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DuckyHelper in Semanticscholar

DuckyHelper sees Semanticscholar on your screen and, in early access, works in it with its own cursor to search papers by title or relevance, look up authors, trace citations and references, find paper recommendations, and search text snippets. It's built to ask before it sends or pays, and explains or draws on Semanticscholar when you want to learn it.

Try asking
  • “What can I see in Semanticscholar?”
  • “Search the bulk papers for me”
  • “What am I looking at in Semanticscholar?”

Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud. Doing the work for you is early access on Mac.

SemanticscholarBulk papers
BBulk papersPerform bulk search for academic papers.PPaper recommendationsAAvailable dataset releasesList all available dataset releases from Semantic Scholar.DDataset diffsGet download links for incremental diffs between dataset releases.
“What can I see in Semanticscholar?”

Here you can see bulk papers, paper recommendations and available dataset releases. I circled bulk papers to start with.

Drawn from Semanticscholar's own actions · ink on your screen works today

WHAT TO ASK

Things you can ask it to do in Semanticscholar

Each one is something Semanticscholar itself lets you do, said the way you'd ask. Questions about your screen work today; having it do the job is early access on Mac.

Ask about it

Works today

It sees your screen, answers out loud and draws on it.

  • “Explain this recommendation to me”
  • “Where do I find the bulk papers in Semanticscholar?”
  • “What am I looking at in Semanticscholar?”
  • “What does this button do?”
  • “Walk me through this screen”

Read and find

Early access

It opens Semanticscholar and looks things up for you.

  • Search the bulk papers
  • Search the papers by relevance
  • Search for authors by name
  • Look up the paper recommendations
  • Look up the recommendations for a paper
  • List the available dataset releases
  • Look up the dataset diffs
  • Look up the details for multiple papers at once
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  • Look up the details for multiple authors at once
  • Look up the dataset download links
  • Look up the dataset release information

Why Use DuckyHelper?

Works in Semanticscholar like you do

  • Early access: it sees Semanticscholar on your screen and works in it with its own cursor, while you keep using yours
  • Nothing to set up: it works in Semanticscholar signed in as you
  • Finishes multi-step jobs across Semanticscholar and your other apps

Built to ask before it sends or pays

  • Built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything
  • Built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you
  • It listens and looks only while the pill is open

Shows you, not just tells you

  • Explains Semanticscholar out loud and draws right on your screen
  • Works it out with you on a blackboard when you want to learn it

Always there, in every app

  • Press one key in any app and ask out loud: fn on a Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux
  • Runs jobs on a schedule (early access)
  • For Mac, Windows and Linux

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One account works in every app on your computer. Try it for 10 minutes, no card, then pick a plan.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

On your screen, the way a person at your computer would. Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask about what you see in Semanticscholar: it answers out loud and can draw on Semanticscholar to show you where things are. In early access on Mac it also works in Semanticscholar with its own cursor, signed in as you, while you keep using yours.

For example: “What can I see in Semanticscholar?” and “Search the bulk papers for me”. Or ask about what you see: “What am I looking at in Semanticscholar?”. Doing the work for you is in early access on Mac.

No. Open Semanticscholar and sign in yourself, the way you always do. DuckyHelper works in the window you have open, signed in as you. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers for you.

It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money.

Yes. Press one key and ask out loud. It answers out loud while you keep working, draws on your screen to show you where things are, or works it out with you on a blackboard.

Yes. DuckyHelper works in any app on your computer, so one job can move between Semanticscholar and the other apps and pages you use.

Doing the work for you is new and in early access on Mac. Asking out loud, drawing on your screen and the blackboard work today on Mac, Windows and Linux.

No. It listens and looks only while the pill is open. When the pill is closed, nothing is heard or seen.

No, there is no charge per app. Try DuckyHelper for 10 minutes with no card. Plus is $20 a month, $14 a month for your first 3 months. See pricing.

Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later), Windows and Linux. Download DuckyHelper.

No. DuckyHelper is made by MingLLM, Inc. and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Semanticscholar. It works in Semanticscholar the same way you do, on your screen.

Try it in Semanticscholar.Press one key and ask.

It sees Semanticscholar, explains it out loud and does the work with you.Try it for 10 minutes, no card.

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Questions and jobs

Do anything

Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.

Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.