Paperzilla CLI

Paperzilla CLI lets you search, filter, and browse AI-curated academic papers by project, requiring a Paperzilla account for authentication.

Paperzilla CLI (pz) 🦖

A command-line tool for Paperzilla, an AI-powered scientific paper discovery platform.

Install

macOS:

brew install paperzilla-ai/tap/pz

Windows (Scoop):

scoop bucket add paperzilla-ai https://github.com/paperzilla-ai/scoop-bucket
scoop install pz

Linux:

curl -sL https://github.com/paperzilla-ai/pz/releases/latest/download/pz_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv pz /usr/local/bin/

Authentication

Log in with your Paperzilla account before doing anything else:

pz login

Core Commands

List Projects

Lists your available projects and their IDs.

pz project list

Browse Feed

Fetches the papers for a given project ID.

pz feed <project-id>

Filter & Export Flags:

• --must-read : Filter only for must-read papers.
• --limit 5 : Limit the number of returned results.
• --since YYYY-MM-DD : Filter papers published after a specific date.
• --json : Output in JSON format (excellent for parsing with other tools or piping into Claude/Gemini).

Example:

pz feed 12345 --must-read --limit 5 --json

Feed Reader Integration (RSS/Atom)

Get an Atom feed URL you can add to any feed reader (Vienna RSS, NetNewsWire, Feedly, etc.):

pz feed <project-id> --atom

This prints a URL with an embedded feed token. Running --atom again after revoking will generate a new token.

API Configuration

By default, it connects to https://paperzilla.ai. To override, set PZ_API_URL.

export PZ_API_URL="https://custom.paperzilla.ai"