I saw a post where researchers were comparing how they stay current. Half of them said RSS.
That stuck with me. We built the Feed a week ago, a real-time stream of every paper matching your topics. But the only ways to consume it were the dashboard and email. Fine for humans on a good day. Useless for scripts, agents, or anyone who already has an information workflow that works.
So today we shipped two things: a CLI tool and RSS/Atom feeds.
What changed
CLI (pz) is an open-source command-line tool that gives you programmatic access to your Paperzilla feed. JSON output. Pipe it into whatever you want: your own scripts, an AI agent, a cron job. It's the full curated feed, designed for machines.
RSS/Atom turns your feed into a standard endpoint you can drop into Feedly, Miniflux, Reeder, or any reader you already use. Papers show up alongside everything else you read.
The split we actually wanted
This clarifies something that was messy before.
For computers and AI agents: the CLI delivers the complete curated feed. Every matched paper, structured data, ready for automated consumption.
For humans: the site feed is there when you want it. And soon, weekly-only emails with just the high-signal papers, no more daily inbox pressure.
The daily email created a subtle FOMO problem: skip one day and you feel behind. The new setup fixes that. Agents and RSS catch everything. The email becomes a highlight reel, not a chore.
Who this is for
Anyone in a fast-moving research field who wants to stay current. Especially if you're already using AI agents in your research workflow and need constant fresh context fed into them.
Before → With
Before: Your options were email (overload) or the dashboard (another tab to remember). No clean way to feed papers into your own tools or agents.
With CLI + RSS: Two new paths. Your AI agent pulls structured data via pz. You read papers in your RSS reader between coffee and Hacker News. The email becomes optional, not essential.
What's next
- MCP integration so your agent can pull Paperzilla context natively
- ChemRxiv as a new paper source
Try it
Grab the CLI: github.com/paperzilla-ai/pz
For RSS, go to your feed in the dashboard. The feed URL is right there.
Questions? Email mark@paperzilla.ai or open an issue on the repo.