Lens Guide

Lens is an AI workspace designed for academic research and structured content work. It brings multi-model chat, academic plugins, file understanding, capability orchestration, and result organization into one continuous workflow. It fits paper reading, literature review, LaTeX writing and polishing, coursework, team knowledge organization, and long-term research memory.

Lens currently exposes academic capabilities through three membership tiers: Plus, Pro, and Max. Plus is suitable for lightweight reading and writing. Pro is better for high-frequency paper reading, PDF deep reading, and LaTeX handling. Max is for heavier research workflows, complex materials, and the full academic capability set.

What You Can Do with Lens

• Read papers: upload a PDF and quickly extract the problem setting, method, experiments, conclusions, and risks.
• Write and revise: translate, polish, correct, and restructure abstracts, paragraphs, or full LaTeX drafts.
• Chain abilities: connect multiple capabilities in sequence, for example PDF Deep Reading -> English Polishing or Paper Quick Read -> Chinese Polishing -> Mind Map.
• Build reusable knowledge: turn Word files, Markdown notes, project code, and references into reusable conclusions.
• Prepare deliverables: shape outputs into summaries, reports, presentations, or team-facing materials while checking progress for long-running tasks.

Quick Entry Points

• Quick Start
• Academic Mode and Plugins
• Plans and Capability Boundaries
• Common Workflows

Plan Snapshot

Plan	Best for	Academic capabilities	Orchestration
Plus	Lightweight academic reading and writing	Paper summaries, arXiv summaries, polishing, translation, mind maps, code explanation, BibTeX conversion	Not supported
Pro	High-frequency paper reading and manuscript work	Everything in Plus, plus PDF deep reading, PDF / Word batch summaries, LaTeX summary / translation / polishing / correction	Up to 2 steps
Max	Heavy research and full study workflows	Everything in Pro, plus the full Lens academic capability set currently available	Up to 3 steps

For detailed plan boundaries and billing notes, see Plans and Capability Boundaries.

Common Workflows

1. Quick Paper Reading

1. Start a new conversation and choose a model appropriate for reading.
2. Turn on the Academic switch at the bottom.
3. Upload the paper PDF.
4. Choose Paper Quick Read or PDF Deep Reading.
5. Ask directly, for example: Summarize the research question, method, experiment setup, and limitations.

2. LaTeX Writing and Polishing

1. Enter Academic mode and upload a .tex file or the related project archive.
2. Choose the right plugin: LaTeX Summary, Precise LaTeX Translation, LaTeX English Polishing, LaTeX Chinese Polishing, or LaTeX Highlighted Correction.
3. Add any terminology constraints if you need certain terms preserved.
4. If you are on Pro or Max, chain reading, translation, and polishing into one orchestration instead of copying results between tasks.

3. arXiv Lookup and Summaries

1. Turn on Academic mode.
2. Choose Arxiv Summary or Arxiv English Summary.
3. Enter an arXiv identifier such as 1812.10695.
4. Ask Lens for a summary, key contributions, related-work comparison, or a translated explanation.

How Lens Is Usually Used

• Standard chat: ask directly in the main input box.
• File-based tasks: upload materials first, then choose a plugin, then add your question.
• Orchestrated tasks: turn on Academic, switch to Orchestration, and add each capability step in order.
• Output reuse: continue the conversation, copy the result into a paper or report, or turn it into team knowledge.
• Long-running tasks: PDF, Word, LaTeX, long papers, and multi-step orchestration take longer, and the UI shows the current step and progress.

Who Lens Fits

• Researchers: paper reading, literature review, terminology control, and research handoff.
• Content teams: material understanding, restructuring, expression improvement, and collaboration.
• Students and writers: coursework, reports, translation, polishing, and structure improvement.

The recommended path is to start from Quick Start, then move into Academic Mode and Plugins or Plans and Capability Boundaries based on the task you actually want to complete.