Forage

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Forage for ingredients — discover trending papers and reading suggestions

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

No other account needed.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Forage skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by rlacombe/distillate in .claude/skills/forage/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

The apothecary ventures out to gather fresh ingredients. Find new papers based on research interests, trending topics, and experiment needs.

Optional: a topic or research question to focus the search.

Trending papers: Call mcp__distillate__get_trending_papers to see what's hot on HuggingFace Daily Papers
Personalized suggestions: Call mcp__distillate__suggest_next_reads for recommendations based on reading history and interests
Targeted search (if topic provided): Use WebSearch to find recent arXiv papers on the topic, then mcp__distillate__add_paper_to_zotero for the best finds
Experiment connections: If experiments are active, call mcp__distillate__list_projects and check if any trending papers are relevant to ongoing work. Flag connections.
Curate: Present findings grouped by relevance:
- Directly relevant to active experiments
- Matches research interests
- Generally interesting / trending
Add: For papers the user wants, call mcp__distillate__add_paper_to_zotero with the arXiv ID or URL

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