text2citation

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
latex, typescript
Domain
search

Research direction

The issue describes a citation-search feature for Overleaf using LaTeX \cite syntax and BibTeX references, but names no files, tests, or entry points. First locate the citation handling and paper-search paths in the extension; done should include recognizing an unambiguous paper name, inserting its reference, and defining behavior for ambiguous matches.

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Description

type something in cite that implies the paper name, and it finds that ref and inserts it if it’s clear.

e.g. type \cite{DraftMarks2026} and it should find that reference (and if its not clear, maybe it just does nothing or outputs that its not clear, idk)

motivation: as a researcher I waste time inserting bibtex of papers I already know about, it’s less often I need to find a completely new reference to back up my statement.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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129
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