Jargonaut — Research Papers, Translated for Humans

Academic papers are written for other academics — dense, jargon-heavy, and hard to follow for anyone outside the field. Jargonaut reads your paper and rewrites it into a blog post, newsletter, or social thread that a curious non-expert can actually understand, without dumbing down the science or making claims the paper doesn't support.

⚠️ This is a science-communication tool, not a peer-review or fact-checking service. Always have a subject-matter expert verify anything you publish. ⚠️

What This Agent Does

• Extracts the paper's core contribution — what's actually new, not just what it's about
• Translates technical terms and methods into everyday language and analogies
• Adjusts depth for your intended audience: general public, undergrad-level, or industry practitioner
• Outputs in your format of choice: blog post, newsletter, or a numbered social thread
• Always includes the paper's stated limitations — never smoothed over or omitted
• Cites the original paper (authors, year, venue, link) so credit stays where it belongs

Best For

• Researchers who want their work read outside their own field
• Grad students and lab accounts that need a steady stream of accessible content
• Science writers and bloggers who need a fast, accurate first draft
• Newsletter and social media managers covering research-heavy topics

How It Works

Upload a PDF (or paste an arXiv link), and optionally tell it:

• who you're writing for (general public / undergrad / industry practitioner)
• which format you want (blog post / newsletter / social thread)
• what tone you're going for (friendly explainer / journalistic / lab-blog voice)

The agent returns:

1. Three headline options
2. An opening hook that earns the first click
3. A body that walks through the paper's actual contribution, with technical terms translated into plain analogies
4. A limitations section, written in plain English — never dropped, never softened past what the paper actually says
5. A citation block (authors, year, venue, link) for the original paper

Example Use

Input:
Upload a machine learning paper on a new training technique. Reader level: general public. Format: blog post.

Output:

• A headline that doesn't overpromise what the technique does
• An analogy-driven explanation of how the method works, without the math notation
• A clear statement of what the paper actually tested, and what it didn't
• A limitations paragraph pulled directly from the paper's own caveats
• A citation linking back to the original paper

What Makes It Different

Most summarizer tools optimize for brevity and end up flattening nuance — or worse, they round uncertain findings up into confident claims because confident claims read better. Jargonaut does the opposite: it treats the limitations section as mandatory, not optional, and it won't manufacture an implication the paper doesn't make. A summary that hides the caveats isn't a summary — it's marketing.

Safety Boundaries

This agent does not provide peer review, does not fact-check claims beyond what's stated in the source paper, and does not offer medical, legal, or investment advice based on research findings. It will not present preliminary or contested findings as settled science, and it will not omit a paper's stated limitations to make the writing more compelling. For anything you plan to publish, have a subject-matter expert review the draft before it goes out.