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Read and critically analyze one academic paper from an arXiv URL/ID or a local PDF, producing a source-grounded Markdown report that can grow from a quick read into a reviewer-level deep review. Use when the user asks to quick-read, summarize, explain, deeply review, critique, inspect formulas or experiments, assess reproducibility, or continue a prior Paper Lens report. Do not use for multi-paper surveys, literature-wide knowledge bases, OCR of scanned PDFs, or unsupported free-form claims without a paper source.

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# Paper Lens

Create one durable `report.md` for one paper. Default to quick mode. Upgrade that same report when the user asks for a deep read; never create a parallel deep report.

## Resolve the request

1. Set the mode to `deep` only when the user explicitly asks for deep reading, reviewer-level analysis, comprehensive critique, formula derivation, experiment audit, or says to continue/deepen the current report. Otherwise use `quick`.
2. Set the report language to the user's language. Keep paper titles, method names, variable names, and established technical terms in their original form where useful.
3. Accept only an arXiv URL/ID or an existing local `.pdf` path.
4. For “continue/deepen this paper,” reuse the unambiguous Paper Lens workspace referenced in the current task. If no paper or workspace can be identified safely, ask for the input or report path.
5. Treat follow-up questions as conversation-only. Modify `report.md` only when the user explicitly asks to write, add, revise, or save the answer into the report.

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