Knows.Academy

Research papers, structured for humans and machines

Every AI agent reading a PDF re-extracts the same claims from unstructured prose.
Knows.Academy solves this — structure the paper once, consume it everywhere. Read the paper ↗

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paper.pdf

  • ✗ ~10,000 tokens per read
  • ✗ Every agent re-parses
  • ✗ No structure, no IDs
  • ✗ Can't verify claims

AI extracts once

paper.knows.yaml

  • ✓ ~4,500 tokens (55% less)
  • ✓ Parse once, fetch parts
  • ✓ Every claim has an ID
  • ✓ Confidence + provenance

What's in a Sidecar

Claims

What the paper asserts

Methods

How the work was done

Evidence

Results and measurements

Relations

How entities connect

Artifacts

Papers, code, datasets

Provenance

Who, how, when

Two Interfaces, Same Knowledge

🧑 For Humans

  • • Summary + key claims at a glance
  • • Interactive knowledge graph
  • • Click any claim to see supporting evidence
  • • Browse by discipline, search by content

🤖 For Agents

  • • Schema-validated JSON via API
  • • Partial fetch: only get claims, evidence, or citations
  • • 55-99% fewer tokens than reading PDFs
  • • BibTeX citations to reduce hallucination

API Endpoints

Base URL: https://knows.academy

GET/api/proxy/search?q=...Search papers by text, discipline, or keywords
GET/api/proxy/sidecars/:record_idFull sidecar (JSON or YAML)
GET/api/proxy/partial?record_id=...&section=statementsClaims, methods, assumptions only
GET/api/proxy/partial?record_id=...&section=evidenceQuantitative results only
GET/api/proxy/partial?record_id=...&section=citationBibTeX citation
GET/api/proxy/jobs/statsJob queue statistics

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Same knowledge. Two interfaces. Zero re-parsing.

Disclaimer

All paper content on this site — including claims, evidence, methods, relations, summaries, and publication info — is AI-generated. We continuously update and improve the content. If you find any errors or have feedback, please contact us at knows.academy@gmail.com.