tdccccc_arxiv-daily/plugin

arXiv Daily — Obsidian plugin

Native TypeScript Obsidian plugin. Replaces arxiv_daily.py with an in-vault settings GUI, catch-up scheduling, and on-demand manual runs.

Features

• Shared core + Node CLI — the fetch/filter/summarize/write pipeline is host-neutral and reused by Obsidian and the Node CLI (run, run-pending, summarize).
• Configurable markdown links — daily reports can use Obsidian wikilinks or standard relative Markdown links for CLI / VS Code-friendly output.
• arXiv Daily Dashboard as the primary entry — the Obsidian ribbon opens the Dashboard directly. Starred / All tabs, run controls, and the More menu are available from the top toolbar.
• Daily-report calendar — the Dashboard shows monthly daily reports, highlights today, provides a Today shortcut, and opens a report by clicking its date.
• Simplified reading workflow — one-click stars mark high-priority papers; unstarred papers stay neutral. Dashboard filters cover search, topic, first-seen date range, note presence, and detail availability.
• Local relevance search — BM25F-style ranking over arXiv ID, title, authors, topics, categories, and structured summary fields, with exact modern arXiv-ID priority plus deterministic English technical-token and Chinese bigram tokenization. Non-empty searches default to relevance; an explicitly selected starred/published/topic/title sort remains primary.
• Similar Papers — deterministic local weighted lexical retrieval over non-ignored Paper Index entries, using persisted abstracts and structured summaries recovered from daily Markdown. It rewards multi-concept and multi-field overlap, suppresses weak and author-only matches, and presents match reasons, metadata, resource availability, and actions for detail, daily report, arXiv, and PDF. Query time makes no network or LLM request and uses no embedding or database.
• Guided first-run onboarding — Settings presents four accessible steps: Connect AI, choose paper sources, describe research interests, and generate the first report. It links to existing forms, tracks first-report completion from run state, collapses to a latest-report summary after success, and reappears if configuration becomes invalid. Dashboard only points missing setup to Settings.
• Safer arXiv date handling — current or scheduled dates newer than the latest /recent announce bucket stay retryable until the announce page is available.
• Focused row actions — open/create the paper note, open the source daily report, open arXiv, open the PDF, or download the PDF. Paper titles, authors, and summaries are selectable for copying.
• Research workflow handoff — arXiv Daily handles discovery, review, local notes, and optional PDF downloads. Zotero remains the external source of truth for citation keys and BibTeX.
• Paper index schema v3 — stores abstracts plus structured daily summary fields (coreProblem, keyMethod, mainResult, whyRelevant, limitations, sourceSections) for Dashboard search and Similar Papers. The loader accepts schema 1 and 2; later daily upserts lazily add abstracts, without a network migration or bulk rewrite.
• Workflow quick wins — startup sync for daily checkbox selections, missed-paper fallback lists, and multiple arXiv categories.
• arXiv date parsing fix — accepts abbreviated month names in listing headers (for example Wed, 10 Jun 2026) so June and later daily runs match the correct /recent bucket.
• Topic cards — collapsible cards replace the five legacy arXiv fields (researchInterests / detailCriteria / detailCategories / categoryTagMap / categoryDisplayMap). Each topic owns name (daily-report heading), tag (slug, auto-derived on creation), description (LLM filter input), and a per-topic detail eligibility toggle.
• Separate automatic deep-dive scoring — after full-text retrieval, eligible papers are scored together by one extra LLM call. Eligibility requires the assigned topic's Detail report toggle, usable full text, and no existing paper file. With no eligible candidates there is no extra call. The user-facing Automatic detail notes setting offers Fewer, Recommended, and More; Recommended is the default. Existing custom policies remain active until a named option is selected. Selector failure creates no new automatic deep dives but does not fail daily summarization; manual summarize is unaffected.
• Template presets — Blank, Astrophysics + ML, NLP / LLMs, Computer Vision, Bioinformatics. Load Template dropdown with confirm-before-replace for non-empty lists.
• Config validation — validateLlmConfig / validateFilterConfig gate scheduled and manual runs. Settings panel renders a red banner listing missing required fields.
• Secret-safe settings and output — a saved API key renders only as Configured, with explicit Replace and Clear actions. The compatible llm.apiKey value remains plaintext in <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/arxiv-daily/data.json; vault sync/backup tools may copy it, and there is no keyring or encryption. Fetched source content is cached in the adjacent .cache/ directory for the configured retention period. Logs, diagnostics, and presented errors are redacted.
• Generation metrics — generated daily and detail Markdown ends with a folded callout reporting pipeline elapsed time when available, LLM elapsed time, logical calls, HTTP attempts, and provider-reported tokens. Missing or retry-incomplete usage is not treated as zero, and no cost is estimated.
• Unified cancellation — Cancel active tasks covers scheduled and manual daily runs, manual detail summaries, and PDF downloads, but not Get Models. Obsidian requestUrl remains cooperative: already-issued requests may finish while later work unwinds.
• First-enable modal — chooseModal asks Run today / Skip today / Cancel on every OFF→ON transition. "Skip today" marks the current date as skipped in runState so interval ticks leave it alone.
• Tiered help text — inline .setDesc() on essential fields; Obsidian setTooltip-backed (?) badge on advanced fields; muted hint text below topic-card labels.
• One-shot, lossy migration from v0.1.x on first load (migration.ts).
• Full vitest suite and production build are expected to pass before release.

Dashboard Features

Settings Button

• Click the "Settings" button in the top-right corner of the Dashboard to quickly access plugin settings

Calendar Runnable Dates

• Dates within the 5-day lookback window that don't have daily reports are highlighted in green
• Click on a green date to generate a report for that date
• Hover over the date to see a tooltip with instructions

Installation

Option A — via BRAT (recommended)

1. Install the BRAT plugin.
2. Open BRAT settings → Add Beta plugin → paste tdccccc/arxiv-daily.
3. Enable arXiv Daily in Community plugins.
4. Open Settings → arXiv Daily, pick a provider and fill in the API Key.

Option B — manual install

1. Download manifest.json, main.js, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Create <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/arxiv-daily/ if needed and put the three files directly inside it, with no nested release/repository folder.
3. Restart Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community plugins.

Option C — build from source

git clone https://github.com/tdccccc/arxiv-daily.git
cd arxiv-daily
npm ci
npm run build
# then copy manifest.json + main.js + styles.css into the vault

Settings overview (user-visible)

Section	Fields
Enable	Toggle, shows Running / Paused status
LLM	Provider dropdown, API Key (Configured sentinel with Replace/Clear), Base URL, Model, Temperature, Timeout, Thinking mode, Reasoning effort
arXiv	Category dropdown (grouped), Research Topics (collapsible cards with Name/Tag/Description/Detail eligibility toggle), Load Template dropdown, + Add Topic button, Automatic detail notes dropdown, Timezone
Output & Schedule	Daily / Papers paths, Link style, Run time, Tick interval, Lookback days (≤ 5)
Advanced	Request delay, cache TTL, char limits, skip / priority sections, log level

Key modules (developer reference)

Core contracts

File	Role
packages/core/src/core/adapters.ts	Host-neutral contracts for HTTP, storage, secrets, progress, and resource opening

Host adapters

File	Role
src/hosts/obsidian/http-client.ts	Obsidian requestUrl implementation of the core HttpClient contract
src/hosts/obsidian/storage-adapter.ts	Obsidian Vault implementation of the core StorageAdapter contract
src/hosts/obsidian/*.ts	Obsidian host adapter assembly for HTTP, vault storage, settings secrets, progress, and workspace resource opening
packages/node-runtime/src/*.ts	Node implementations for HTTP, filesystem storage, env secrets, progress, and resource output

Settings layer

File	Role
packages/core/src/settings/types.ts	Topic, ArxivSettings, PluginSettings, RunStatus ("skipped" added in v0.1.2)
packages/core/src/settings/defaults.ts	DEFAULT_SETTINGS — topics is []; automatic detail notes defaults to Recommended (the Balanced policy)
packages/core/src/settings/detail-selection.ts	Internal detail-note policy profiles, preset values, and persisted-value sanitization
packages/core/src/settings/migration.ts	migrateArxivSettings(raw) — lossy upgrade from v0.1.x legacy fields
packages/core/src/settings/validation.ts	validateLlmConfig, validateFilterConfig — gatekeeper for all runs
packages/core/src/settings/topic-templates.ts	TOPIC_TEMPLATES — five static presets
plugin/src/settings/tab.ts	ArxivDailySettingTab — full Obsidian settings UI (topic cards, template loader, validation banner, attachHelp, confirmReplace)
packages/core/src/settings/providers.ts	LLM provider presets
packages/core/src/settings/arxiv-categories.ts	Grouped arXiv category data

Pipeline

File	Role
packages/core/src/pipeline/arxiv-fetcher.ts	HTTP fetcher for /recent, metadata/abstract enrichment, and /abs
packages/core/src/pipeline/arxiv-parser.ts	HTML listing → PaperMeta[]
packages/core/src/pipeline/atom-parser.ts	Atom API → abstract enrichment
packages/core/src/pipeline/paper-filter.ts	LLM-call: classifies papers into topics (or "skip"); short-circuits when topics is empty
packages/core/src/pipeline/detail-selector.ts	Post-full-text automatic deep-dive candidate scoring and deterministic threshold/soft-limit selection
packages/core/src/pipeline/paper-content.ts	Full-text HTML fetch + section extraction
packages/core/src/pipeline/section-extractor.ts	Splits HTML body into named sections
packages/core/src/pipeline/summarizer.ts	Daily summary + per-paper detail LLM prompts
packages/core/src/pipeline/markdown-writer.ts	Writes .md files into vault paths; reads tags from topics array
packages/core/src/pipeline/pipeline.ts	Orchestrator: fetch → filter → summarize → write
packages/core/src/pipeline/html-cache.ts	Disk cache for paper HTML

CLI

File	Role
apps/cli/src/config.ts	Loads Node CLI runtime config from JSON and environment variables
apps/cli/src/main.ts	Minimal Node CLI entrypoint for run, run-pending, and summarize commands
apps/cli/src/runtime.ts	Builds Node CLI pipeline dependencies from config and host adapters

Dashboard

File	Role
packages/core/src/dashboard/model.ts	Host-neutral query/filter/sort/stat/action model reused by the Obsidian view
packages/core/src/dashboard/paper-search-index.ts	Derived in-memory weighted lexical index shared by Dashboard search and Similar Papers; consumes persisted abstracts/recovered summaries and performs no query-time I/O
src/dashboard/view.ts	Obsidian custom view, command/ribbon target, table rendering, filters, row actions, batch operations
src/dashboard/similar-papers-modal.ts	Local Similar Papers results, deterministic reasons, and existing paper actions

Services

File	Role
packages/core/src/services/paper-index.ts	Hidden .index/papers.json store, schema migration, mark/status/priority/summary/project updates
src/services/paper-note.ts	Shared lightweight paper-note creation helper
packages/core/src/services/daily-selection.ts	Daily markdown checkbox parser and sync service
packages/core/src/services/pdf.ts	Cancellable manual arXiv PDF download into vault storage and pdfPath updates
packages/core/src/services/operations.ts	Shared registry for daily runs, manual detail summaries, and PDF downloads
packages/core/src/services/project-notes.ts	Project-note append workflow and projects field updates
packages/core/src/services/scheduler.ts	Tick-loop scheduler; tickToday, runForDateNow, runAllPending
packages/core/src/services/state-store.ts	Per-date RunStatus persistence in .index/run-state.json; isDone includes "skipped"
packages/core/src/services/run-lock.ts	Mutex per-date to prevent double-runs
packages/core/src/services/logger.ts	Logging with Obsidian Notice integration
packages/core/src/services/progress.ts	ProgressReporter interface + NoopProgressReporter
src/services/status-bar.ts	Obsidian status-bar live-progress display
packages/core/src/services/manual-fetch.ts	Summarize by arXiv ID pipeline
src/services/modal.ts	chooseModal — generic multi-button modal (used by enable confirm)

Top-level

File	Role
main.ts	Plugin lifecycle (onload, setScheduleEnabled, buildPipeline)
src/commands.ts	Command palette + ribbon menu registrations; config gating on manual commands
packages/core/src/utils/slugify.ts	slugify — topic-name → kebab-case ASCII tag
packages/core/src/utils/time.ts	Timezone-aware date utilities
packages/core/src/llm/client.ts	OpenAI-compatible LLM caller with retry-aware provider usage collection
packages/core/src/metrics/generation.ts	Generation timing/call/token aggregation and folded Markdown callout
packages/core/src/utils/redaction.ts	Secret redaction for text, URLs, values, and errors

Data model (Paper Index schema v3)

interface Topic {
  id: string;          // UUID, internal
  name: string;        // display name, e.g. "Photo-z", daily report heading
  tag: string;         // kebab-case slug, auto-derived from name, Obsidian YAML #tag
  description: string; // natural language, sent to the filter LLM
  detail: boolean;     // make papers in this topic eligible for auto deep dives
}

interface ArxivSettings {
  category: string;     // primary category, kept for compatibility
  categories: string[]; // e.g. ["astro-ph", "cs.LG"]
  topics: Topic[];
  timezone: string;
}

interface DetailSelectionSettings {
  profile: "conservative" | "balanced" | "broad" | "custom";
  normalThreshold: number;
  exceptionalThreshold: number;
  softLimit: number;
}

type RunStatus = "pending" | "running" | "completed"
               | "failed_transient" | "failed_permanent"
               | "skipped";  // v0.1.2: user opted out at enable time

interface PaperSummary {
  sourceSections?: string;
  coreProblem?: string;
  keyMethod?: string;
  mainResult?: string;
  whyRelevant?: string;
  limitations?: string;
}

The topic.detail flag replaces v0.1.1's separate detailCategories list, but it is now only an eligibility gate. Daily filtering always classifies relevance and topic; after full text is available, detail-selector.ts scores eligible papers in a separate call and applies the global policy. Daily structured summaries and standalone papers/*.md deep dives are therefore distinct outputs.

Paper Index entries additionally have an optional persisted abstract. Schema 3 normalization accepts schema 1 and 2 files. A normal later daily upsert adds an available abstract to an old entry; loading the index does not fetch anything or perform a network migration.

Migration (v0.1.1 → v0.1.2)

migrateArxivSettings runs in main.ts:loadSettingsAndState:

• If the persisted arxiv.topics is already populated → keep as-is.
• If arxiv has legacy detailCategories → build one Topic per entry: name from categoryDisplayMap (fallback: titleCase), tag = entry, description = "", detail = true.
• If neither is present → empty topics (the new default).
• Free-form researchInterests / detailCriteria text is discarded.
• Legacy keys are dropped from the in-memory ArxivSettings; on next saveSettings, data.json is rewritten without them.

Commands

Command	Action
arXiv Daily: Run now	Pulls today, writes the daily report, and optionally writes selected standalone deep dives
arXiv Daily: Run for date…	Pulls a specific date within the last 5 days
arXiv Daily: Run all pending in lookback window	Runs every pending date
arXiv Daily: Retry failed dates in lookback window	Clears failed state for recent failed dates and reruns them
arXiv Daily: Force run for date…	Clears stored state for one date and runs it without schedule guards
arXiv Daily: Clear run state…	Clears persisted completed/failed/skipped state without deleting notes
arXiv Daily: Cancel active tasks	Cooperatively cancels active daily runs, manual detail summaries, and PDF downloads; Get Models is excluded
arXiv Daily: Summarize by arXiv ID…	Summarize a single paper by ID
arXiv Daily: Set paper mark…	Updates one indexed paper to Unmarked / Watch / Highlight / Saved / Ignored
arXiv Daily: Create paper note…	Creates a lightweight note for an indexed paper
arXiv Daily: Mark current paper as <mark>	Updates the active paper note's indexed mark
arXiv Daily: Open today's daily report	Opens <dailyDir>/<today>.md
arXiv Daily: Open reading dashboard	Opens the arXiv Daily Dashboard custom view
arXiv Daily: Show recent run state	Lists last 20 dates and their statuses
arXiv Daily: Show diagnostics	Shows a copyable local diagnostic report without exposing the API key

Manual commands gate on config validity:

• Run today / Run all pending / Run for date → requires LLM config + topics
• Summarize by arXiv ID → requires LLM config only

Daily selections

Daily reports remain markdown files under <dailyDir>. Filtered papers are also indexed in the hidden <root>/.index/papers.json, where <root> is derived from the configured daily/papers output directories. Ordinary relevant papers stay in JSON only; detail papers, saved papers, and manually promoted papers get markdown notes under <papersDir>.

Each paper in a daily report includes two markdown checkboxes:

- [ ] 关注 <!-- arxiv-daily:2606.12345:watch -->
- [ ] 重点 <!-- arxiv-daily:2606.12345:highlight -->

When the daily file changes, the plugin automatically syncs checked boxes back to papers.json: 关注 becomes status=to_read, priority=normal; 重点 becomes status=to_read, priority=high. papers.json is an internal state file for de-duplication and later integrations; daily reports remain the primary triage surface.

Dashboard treats priority=high as Starred. The star button only toggles that priority, so unstarred papers stay neutral in the dashboard. The older status values remain in papers.json for compatibility with daily checkbox sync, saved notes, and existing indexes.

Search and Similar Papers derive one in-memory index from these entries. Similar Papers uses persisted abstracts and structured summaries that startup history sync can recover from daily Markdown. Its weighted matching favors multiple shared concepts and fields, suppresses weak/author-only results, and reports metadata plus detail/daily/PDF resource availability. It performs no LLM, network, embedding, or database operation when queried.

Paper Index schema 3 reads old schema 1 and 2 files. Abstracts are added lazily when ordinary daily processing later sees those papers; there is no network migration or mandatory bulk rewrite.

Generated daily reports and detail notes append a folded Generation metrics callout. Daily reports include total pipeline wall time; both report types show LLM duration, logical calls, HTTP attempts, and only usage returned by the provider. Missing usage and retry-incomplete usage are shown as unavailable or incomplete, never as zero. There is no model-price or cost estimate.

Scheduling

The plugin uses a single in-process tick loop (default every 20 minutes while Obsidian is open). On each tick:

1. Walk back over the lookback window (today, yesterday, …, day-4).
2. Skip days that are completed, failed_permanent, or skipped.
3. Skip today if the local clock is still before runAtLocal.
4. Skip weekends (Sat/Sun in configured timezone).
5. Skip dates where the daily file already exists.
6. Skip failed_transient days whose last attempt is within one tick interval.
7. Otherwise acquire the per-date RunLock, mark running, and run the pipeline.

On Enable: validates config, then asks Run today / Skip today / Cancel. On Disable: stops the interval. Manual commands always work regardless of enabled state (subject to config validation).

Pipeline Error Handling

No Empty Files

The pipeline no longer writes empty daily files when:

• arXiv returns 0 papers (scheduler will retry later)
• LLM filtering results in 0 relevant papers (calendar shows "0")

Calendar States

The calendar now shows different states:

• Purple border + number: successful report
• "0": no relevant papers (LLM filtering)
• Green + play icon: runnable (can generate report)
• No mark: arXiv not updated or weekend

API Testing

• Test API connectivity from settings
• Fetch available models from API
• Select model from dropdown

Development

Run all commands from the repository root:

npm ci
npm run check:boundaries
npm run typecheck
npm test
npm run build
npm run cli -- --help

packages/core is the sole business core; this directory contains only the Obsidian host and UI. There is no daemon or protocol layer.