Blogs
Short articles on what changed in the latest Run update, plus the words conscRAG uses: DOI and abstract, the target-centered graph, retrieved works, findings, and whether a run is saved. Written to be accurate, not to replace reading the papers.
2026-09-04
What conscRAG added to Run
A changelog of the new run: several search queries, an LLM paper ranker, four graph contexts, ranked findings plus hidden candidates, and an optional open-PDF switch.
2026-09-04
What we removed from the MVP run
Title-only search, a single triple bag, two old idea strategies, and the fake progress clock are gone. The four-finding layout stayed as a default, not as the whole product.
2026-09-04
How a conscRAG run changed
From title search and four ideas to multi-query retrieval, four graph contexts, and a ranked default. Same start form. Longer, more inspectable Run.
2026-09-04
Optional open PDFs on Run, off by default
By default conscRAG extracts from titles and abstracts. It can also read OpenAlex open-access PDFs on the server if you check the box. Paywalled files stay untouched.
2026-09-04
Why conscRAG shows four findings and hides the rest
Run can emit a few dozen ideas. A product that dumps all of them is a spreadsheet. conscRAG ranks four — one per strategy — and keeps the others one click away.
2026-09-03
What DOI, title, and abstract mean in OpenAlex
OpenAlex stores a scholarly work as a title, a DOI when one exists, and often an abstract. Here is what each field is, and how conscRAG uses them.
2026-09-03
Why a target-centered graph helps you see related concepts
A target-centered graph puts your paper in the middle and related concepts on rings. That layout makes neighbor methods, limits, and analogies readable at a glance.
2026-09-03
How conscRAG’s target-centered graph and retrieved works connect
Figure 2 is the OpenAlex corpus. Figure 1 is the knowledge graph extracted from those titles and abstracts. One hop through references feeds both.
2026-09-03
How conscRAG retrieved works and findings connect
Each finding must cite two to four evidence triples copied from the graph. Those triples come from retrieved titles and abstracts, not from invented papers.
2026-09-03
Why peer review still matters when you generate research ideas
conscRAG findings are drafts with graph citations, not peer-reviewed papers. Peer review is still the check on novelty, method, and overclaim.
2026-09-03
What “graph-grounded research ideas” means
Graph-grounded means each idea must reuse evidence triples extracted from retrieved papers. The graph is the constraint, not a decoration.
2026-09-03
Why conscRAG uses OpenAlex, and whether more sources are coming
OpenAlex is the live scholarly index conscRAG already uses. We do not host a paper library. Other providers are possible later if coverage fails; they are not required to Run.
2026-09-03
Where conscRAG findings can actually help
Findings are useful as reading lists, meeting seeds, and first drafts of a follow-up. They are not results, grants, or peer review.
2026-09-03
What title, keywords, DOI, arXiv id, and PMID mean in Find a paper
Find a paper is one box. Type a title fragment, keywords, a DOI, an arXiv id, or a PMID. conscRAG resolves identifiers first, then fills title, DOI, and abstract.
2026-09-03
How conscRAG processes a run, and whether we save it
A run profiles your paper, retrieves OpenAlex works, builds graph contexts, and writes ranked findings. Signed-in runs are saved to your account. Guest share links last 30 days. Find a paper is not saved.