Research Markdown for humans and agents

Turn papers into reusable Markdown.

Mdtero turns a DOI, paper page, or preprint into clean Markdown, figures, optional translation, and filenames your next reading or review step can keep using.

Start in Account See demo output

Open Chrome extension Open Edge extension

Start in Account for the normal workflow. Use the local helper as the default acquisition path, and open Chrome or Edge only when a live paper page needs browser capture.

Agent Install

Connect Mdtero to the agent you already use

Setup lives in Account. Once you create a key, Mdtero prepares the handoff message for the agent you already use.

Open Account Create or reuse one API key.

Choose the agent Mdtero prepares the handoff for you.

Paste once and continue Move straight into retrieval, translation, or review work.

Works with

OpenClaw

Claude Code

Codex

Gemini CLI

Open Account, create a key, choose your agent, and copy the prepared install message.

Open Account

Start here

Four entry points. One output format.

Use Account for the normal path. Use the local helper by default, and bring in Chrome or Edge only when a live paper page has to be captured in a browser session.

Discovery

Keyword Discovery

Start from a topic, shortlist papers with the built-in keyword search, then send the right DOI into the normal Mdtero parse flow.

Open discovery in Account

Helper

Local Helper

This is the default acquisition path for DOI, URL, and local files. Keep retrieval on your own machine, then continue with a cleaner parse input.

Open helper setup

Agent

Agent Handoff

Create one key in Account, copy one install message, and keep the handoff inside your normal agent workflow.

Open Account

Extension

Browser Extension

Best when a supported live paper page needs to be captured in your browser.

Open Chrome listing Open Edge listing

Workflow

A paper goes in. Reusable Markdown comes out.

Capture the paper you actually want

Start from a DOI, a supported paper page, arXiv, or a local retrieval helper and keep the acquisition path explicit.

Turn papers into structured Markdown

Get Markdown, figure links, semantic filenames, and machine-usable task results instead of a fragile one-off scrape.

Translate, organize, and preserve evidence

Use translation only when needed, while keeping the Markdown auditable and ready for downstream review or synthesis.

Hand it off to your next agent step

Move straight into summarization, review drafting, weekly discovery loops, or your own research automation.

Use Cases

Three agent-ready research jobs

Discovery, translation reading, and review writing can all start from the same Markdown handoff.

Weekly Discovery

Use keyword discovery to build a reproducible reading shortlist

Use Mdtero's keyword discovery to surface papers by topic, year, venue, and open-access status, then parse only the shortlist you actually want to read.

Search for recent thermochemical energy storage papers, filter to open-access review articles after 2022, then send the best candidates through Mdtero and return a shortlist with one-line notes.

Translation

Translate a paper without losing its research structure

Run Mdtero's built-in translation on top of the parsed Markdown and get a cleaner target-language copy that keeps the same sections, figures, and references.

Parse this paper with Mdtero, run the built-in Chinese translation, and return the translated Markdown with the same section, figure, and reference anchors preserved.

Literature Review

Draft a literature review from evidence-preserving Markdown

Once a set of papers is normalized into the same Markdown format, your agent can compare claims, extract methods, and draft a review without fighting format drift.

Compare these Mdtero Markdown files, group them by method and evidence type, then draft a literature review outline with citations back to each paper.

Pricing

Pricing that stays simple once the paper count starts climbing

Free

Start with the core workflow.

10 parses / mo
1 translation / mo
Source file downloads

Standard

$2.99 / month

The best default for steady weekly reading and light translation work.

100 parses / mo
25 translations / mo
Priority processing

Pro

$7.49 / month

More breathing room for heavier review, comparison, and synthesis work.

250 parses / mo
60 translations / mo
Priority processing

Translation Add-on

$2 / pack

Add this when you only need more translations without changing plans.

18 translations / pack
Translation only
Best for topping up after plan quota

API pay-as-you-go stays available for flexible product and automation use, but plans remain the default path for most researchers.

FAQ

What researchers usually ask before they commit a workflow to it

What is supported right now?

Today Mdtero already supports supported paper-page capture, DOI-led parsing, arXiv-friendly flows, translation, and agent/API handoff on the same product surface.

Do I have to change my whole research workflow to use it?

No. Mdtero is designed as a preprocessing layer that fits into your current reading, note-taking, API, and agent workflows.

Is translation mandatory?

No. Translation is optional. The core product is the structured Markdown output that makes the next research step easier.

How does payment work at launch?

Plans cover routine usage first with included monthly quota. Translation add-ons top up extra translation volume, balance remains available for flexible use, and API pay-as-you-go is there for product or automation workflows.

I'm new here — what is an .md file?

An .md file is a Markdown file: plain text with lightweight formatting for headings, lists, tables, links, and images. Mdtero uses it because both humans and agents can read it cleanly. If you want the easiest viewer, open it in Typora; VS Code and many note apps also work well.

My OpenClaw runs on a server and cannot use a campus IP. What should I do?

Use a split workflow. Keep Elsevier or ScienceDirect acquisition on a machine that really has the right local network conditions — usually your own computer with the Mdtero local helper or browser extension. Then send the resulting Markdown, or the fallback ZIP when needed, to your server-hosted OpenClaw.