amem capture

Download a paper or PDF into ~/.amem/raw/ and generate a cite key.

Usage

amem capture <url> [--doi <doi>] [--cite-key <key>]

Arguments

• <url> — arXiv URL, DOI, PDF URL, or local file path
• --doi <doi> — override DOI lookup (useful when a PDF URL doesn’t resolve)
• --cite-key <key> — override the auto-generated cite key

Examples

amem capture https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762
amem capture https://example.com/paper.pdf
amem capture 10.1038/nature14539 --doi 10.1038/nature14539
amem capture ./local-paper.pdf --cite-key smith2024local

Output

Prints the cite key on success. Exits non-zero on failure.

See also

• amem compile — next step after capture