Daily Research Digest

AI-powered research paper digest with LLM-based ranking, quality scoring, and automatic scheduling. Fetches papers from Semantic Scholar and HuggingFace Daily Papers with author credibility signals.

Features

• Multi-source paper fetching: Semantic Scholar (with author h-index) and HuggingFace Daily Papers (with upvotes)
• Quality-aware ranking: Combines LLM relevance scores with author h-index and community upvotes
• Smart deduplication: Merges quality signals when papers appear in multiple sources
• LLM-powered relevance: Rank papers using Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google models
• Automatic scheduling: Background scheduler for daily digest generation
• Email delivery: SMTP-based digest emails (GitHub Actions compatible)
• JSON storage: Date-based organization for easy retrieval

What's New in v0.2.0

• Quality Scoring Pipeline: Papers are now ranked using a combined quality score that factors in:
  • LLM relevance score (1-10)
  • Author h-index (from Semantic Scholar)
  • Community upvotes (from HuggingFace)
• Simplified Sources: Streamlined to Semantic Scholar + HuggingFace (Semantic Scholar indexes arXiv papers)
• New Paper Fields: author_h_indices, huggingface_upvotes, quality_score

Quality Scoring Formula

final_score = llm_relevance × (1 + quality_boost)

quality_boost = 0.2 × h_factor + 0.2 × upvotes_factor

• h_factor: Normalized average author h-index (0-1)
• upvotes_factor: Normalized HuggingFace upvotes (0-1)
• Maximum 40% boost from quality signals
• Missing data = no boost (not a penalty)

Installation

# Basic installation
pip install daily-research-digest

# With specific LLM provider
pip install daily-research-digest[anthropic]  # For Claude
pip install daily-research-digest[openai]     # For GPT
pip install daily-research-digest[google]     # For Gemini

# With all providers
pip install daily-research-digest[all]

# Development installation
pip install daily-research-digest[dev]

Quick Start

import asyncio
from pathlib import Path
from daily_research_digest import (
    DigestConfig,
    DigestGenerator,
    DigestStorage,
)

# Configure digest
config = DigestConfig(
    categories=["cs.AI", "cs.CL", "cs.LG"],  # For reference/filtering
    interests="AI agents, large language models, natural language processing",
    max_papers=50,
    top_n=10,
    llm_provider="anthropic",
    anthropic_api_key="your-api-key-here",
)

# Set up storage
storage = DigestStorage(Path("./digests"))

# Create generator
generator = DigestGenerator(storage)

# Generate digest
async def main():
    result = await generator.generate(config)
    print(f"Status: {result['status']}")

    if result['status'] == 'completed':
        digest = result['digest']
        print(f"Generated digest with {len(digest['papers'])} papers")

        for paper in digest['papers']:
            score = paper.get('quality_score') or paper['relevance_score']
            print(f"\n{score:.1f} - {paper['title']}")
            print(f"  {paper['link']}")

            # Show quality signals
            if paper.get('author_h_indices'):
                avg_h = sum(paper['author_h_indices']) / len(paper['author_h_indices'])
                print(f"  Avg h-index: {avg_h:.0f}")
            if paper.get('huggingface_upvotes'):
                print(f"  HF upvotes: {paper['huggingface_upvotes']}")

            print(f"  Reason: {paper['relevance_reason']}")

asyncio.run(main())

Scheduled Digests

import asyncio
from daily_research_digest import ArxivScheduler, DigestGenerator, DigestStorage, DigestConfig
from pathlib import Path

config = DigestConfig(
    categories=["cs.AI", "cs.LG"],
    interests="machine learning research",
    llm_provider="anthropic",
    anthropic_api_key="your-key",
)

storage = DigestStorage(Path("./digests"))
generator = DigestGenerator(storage)
scheduler = ArxivScheduler(generator, schedule_hour=6)  # 6 AM UTC

async def run_scheduler():
    # Start scheduler (runs daily at 6 AM UTC)
    scheduler.start(config)

    # Keep running
    try:
        while True:
            await asyncio.sleep(3600)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        scheduler.stop()

asyncio.run(run_scheduler())

GitHub Actions Cron Usage

Send daily digest emails using GitHub Actions. The digest runner supports:

• Configurable time windows (24h, 48h, 7d)
• Idempotent execution (won't re-send on workflow reruns)
• Multiple LLM providers
• SMTP email delivery
• Structured JSON logging

Quick Setup

1. Add repository secrets (Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions):

   Secret	Required	Description
   DIGEST_RECIPIENTS	Yes	Comma-separated email addresses
   SMTP_HOST	Yes	SMTP server hostname
   SMTP_USER	No	SMTP username
   SMTP_PASS	No	SMTP password
   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Yes*	Anthropic API key
   OPENAI_API_KEY	Alt	OpenAI API key
   GOOGLE_API_KEY	Alt	Google API key

   *Required if using Anthropic (default). Use OpenAI or Google key with corresponding LLM_PROVIDER.

2. Add repository variables (optional, for customization):

   Variable	Default	Description
   DIGEST_INTERESTS	machine learning...	Research interests for search & ranking
   DIGEST_SUBJECT	Daily Research Digest - {date}	Email subject
   DIGEST_TZ	UTC	Timezone
   DIGEST_WINDOW	24h	Time window
   LLM_PROVIDER	anthropic	LLM provider

3. Enable the workflow: The .github/workflows/digest.yml file runs daily at 6 AM UTC.

Manual Trigger

You can manually trigger the digest from the Actions tab using "Run workflow".

CLI Usage

Run the digest sender locally:

# Set required environment variables
export DIGEST_RECIPIENTS="you@example.com"
export DIGEST_INTERESTS="machine learning, AI agents, transformers"
export SMTP_HOST="smtp.gmail.com"
export SMTP_USER="your-email@gmail.com"
export SMTP_PASS="your-app-password"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Run the digest sender
python -m daily_research_digest.digest_send

Environment Variables Reference

Configuration

DigestConfig

• categories: List of category codes for reference (e.g., ["cs.AI", "cs.LG"])
• interests: Research interests description for search and ranking
• max_papers: Maximum papers to fetch per source (default: 50)
• top_n: Number of top papers to include in digest (default: 10)
• llm_provider: One of "anthropic", "openai", or "google"
• priority_authors: List of author names to boost in ranking
• author_boost: Multiplier for priority author papers (default: 1.5)
• API keys for your chosen provider

LLM Providers

The package supports multiple LLM providers for paper ranking:

Each uses fast, cost-effective models optimized for ranking tasks.

Digest Format

Digests are saved as JSON files with the following structure:

{
  "date": "2024-01-15",
  "generated_at": "2024-01-15T06:00:00Z",
  "categories": ["cs.AI", "cs.CL"],
  "interests": "AI agents, LLMs",
  "total_papers_fetched": 50,
  "papers": [
    {
      "arxiv_id": "2401.12345",
      "title": "Paper Title",
      "abstract": "Abstract text...",
      "authors": ["Author One", "Author Two"],
      "categories": ["cs.AI", "cs.CL"],
      "published": "2024-01-14T00:00:00Z",
      "updated": "2024-01-14T00:00:00Z",
      "link": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345",
      "relevance_score": 9.0,
      "relevance_reason": "Directly addresses AI agent architectures",
      "author_h_indices": [45, 32, 28],
      "huggingface_upvotes": 156,
      "quality_score": 11.2
    }
  ]
}

Paper Fields

API Reference

DigestGenerator

Generates paper digests using the quality scoring pipeline.

storage = DigestStorage(Path("./digests"))
generator = DigestGenerator(storage)
result = await generator.generate(config)

Quality Scoring

Compute quality scores manually:

from daily_research_digest import compute_quality_scores

# papers is a list of Paper objects with relevance_score set
compute_quality_scores(papers)

# Each paper now has quality_score populated
for paper in papers:
    print(f"{paper.quality_score:.1f} - {paper.title}")

SemanticScholarClient

Fetches papers from Semantic Scholar with author h-index.

from daily_research_digest import SemanticScholarClient

client = SemanticScholarClient(api_key="optional-api-key")
papers = await client.fetch_papers(
    query="large language models",
    limit=50,
    fields_of_study=["Computer Science"]
)

for paper in papers:
    if paper.author_h_indices:
        avg_h = sum(paper.author_h_indices) / len(paper.author_h_indices)
        print(f"{paper.title} - avg h-index: {avg_h:.0f}")

HuggingFaceClient

Fetches trending papers from HuggingFace Daily Papers with upvotes.

from daily_research_digest import HuggingFaceClient

client = HuggingFaceClient()
papers = await client.fetch_papers(limit=50)

for paper in papers:
    if paper.huggingface_upvotes:
        print(f"{paper.title} - {paper.huggingface_upvotes} upvotes")

DigestStorage

Manages digest persistence.

storage = DigestStorage(Path("./digests"))
storage.save_digest(digest)
digest = storage.get_digest("2024-01-15")
dates = storage.list_digests(limit=30)

ArxivScheduler

Schedules automated digest generation.

scheduler = ArxivScheduler(generator, schedule_hour=6)
scheduler.start(config)
scheduler.stop()

Development

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/LevRoz630/daily-research-digest.git
cd daily-research-digest

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev,all]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black daily_research_digest tests

# Lint
ruff daily_research_digest tests

# Type check
mypy daily_research_digest

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.