I read a lot of research papers. And like most people, I found myself constantly: Googling terminology mid-read Losing track of what each section was arguing Forgetting what I'd understood by the next day So I built Research Notes — a free, open-source web app that sits alongside any PDF and helps you actually understand it. Live: https://researchpaprereadingdoc.vercel.app GitHub: https://github.com/faith250/researchpaprereadingdoc What It Does 1)Highlight → Explain / Ask 2)Select any text in the PDF and a tooltip appears with two options: ✨ Explain (plain-English breakdown) or 💬 Ask (type your own question). The AI response includes the full paper as context — not just the isolated sentence. 3)Chat with the Paper 4)A chat panel lets you ask anything about the paper without highlighting first. "What's the key limitation?" "How does this compare to method X?" — the AI has read the whole paper so it can answer properly.…