Monitor Research Topics → Summarize New Papers → Share Team Updates
Stay current with rapidly evolving research fields by automatically tracking new publications, generating summaries, and distributing findings to your research team.
Workflow Steps
Google Alerts
Set up research monitoring
Create Google Alerts for your key research terms, combining keywords with 'filetype:pdf' to catch academic papers. Set frequency to daily and configure alerts to send to a dedicated Gmail label for processing.
Zapier
Trigger automated processing
Create a Zapier workflow that triggers when new emails arrive in your research alerts Gmail label. Connect to ChatGPT API to automatically generate 2-3 sentence summaries of each paper's key findings and methodology.
Slack
Distribute team updates
Configure Zapier to post the AI-generated summaries to a dedicated Slack channel with formatting that includes paper title, authors, publication date, and the summary. Add reaction options for team members to flag papers for deeper review.
Workflow Flow
Step 1
Google Alerts
Set up research monitoring
Step 2
Zapier
Trigger automated processing
Step 3
Slack
Distribute team updates
Why This Works
Google Alerts provides comprehensive coverage, Zapier automates the entire workflow without manual intervention, and Slack ensures immediate team visibility with built-in collaboration features.
Best For
Research teams and academic departments needing to stay current with rapidly evolving scientific literature
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