📚 ResearchMate - Your AI Research Assistant Chrome Extension

ResearchMate is an AI-powered Chrome extension that helps students, researchers, and curious minds decode academic papers effortlessly. Get explanations, summaries, definitions, and ask follow-up questions — all while reading online!

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✨ Features

🔍 Context-Aware Explanation
Select academic text and get instant, concise explanations from state-of-the-art LLMs.

💬 AI Chatbot with Memory
Open the sidebar for a full-featured research chatbot that understands context and supports follow-ups.

📑 Smart Summarizer
Quickly generate summaries of long paragraphs or research abstracts.

🧠 Definition & Term Clarification
Break down complex technical terms with simplified explanations and examples.

🔗 Link Pasting
Paste arXiv/DOI links or drop content — the assistant will analyze and explain.

🚀 Powered by LangChain + OpenAI/Groq
Uses specialized agents like:

• qa_agent for detailed answers
• explainer_agent for term clarification
• question_agent for refining user input

💾 Persistent Memory
Backed by Redis to maintain chat memory across sessions (in production).

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🌍 Live Backend

The backend API is live and deployed here:
🔗 https://researchmate.onrender.com

No setup needed for backend — just install the Chrome extension and start using it!

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🧪 How to Use

1. Download or clone this repo.
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions.
3. Enable Developer Mode (top right).
4. Click "Load Unpacked" and select the extension/ folder.
5. Select any research text on a webpage or PDF.
6. Right-click or use a keyboard shortcut to get assistance.
7. Use the chatbot sidebar to ask questions and explore concepts.

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🧠 Tech Stack

💻 Frontend (Chrome Extension)

• Manifest V3
• HTML + JavaScript
• Context Menu, Sidebar, and Popup UIs
• Keyboard shortcut support

🛠 Backend (Already Deployed)

• FastAPI for API endpoints
• LangChain for LLM agent routing
• OpenAI and Groq APIs for processing
• Redis for chat memory (in production)

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🔐 Permissions & Security

ResearchMate uses only safe permissions:

"permissions": ["activeTab", "contextMenus", "storage", "scripting"]

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📦 Packaging for Release

cd extension/
zip -r researchmate.zip .

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🧑‍💻 Author

Pranay Kumar Karvi

Contributions welcome! Feel free to fork, raise issues, or open pull requests.

##📄 License This project is licensed under the MIT License.

⭐ Show Your Support

If you find this project helpful:

• 🌟 Star the repo

• 🗣️ Share with friends and labmates

• 🧠 Use it in your next research sprint