Texpert

An intelligent LaTeX and BibTeX assistant that helps verify and clean up your academic documents.

Features

• BibTeX entry verification against online sources (DOI and arXiv)
• Automatic update of arXiv preprints to their published versions
• Comprehensive metadata retrieval from Semantic Scholar and DOI
• Smart detection of conference vs journal papers [WIP]
• Preservation of important fields (abstract, URL, volume, etc.)
• Support for both direct updates and BibTeX-only output

Installation

pip install texpert

Usage

Command Line Interface

# Verify a BibTeX entry
texpert verify references.bib

# Update arXiv preprints to published versions
texpert update references.bib

# Get updated BibTeX without modifying the file
texpert update references.bib --bibtex-only

# Show changes without modifying file
texpert update references.bib --dry-run

# Control confidence threshold for matches
texpert update references.bib --min-confidence 0.9

Python API

from texpert import BibVerifier
from texpert.sources import SemanticScholarSource

# Create verifier instances
verifier = BibVerifier()
semantic_scholar = SemanticScholarSource()

# Find published version of arXiv paper
published = semantic_scholar.find_published_version("2308.12108")

# Verify a BibTeX entry
result = verifier.verify_entry(entry)

Development

To set up the development environment:

git clone https://github.com/jqhoogland/texpert.git
cd texpert
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run tests:

pytest

License

MIT License