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PaperClerk AI: Taming the PDF Graveyard

December 15, 2025·1 min read
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Monday: "This paper looks essential!" download

Tuesday: "Ooh, looks interesting!" download

Wednesday: "Just in case..." download

Thursday: "Wait, didn't I already...?"

Friday: 500 PDFs stare back, unread.

If this feels a little too familiar... same.

That's why I built PaperClerk AI — a lightweight, local, AI-powered assistant that finally keeps your research library under control.

What it does

  • Finds all your PDFs scattered across your machine
  • Summarizes them with a local LLaMA model (via Ollama)
  • Tells you exactly what the paper is about — no more guessing from filenames
  • Lets you auto-keep / auto-skip / auto-archive based on your interests
  • Emails you a neat digest every day or week

All private. All local. All fast.

If your "Read Later" folder has quietly become a PDF graveyard... this might actually help.

Check it out on GitHub.