Openleaf Citation Search

OpenLeaf adds AI-powered citation search and paper review directly into the Overleaf editor — no tab switching, no workflow interruption. Also works with OpenAI Prism.

Citation Search:
• Analyzes your document paragraph by paragraph
• Searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and Google Scholar simultaneously
• Deduplicates results across all sources
• Uses LLM-based scoring to rank fetched papers
• One click to add the BibTeX entry to your .bib file

Paper Review:
Two AI reviewer modes to get feedback on your papers:
• Friendly: a supportive mentor who highlights strengths and frames suggestions constructively
• Fire: the dreaded Reviewer #2 who stress-tests every claim with surgical precision

Reviews stream in real-time so you can start reading immediately.

Supported LLMs:
Works with any OpenAI-compatible API of your choice:
• Ollama (local, free, private — nothing leaves your machine)
• OpenAI, OpenRouter, Together, Groq, vLLM, or any compatible endpoint

Just set the base URL, model name, and API key in the extension options.

Paper Search APIs:
• Semantic Scholar — works without an API key (rate-limited)
• OpenAlex — no key needed, email improves rate limits
• Serper (Google Scholar) — optional, skipped if no key provided

Privacy:
• No accounts, no sign-ups, no data collection
• API keys stored locally in your browser (chrome.storage.sync)
• When using Ollama, everything runs on your machine — zero data leaves your device
• Open source: https://github.com/demfier/openleaf-extension

How To Use
1. Open any project on overleaf.com
2. Click the green OpenLeaf button (bottom-right corner)
3. Citations tab: click "Find Citations" to search for papers
4. Review tab: choose Friendly or Fire mode, click "Review Paper"
5. Click "+ Add" on any citation to append it to your .bib file

Requirements:
• An Overleaf account (free or paid)
• An LLM backend for ranking and review (Ollama is free and runs locally)
• Optional: Semantic Scholar API key, Serper API key for better results