook

Read SKILL.md for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.
Last modified on October 19, 2026