paperdebugger

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Quick Start

For Users

1. Install the extension fron Chrome Web Store

2. Ready to use

   • Open any Overleaf project
   • Click the PaperDebugger icon on the top-left
   • Begin chatting with your LaTeX document!

Custom Endpoint Configuration

If you want to use a self-hosted PaperDebugger backend, you can configure a custom endpoint. Here are the steps:

1. Open the PaperDebugger extension

   (a.) Go to Settings, click the version number 5 times to enable "Developer Tools"

   (b.) Enter your backend URL in the "Backend Endpoint" field

2. Refresh the page

   Note: you can only use "Login by Overleaf" if you are self-hosting the backend.

If you encounter endpoint errors after refresh, use the "Advanced Options" at the bottom of the login page to reconfigure.

Architecture Overview

The PaperDebugger backend is built with modern technologies:

• Language: Go 1.24+
• Framework: Gin (HTTP) + gRPC (API)
• Database: MongoDB
• AI Integration: OpenAI API
• Architecture: Microservices with Protocol Buffers
• Authentication: JWT-based with OAuth support

Self-Host Development Setup

Please refer to DEVELOPMENT.md.

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for branch structure, merge workflow, PR guidelines, and code quality requirements.

Citation

@misc{hou2025paperdebugger,
      title={PaperDebugger: A Plugin-Based Multi-Agent System for In-Editor Academic Writing, Review, and Editing}, 
      author={Junyi Hou and Andre Lin Huikai and Nuo Chen and Yiwei Gong and Bingsheng He},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2512.02589},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.AI},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02589}, 
}