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+# Changelog
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+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
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+## [0.0.0.1] - 2026-04-13
+
+### Added
+- Research Workbench: complete academic research pipeline integrated into ComfyUI
+- Paper Search node: Semantic Scholar API integration for academic paper discovery
+- Paper Claim Extract node: claim extraction from research papers
+- Claim-Evidence Assemble node: assemble evidence for research claims
+- Style Profile Extract node: writing style profile extraction from reference papers
+- Reference Paper Select node: reference paper selection for projects
+- Section Plan node: manuscript section planning
+- Abstract Draft node: abstract generation with LLM
+- Introduction Draft node: introduction section generation
+- Methods Draft node: methods section generation
+- Consistency Check node: verify claim consistency across claims and abstract
+- Export Manuscript node: export manuscript to formatted document
+- Review Import node: import peer review documents
+- Review Atomize node: atomize review into individual comments
+- Review Classify node: classify review comments by type and severity
+- Review Map node: map review comments to manuscript sections
+- Evidence Gap Detect node: detect evidence gaps in manuscript
+- Action Route node: route actions based on manuscript state
+- Evidence Pack Assemble node: assemble evidence packs for claims
+- Evidence Graph Create node: create evidence citation graph
+- Evidence Trace node: trace evidence provenance
+- Response Draft node: draft peer review responses
+- Tone Control node: control manuscript tone
+- Coverage Check node: check manuscript coverage of claims
+- Revision Plan node: plan manuscript revisions
+- Paper Fetch node: fetch papers from arXiv and other sources
+- Feed Update node: update research feed with new papers
+- Feed Discovery: automatic paper discovery from journal APIs (Semantic Scholar, CrossRef)
+- Research API: FastAPI-style REST API for research workbench (projects, papers, claims, sources, feed, styles)
+- Research Workbench Web UI: sidebar panels for workflow and assets
+- SQLAlchemy models: Project, Intent, PaperAsset, ClaimAsset, Source, FeedItem, StyleAsset
+- Database indexes on frequently queried columns
+- Automation scheduler for periodic feed discovery jobs
+- ComfyUI custom node extension integration
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+0.0.0.1