Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
inVectus checks research ideas against a local document collection
A free, open-source desktop tool that maps document collections, surfaces possible coverage gaps, and lets users inspect evidence and record decisions.
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- Researchers examining coverage within an existing document collection
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- The 5,000-paper ophthalmology example says its idea-check verdicts apply only to that collection, not to global novelty.
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The import flow accepts CSV/TSV, Parquet, and text or Markdown folders, with users marking items as demand, coverage, or neutral. The page describes local imports, embeddings, search, regions, and gap scans, while model downloads and PubMed/OpenAlex checks need explicit network access. Its displayed ophthalmology example is precomputed, and the page limits its idea-check verdicts to that collection.
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