dr-claw

[!NOTE] Excited about Anthropic's Claude Science (launched June 30, 2026)? Dr. Claw has been shipping the same vision since February 2026 — and it's fully open source, model-agnostic (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, plus hundreds of models via OpenRouter), and runs on your own machine with your own data and GPUs. It also covers the full research lifecycle — survey → ideation → experiments → paper writing → slides & promotion — not just computational analysis. Free to use; no subscription required.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• What's New
• Highlights
• Quick Start
• Configuration
• OpenClaw Integration
• Research Lab - Quick Example
• Usage Guide
• Claude Code Plugin
• Additional Details
• Contributing
• FAQ
• License
• Citation
• Acknowledgments
• Support & Community

Overview

Dr. Claw is a general-purpose AI research assistant designed to help researchers and builders execute end-to-end projects across different domains. From shaping an initial idea to running experiments and preparing publication-ready outputs, Dr. Claw keeps the full workflow in one place so teams can focus on research quality and iteration speed.

Product Screenshot

Manual work is too slow. Fully automated AI is too generic. Vibe Researching is the new frontier. Dr. Claw turns your Research Taste into outsized outcomes with Agentic Execution--so you can move faster, think bigger, and still hold the line on scientific rigor.

What's New

• 🎉 Accepted to EMNLP 2026 2026-08-22 — Our paper Dr. Claw: An AI Scientist Workspace for Vibe Research has been accepted to the EMNLP 2026 System Demonstrations track! Catch the live demo in Budapest, Hungary, October 24–29, 2026.
• 🧪 Auto Research Hub 2026-04-08 — One click to launch fully autonomous research! Pick a tool pack (ARIS, Autoresearch, DeepScientist), hit configure, choose a workflow in Chat — and watch the agent run your entire research pipeline from idea to paper while you sleep.
• 🖥️ Desktop App & npx 2026-04-06 — Dr. Claw now runs as a native desktop app! Grab the .dmg / .exe from GitHub Releases, or run npx dr-claw for zero-setup instant start.
• 🗂️ Multi-Tab Sidebar 2026-04-06 — Research Lab and Files now live side-by-side as switchable tabs in the right sidebar — everything you need, one glance away.
• 📂 File Preview Overlay 2026-04-06 — Preview any project file inline with a sleek pill toggle and sidebar browser — no more context-switching!
• 💬 Terminal Chat 2026-04-06 — Love the terminal? Run dr-claw chat for a fully agentic session with any OpenRouter model — zero browser required.
• 🎛️ Reasoning Controls 2026-03-30 — Fine-tune your AI's thinking! Codex reasoning effort and Gemini thinking strength selectors are now right in Chat.
• 🖥️ Local GPU Detection 2026-03-30 — Dr. Claw automatically detects your local GPU resources — ready to put that hardware to work.
• 🌐 OpenRouter Provider 2026-03-28 — Unlock hundreds of models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Llama, Kimi, and more) with a single API key. The world's models at your fingertips!
• 🔄 Session Recovery 2026-03-26 — Crashed mid-session? No sweat — hit the retry button and pick up right where you left off.

• 📡 Auto Port Fallback 2026-03-26 — Port already taken? Dr. Claw finds a free one automatically. One less thing to worry about.
• 🏷️ Smart Prompt Loading 2026-03-26 — Tasks auto-load into Chat with a handy badge dropdown — just click and go!
• 🏷️ Session Stage Tags 2026-03-26 — Sessions are now auto-tagged by research stage — instantly see where each conversation stands.
• ✍️ Rebuttal Skill 2026-03-24 — New skill for crafting review rebuttals — turn reviewer feedback into publication-ready responses.
• 🧑‍💻 Multi-Session Support 2026-03-21 — Run multiple sessions in parallel with smart naming — juggle projects like a pro!
• 🗑️ Trash Bin 2026-03-21 — Accidentally deleted a project? Relax — it's in the trash, ready to be restored.
• 🤖 Dr. Claw CLI & OpenClaw 2026-03-21 — Full CLI control plus an OpenClaw integration for mobile-friendly, voice-ready research management.
• 📚 Reference Library 2026-03-20 — Manage your papers with a streamlined picker and local Zotero support — your literature, organized.
• 🔀 Git Source Control 2026-03-20 — Stage, commit, diff, and switch branches without ever leaving the app. Version control, built in.
• 📰 News Dashboard 2026-03-14 — Stay on top of research-relevant updates right inside your workspace — never miss a trending paper!

Highlights

• 🔬 Research Lab — Structured dashboard for end-to-end research: define your brief, generate a pipeline of tasks, track progress across Survey → Ideation → Experiment → Publication → Promotion, and inspect source papers, ideas (rendered with LaTeX math), and cache artifacts — all at a glance
• ⚡ Auto Research — Start one-click sequential task execution directly from the Project Dashboard, open the generated session live, and receive an email when the run completes
• 📚 100+ Research Skills — A curated library spanning idea generation, code survey, experiment development & analysis, paper writing, review response, and delivery — automatically discovered by agents and applied as task-level assistance
• 🗂️ Chat-Driven Pipeline — Describe your research idea in Chat; the agent uses the inno-pipeline-planner skill to interactively generate a structured research brief and task list — no manual templates needed
• 🤖 Multi-Agent Backend — Seamlessly switch between Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, and OpenRouter as your execution engines

What the Pipeline Produces

See docs/pipeline-outputs.md for the full artifact list and project directory structure.

• 💬 Interactive Chat + Shell — Chat with your agent or drop into a full terminal — side by side with your research context
• 📁 File & Git Explorer — Browse files with syntax highlighting, live-edit, stage changes, commit, and switch branches without leaving the UI
• 📱 Responsive & PWA-Ready — Desktop, tablet, and mobile layouts with bottom tab bar, swipe gestures, and Add-to-Home-Screen support
• 🔄 Session Management — Resume conversations, manage multiple sessions, and track full history across projects

Feature Gallery