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Analyse Papers From Hugging Face with AI and Store Them in Notion

ByAI Native @ainative on n8n.io

This workflow automates the process of retrieving Hugging Face paper summaries, analyzing them with OpenAI, and storing the results in Notion. Here’s a breakdown of how it works:

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered11 nodesHTTP RequestNotionOpenAI
AI & RAG Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 11 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2804 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the HTTP Request → Notion recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

The workflow JSON

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  "meta": {
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  "name": "Hugging Face  to Notion",
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      "name": "Request Hugging Face Paper",
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      "position": [
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              "name": "date",
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    {
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      "position": [
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      "parameters": {
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          "mode": "list",
          "value": "gpt-4o-2024-11-20",
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              "content": "Extract the following key details from the paper abstract:\n\nCore Introduction: Summarize the main contributions and objectives of the paper, highlighting its innovations and significance.\nKeyword Extraction: List 2-5 keywords that best represent the research direction and techniques of the paper.\nKey Data and Results: Extract important performance metrics, comparison results, and the paper's advantages over other studies.\nTechnical Details: Provide a brief overview of the methods, optimization techniques, and datasets mentioned in the paper.\nClassification: Assign an appropriate academic classification based on the content of the paper.\n\n\nOutput as json\uff1a\n{\n  \"Core_Introduction\": \"PaSa is an advanced Paper Search agent powered by large language models that can autonomously perform a series of decisions (including invoking search tools, reading papers, and selecting relevant references) to provide comprehensive and accurate results for complex academic queries.\",\n  \"Keywords\": [\n    \"Paper Search Agent\",\n    \"Large Language Models\",\n    \"Reinforcement Learning\",\n    \"Academic Queries\",\n    \"Performance Benchmarking\"\n  ],\n  \"Data_and_Results\": \"PaSa outperforms existing baselines (such as Google, GPT-4, chatGPT) in tests using AutoScholarQuery (35k academic queries) and RealScholarQuery (real-world academic queries). For example, PaSa-7B exceeds Google with GPT-4o by 37.78% in recall@20 and 39.90% in recall@50.\",\n  \"Technical_Details\": \"PaSa is optimized using reinforcement learning with the AutoScholarQuery synthetic dataset, demonstrating superior performance in multiple benchmarks.\",\n  \"Classification\": [\n    \"Artificial Intelligence (AI)\",\n    \"Academic Search and Information Retrieval\",\n    \"Natural Language Processing (NLP)\",\n    \"Reinforcement Learning\"\n  ]\n}\n```"
            },
            {
              "content": "={{ $json.abstract }}"
            }
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      },
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        }
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              "title": "={{ $('Extract Hugging Face Paper Abstract').item.json.title }}"
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            },
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            },
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          {
            "node": "Request Hugging Face Paper",
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    },
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        [
          {
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          {
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About this workflow

This workflow automates the process of retrieving Hugging Face paper summaries, analyzing them with OpenAI, and storing the results in Notion. Here’s a breakdown of how it works:

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2804/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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