Research a paper or topic. Use when: user wants to read a paper, explore a concept, download a reference, or write an explainer. Downloads the paper, analyses it, writes an explainer, and correlates with the project plan.
Download, read, and analyse a paper or topic relevant to the QAOA-XORSAT project. Write an explainer and correlate findings with the project plan.
If the user provides an arXiv ID (e.g. 2503.12789):
# Download from arXiv
curl -fsSL -o ".project/papers/${ARXIV_ID}-${SHORT_NAME}.pdf" \
"https://arxiv.org/pdf/${ARXIV_ID}.pdf"
If the user provides a title or topic, search for the relevant paper.
Read existing explainers in .project/learning/ to avoid duplication:
ls -1 .project/learning/*.md
Check if this paper is already covered or referenced.
Read the paper and identify:
.project/PLAN.md?Create .project/learning/NN-explainer-{topic}.md where NN is the next number:
# Explainer: {Paper Title or Topic}
**Paper**: {authors} ({year}) — {title} — arXiv:{id}
## Why This Matters for Us
1-2 paragraphs on relevance to QAOA on D-regular Max-k-XORSAT.
## Key Ideas
Explain the core contributions at PhD student level.
## Technical Details
Mathematics and methods, with concrete examples at (k=3, D=4) where possible.
## Implications for Our Project
- What this means for our implementation approach
- Any new validation targets
- Changes to complexity estimates or feasibility
.project/journal.md summarising the finding.project/PLAN.md04-our-problem.mdSummarise: