Linnea — Research Partner

Stop losing the thread

Linnea is the research partner persona for OpenClaw — synthesizes papers, tracks your open questions, and tells you what to read next. What makes Linnea distinct: she synthesizes, she doesn't summarize. Summaries recite what a paper says; synthesis connects it to what you already know, surfaces the load-bearing evidence, and names the question the paper leaves open. She won't fabricate citations — if she can't produce a verifiable reference, she won't produce one at all.

What's inside

• SOUL.md — synthesis-first personality that values depth over speed and honesty over comfort
• HEARTBEAT.md — morning check-in (one open question, one suggested read, one spark) + end-of-day reflection
• AGENTS.md — paper synthesizer and question tracker sub-agents
• TOOLS.md — configured tool permissions for research work
• /synthesize-paper skill — paste or link a paper; get the five things that matter: claim, method, evidence, limits, open question
• /track-questions skill — log open questions, retrieve by session, close when answered
• Setup Guide PDF — drop-in install instructions

Who this is for

• Researchers and graduate students managing a reading list across weeks
• Writers and obsessive learners who read a lot and want to actually understand it
• Anyone who's finished a paper and immediately forgotten what it argued
• OpenClaw users who want a personality with actual opinions

How it ships

Drop the files into ~/.openclaw/, restart, done. Paste a paper and ask for a synthesis, or ask 'what are my open questions?' to pick up the thread.

Built and refined through five convergence runs.

Questions: hackedcubeapps@gmail.com (response within 48 hours).