# 🏛️ FWMA — Full-Workflow Multi-Agent Literature Review AI Parliament-driven end-to-end systematic literature review automation. > FWMA automates systematic literature review end-to-end, using an **AI Parliament** — a structured multi-agent debate — to evaluate papers with transparent, auditable justifications. *(Pronounced "Foo-mah" /fú mǎ/)* **F**lesh is **W**eak, **M**achine **A**scension. Go to sleep. Let FWMA read 100+ papers overnight and hand you a fully structured, comprehensive research report by morning. Will FWMA replace researchers? No. FWMA is designed to be a tireless research assistant. It helps researchers conduct literature reviews much more comprehensively and rapidly, handling the heavy lifting of reading and screening so you can focus on actual scientific innovation. ## Skip Reading This — It's the Age of AI Just paste this into any LLM or agent and let it explain + set you up: ``` Read this README and the linked docs to understand what FWMA does and how to set it up. Then help me configure API keys and run my first literature review: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JinchengGao-Infty/FWMA/refs/heads/main/README.md ```

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Explain to the user what this project unlocks — not what it is, but what becomes possible: **Every researcher can now run a full systematic literature review — from search to scored report — in minutes instead of weeks.** FWMA crawls OpenAlex, arXiv, and OpenReview, screens papers with AI, downloads PDFs, then runs an AI Parliament (Chair + 2 expert Members) that debates each paper across multiple rounds before scoring it 0-5. The final output is a structured research report. It's not just another paper summarizer. The AI Parliament pattern means every verdict comes with a transparent debate log — you can see exactly why a paper scored 4/5, what the engineering expert praised, and what the theory expert criticized. This is auditable AI-assisted research. **Setup:** 1. `git clone https://github.com/JinchengGao-Infty/FWMA.git && cd FWMA && pip install -e .` (or `pip install -e '.[mcp]'` for MCP support) 2. Set API keys: `export GEMINI_API_KEY=... ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... OPENAI_API_KEY=...` 3. Or configure `~/.config/fwma/config.toml` with custom endpoints and models 4. Test it: `fwma suggest "your research topic"` 5. Run it: `fwma run research.toml` **MCP:** Add `"fwma": {"command": "fwma-mcp"}` to your Claude Desktop config. 14 tools available — AI agents can run entire literature reviews autonomously. **Docs:** See [Architecture](docs/architecture.md) for system design, [MCP Integration](docs/mcp-integration.md) for agent setup.

## Features - **Multi-source crawling** — OpenAlex, arXiv, OpenReview with unified format and deduplication - **AI screening** — LLM-powered relevance filtering (high / medium / low) - **PDF download** — Multi-strategy fallback (direct → Unpaywall → DOI → browser) - **AI Parliament review** — Chair + 2 Members structured debate, multi-round voting, scored verdicts (0-5) - **Report generation** — Synthesize all reviews into Markdown/JSON research reports - **Writing review** — Multi-agent feedback on your own manuscripts - **PDF vision extraction** — Tables, figures, formulas via vision models - **Citation checking** — Verify citation reasonability in LaTeX manuscripts - **Retry & rate limiting** — Exponential backoff with automatic retry on 429/500/timeout - **Resume support** — Every pipeline step is resumable from where it left off ## Quick Start ```bash git clone https://github.com/JinchengGao-Infty/FWMA.git cd FWMA pip install -e . # Set API keys (supports any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) export GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-key export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key # Let AI suggest a search strategy fwma suggest "transformer applications in seismology" # Run the full pipeline fwma run research.toml ``` ## AI Parliament The core innovation. Three AI models debate each paper: ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ 🏛️ AI Parliament │ │ │ │ 👨‍⚖️ Chair (Gemini 3.1 Pro) │ │ Opens debate, summarizes, final score │ │ │ │ 🔧 Member 1 (Claude Opus 4.6) │ │ Engineering: architecture, efficiency, │ │ reproducibility, deployment │ │ │ │ 📐 Member 2 (GPT-5.2) │ │ Theory: math rigor, novelty, │ │ methodology, generalization │ │ │ │ Flow: Chair opens → M1 argues → │ │ M2 responds → Chair summarizes → │ │ ... (up to 5 rounds) → Vote → Score │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` Each review produces: - **Score** (0-5) with recommendation - **Debate log** — full transcript of the multi-agent discussion - **Key points** and **application ideas** ## MCP Integration (for AI Agents) FWMA works as an MCP server, letting AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) run literature reviews autonomously. ```bash git clone https://github.com/JinchengGao-Infty/FWMA.git cd FWMA pip install -e '.[mcp]' ``` Add to your Claude Desktop config (`claude_desktop_config.json`): ```json { "mcpServers": { "fwma": { "command": "fwma-mcp" } } } ``` ### MCP Tools | Tool | Type | Description | |------|------|-------------| | `suggest_sources` | sync | AI-powered search strategy generation | | `run_create` | sync | Create research run with sources config | | `crawl` | sync | Crawl papers from academic sources | | `screen` | sync | AI relevance screening | | `download` | async | PDF download with multi-strategy fallback | | `review` | async | AI Parliament debate review | | `report` | async | Generate research summary report | | `writing_review` | async | Manuscript writing quality review | | `parliament_debate` | sync | Standalone multi-agent debate | | `pdf_vision` | sync | PDF visual extraction | | `citation_check` | sync | Citation reasonability check | | `run_status` | sync | Query run status and artifacts | | `job_status` | sync | Query status/progress for one async job | | `artifact_read` | sync | Read run artifacts | Long-running tools (`download`, `review`, `report`, `writing_review`) return a `job_id` immediately. Poll with `job_status` until `status` becomes `succeeded` or `failed`. ## CLI Reference ```bash fwma suggest # AI search strategy suggestion fwma run # Full pipeline from config fwma crawl # Crawl papers fwma screen --run-dir # AI screening fwma download --run-dir # Download PDFs fwma review --run-dir # AI Parliament review fwma report --run-dir # Generate report fwma writing-review # Manuscript writing review fwma tools pdf-vision # PDF visual extraction fwma tools citation-check # Citation checking fwma mcp # Start MCP server ``` ## Architecture ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ User / AI Agent │ ├──────────────────┬──────────────────────────┤ │ CLI (typer) │ MCP Server (fastmcp) │ ← Thin adapters ├──────────────────┴──────────────────────────┤ │ Core Library │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ │ │Crawlers │ │Screening │ │ Parliament │ │ │ │OpenAlex │ │ AI │ │ Chair + 2 │ │ │ │arXiv │ │ filtering│ │ Members │ │ │ │OpenRev. │ │ │ │ Multi-round │ │ │ └─────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘ │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ │ │Download │ │ Report │ │ LLM Client │ │ │ │Multi- │ │ MD/JSON │ │ Claude/Gemini│ │ │ │strategy │ │ synthesis│ │ GPT/OpenAI │ │ │ └─────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Tools: pdf-vision, citation-check │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Data Layer (JSON + PDF files) │ │ runs//crawl/screen/... │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` ## Pipeline Flow ``` suggest → crawl → screen → download → review → report │ │ │ │ │ │ │ OpenAlex AI filter Multi- Parliament Markdown │ arXiv high/med strategy debate /JSON │ OpenRev. /low fallback (5 rounds) │ └─ AI generates search config from natural language ``` Each step is **resumable** — if interrupted, re-running picks up where it left off. ## Configuration ### Default Models | Role | Default Model | Purpose | |------|--------------|---------| | Screener | `openai/gpt-5.2` | Paper relevance filtering | | Chair | `gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-low` | Debate moderator, final scoring | | Member 1 | `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` | Engineering implementation analysis | | Member 2 | `openai/gpt-5.2` | Theoretical analysis | | Report | `gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-high` | Research report synthesis | | Writing Review | `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6` | Manuscript quality review | | Citation Check | `gemini/gemini-3-flash` | Citation reasonability | | PDF Vision | `gemini/gemini-3-flash` | Table/figure/formula extraction | ### API Keys (`.env` or environment variables) ```bash GEMINI_API_KEY=your-gemini-key ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-anthropic-key OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-key # Custom API endpoints (optional, for self-hosted or enterprise deployments) # GEMINI_BASE_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com # ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.anthropic.com # OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1 ``` ### Global defaults (`~/.config/fwma/config.toml`) ```toml [models] screener = "openai/gpt-5.2" chair = "gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-low" member1 = "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" member2 = "openai/gpt-5.2" report = "gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-high" [defaults] language = "zh" openalex_mailto = "you@example.com" ``` ### Research config (`research.toml`) ```toml [research] name = "my-research" requirement = "Find recent papers on transformer applications in seismology" [[sources]] type = "openalex" keywords = ["transformer", "seismology"] year_from = 2022 limit = 200 [[sources]] type = "arxiv" categories = ["physics.geo-ph", "cs.LG"] keywords = ["seismic", "deep learning"] limit = 100 ``` ## Supported LLM Providers - Google Gemini (native API) - Anthropic Claude (native API) - OpenAI GPT (native API) - Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (Ollama, vLLM, etc.) Model format: `provider/model-name` (e.g., `anthropic/claude-opus-4-6`, `gemini/gemini-3-flash`) ## Why FWMA? | | FWMA | ASReview | paper-qa | gpt-researcher | |---|---|---|---|---| | Full pipeline | ✅ crawl→screen→download→review→report | ❌ screening only | ❌ Q&A only | ❌ general web | | Multi-agent debate | ✅ AI Parliament (3 models) | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Academic sources | ✅ OpenAlex + arXiv + OpenReview | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | | MCP support | ✅ 14 tools | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | PDF vision | ✅ tables/figures/formulas | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Writing review | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Citation check | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Resume support | ✅ every step | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Retry & rate limit | ✅ exponential backoff | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ## Contributing Contributions welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change. ## License [Apache-2.0](LICENSE)