Daily research emails sound like a good idea until they become background noise.
Here's what actually happened: one of our users stopped opening the digests. Not because they were bad, but because they landed at the wrong time. When he was finally ready to explore new papers, he had to click through individual digests one by one. Each one capped at 20 papers. No search. No way to see the full picture.
I experienced the same thing myself. Pushed emails are great when there's a breaking paper. They're terrible as a daily habit.
So we built The Feed.
What it is
A real-time, searchable stream of every paper that matches your topics. No cap. No schedule. It waits for you.
- Complete access: Email digests are capped to prevent inbox overload. The Feed shows everything.
- Search & filter: Find papers by keyword, filter by topic. Discovery on your terms.
- Living data (Plus & Pro): Papers get enriched in real-time by our backend agents. You'll see badges appear: "Top Lab," "High H-Index Author," "Has GitHub Repo" as processing completes.
The new workflow for Plus & Pro
The enrichment badges change how you work:
- Filter the noise: Use badges to cut the full stream down to high-quality papers only.
- Weekly high-signal briefing: Switch from daily emails to a weekly digest of only top-tier, enriched papers. Less email, more signal.
Why we built this now
Two reasons.
Users asked for it. People wanted to browse on their own schedule, not just receive. The push model breaks when you're not ready to read.
Agents can't read email. Many of you are building AI agents for your research workflows. An email digest is useless to them. The backend powering this Feed is built with agent consumption in mind. API and CLI access are coming.
We didn't kill the digest
No tradeoff here. The daily email still works. The Feed is a second mode for when you want to pull instead of being pushed. Two modes, pick what fits.
What's next
- API/CLI for programmatic access so your research agent can consume the same stream
- Weekly high-signal briefing for Plus & Pro users
- More enrichment signals as we add processing agents
Try it
Go to your dashboard: The Feed is live. Use it for fast discovery, or upgrade to Plus/Pro for the enrichment layer.
Want early access to the API? Email me at mark@paperzilla.ai with your use case.