Lacuna Research support

Save any page to your Lacuna reading list with one click and ask Althea questions across a list.

Saving

  1. Sign in to Lacuna at lacuna.tiptreesystems.com.
  2. On any page, click the Lacuna Research icon or press Alt+Shift+S. A short note in the page confirms the save, with Open list and Undo. arXiv papers are saved as papers; other pages as links.
  3. Right-click the icon for Open my reading list and Lists and Ask Althea. In that window, choose or create the list that clicks save to, see the current page with its citation, and manage what is saved.

Asking Althea

  1. In the window’s Saved tab, choose a list and click Ask about this list. Sign in to Althea if needed.
  2. Wait for the available arXiv texts to attach. If some are unavailable, retry or choose to continue with the available sources.
  3. Write a question and press Althea’s Send button.

If something fails

If the icon shows an exclamation mark, its hover text says why: sign in to Lacuna, a page that cannot be saved, or a failed request. A signed-out click is completed once you are signed in. Use Retry if retrieving or attaching sources fails. Download sources saves the prepared text file so you can attach it manually in Althea. After a failed send, use Retry to reattach the sources before sending again. Dismiss closes the extension panel; remove the native Althea attachment separately if you do not want to send it. Missing full text means arXiv HTML could not be retrieved and verified. PDFs and publisher full texts are not retrieved. The saved source link remains available so you can read the original paper. Questions can include up to 20 papers.

Your lists

Reading lists live in your Lacuna account and are also at lacuna.tiptreesystems.com/reading. Remove items in the window’s Saved tab or there. Uninstalling the extension clears its settings from this browser; your reading list stays in your account.

Contact

Email martin@tiptreesystems.com with the extension version and the steps to reproduce a problem.