Setup Guide#

Required API Accounts#

Before starting, you need to set up the following API accounts:

Service

Purpose

Sign Up

Cost

OpenAI

LLM processing and evaluation

platform.openai.com

Pay-per-use (~$1–5 per 10 papers)

LandingLens API

PDF text extraction with vision AI

landing.ai

Contact for pricing

Setting Up API Keys#

Create a .env file in the project root:

# Copy the example file
cp env.example .env

# Edit .env and add your keys:
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-...your_key_here
LANDING_AI_API_KEY=...your_key_here

Do not share your .env file or API keys publicly.