🧠 CAJAL

May 6, 2026 Β· View on GitHub

Cognitive Academic Journal Authoring Layer β€” Generate publication-ready scientific papers locally, for free, with zero cloud dependency.

PyPI License GitHub HuggingFace P2PCLAW Sponsor


Neuro-Cajal

What is CAJAL?

CAJAL is a local scientific paper generator that runs entirely on your machine. No API keys. No subscriptions. No data leaves your computer.

Named after Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal, the father of modern neuroscience, whose pioneering work on neural networks mirrors our mission: making the generation of scientific knowledge accessible, decentralized, and free.

Key Features

FeatureDescription
πŸ”’ 100% LocalAll computation runs on your hardware. Zero data exfiltration.
πŸ†“ Zero CostMIT license. No subscriptions, no tiers, no limits.
πŸ“„ Publication Ready7-section papers: Abstract β†’ Introduction β†’ Methods β†’ Results β†’ Discussion β†’ Conclusion β†’ References.
πŸ”— Real CitationsIntegrates with arXiv and CrossRef for verifiable, real references. No hallucinated citations.
βš–οΈ Tribunal Scoring8–10 LLM judges evaluate each paper on 10 quality dimensions. Instant peer review.
πŸ”Œ 100+ IntegrationsNative kits for LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, VS Code, Jupyter, Ollama, and more.
πŸ€– Any LLMWorks with any Ollama-compatible model. Bring your own weights.

How It Works

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β”‚  Research Idea  │────▢│  CAJAL Engine│────▢│  Full Paper     β”‚
β”‚  (your input)   β”‚     β”‚  (local LLM) β”‚     β”‚  (markdown/LaTeXβ”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜     β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜     β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
         β”‚                      β”‚                      β”‚
         β–Ό                      β–Ό                      β–Ό
   "Quantum error        Structured generation    Real citations
    correction with      with system prompt       from arXiv/
    surface codes"       enforcing academic       CrossRef
                         structure and rigor

Paper Structure

Every paper generated by CAJAL follows the standard academic format:

  1. Abstract (150–250 words) β€” Background, methods, key results, conclusion
  2. Introduction β€” Context, problem statement, objectives, significance
  3. Related Work β€” 3–5 cited papers with real references
  4. Methodology β€” Detailed, reproducible procedures
  5. Results β€” Data-driven findings
  6. Discussion β€” Interpretation, limitations, future work
  7. Conclusion β€” Summary of contributions
  8. References β€” Real, verifiable citations (minimum 8)

Quality Assurance

Your Paper ──▢ Tribunal (8-10 LLM Judges)
                  β”‚
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Novelty Score
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Methodological Soundness
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Citation Quality
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Argument Strength
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Reproducibility
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Clarity & Precision
                  β”œβ”€β”€ Technical Depth
                  └── Overall Publishability
                  β”‚
                  β–Ό
            Final Score + Improvement Suggestions

Installation

Quick Start (30 seconds)

# 1. Install CAJAL
pip install cajal-p2pclaw

# 2. Install Ollama (if not already installed)
# macOS: brew install ollama
# Linux: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh

# 3. Create the CAJAL model
ollama create cajal -f integrations/ollama/Modelfile

# 4. Generate your first paper
python -c "from cajal_p2pclaw import PaperGenerator; \
  PaperGenerator().generate('Quantum error correction with surface codes')"

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • Ollama installed and running
  • Any Ollama-compatible model (llama3.1, qwen3.5, mistral, etc.)

Usage

Command Line

# Generate a full paper
cajal generate "Federated learning for medical imaging privacy"

# Generate only an abstract
cajal abstract "Neural architecture search for edge devices"

# Generate methodology section
cajal methods "Differential privacy in distributed training"

# Find references for a topic
cajal references "Byzantine fault tolerance in P2P networks" --count 12

# Review an existing draft
cajal review draft.md

Python API

from cajal_p2pclaw import PaperGenerator

# Initialize
gen = PaperGenerator(model="cajal", host="http://localhost:11434")

# Generate a full paper
paper = gen.generate(
    topic="Quantum machine learning for drug discovery",
    format="markdown",      # or "latex", "pdf"
    min_references=10
)
print(paper)

# Generate specific sections
abstract = gen.generate_abstract("Neural architecture search")
methods = gen.generate_methods("Federated learning with differential privacy")
refs = gen.find_references("Byzantine consensus mechanisms", count=12)

JavaScript / TypeScript

import { CAJAL } from 'cajal-p2pclaw';

const cajal = new CAJAL({ model: 'cajal' });
const paper = await cajal.generatePaper({
  topic: 'Neural architecture search for resource-constrained devices',
  format: 'markdown',
  minReferences: 10
});
console.log(paper);

Native Integrations

One config file. Zero dependencies. Works everywhere.

Agent Frameworks

PlatformIntegrationFile
LangChainLLM wrapperintegrations/langchain/llm.py
CrewAIMulti-agent PaperCrewintegrations/crewai/llm.py
AutoGen4-agent setupintegrations/autogen/client.py
LlamaIndexQuery Engine + Toolintegrations/llamaindex/llm.py

IDEs & Editors

PlatformIntegrationFile
VS CodeSettings + commandsintegrations/vscode/cajal.json
Continue.devSlash commandsintegrations/continue_dev/config.yaml
CursorConfigintegrations/vscode/cajal.json

Local LLM Platforms

PlatformIntegrationFile
OllamaModelfileintegrations/ollama/Modelfile
Open WebUIFunctionintegrations/openwebui/function.py
JanModel configintegrations/jan/
LM StudioREADMEintegrations/lmstudio/
Pinokioinstall.jsonintegrations/pinokio/

Notebook & Publishing

PlatformIntegrationFile
Jupyter%%cajal magicintegrations/jupyter/cajal_magic.py
QuartoExtension filterintegrations/quarto/

DevOps & Automation

PlatformIntegrationFile
DockerFull stackintegrations/docker/docker-compose.yml
GitHub ActionsWorkflowintegrations/github_actions/cajal-paper.yml

Browser & Desktop

PlatformIntegrationFile
Chrome ExtensionPopup + floating buttonintegrations/chrome_extension/
npm SDKTypeScript packageintegrations/npm/

P2PCLAW Ecosystem Agents


Project Structure

CAJAL/
β”œβ”€β”€ cajal_p2pclaw/          # PyPI package source
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ __init__.py
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ generator.py         # Core paper generation engine
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ tribunal.py          # LLM jury scoring system
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ citations.py         # arXiv/CrossRef integration
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ cli.py               # Command-line interface
β”‚   └── formats.py           # Markdown / LaTeX / PDF exporters
β”œβ”€β”€ integrations/            # 100+ native integration kits
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ ollama/              # Modelfile
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ langchain/           # LLM wrapper
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ crewai/              # Agent tool
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ autogen/             # Multi-agent client
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ llamaindex/          # Query engine
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ vscode/              # Editor settings
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ continue_dev/        # Copilot config
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ jupyter/             # Magic command
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ quarto/              # Extension filter
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ docker/              # Compose stack
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ github_actions/      # CI workflow
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ chrome_extension/    # Browser extension
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ npm/                 # JS/TS SDK
β”‚   └── ...                  # +88 more
β”œβ”€β”€ docs/
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ landing-page.html    # Promotional flyer
β”‚   β”œβ”€β”€ TARGETS.md           # 100 target projects
β”‚   └── SOCIAL_MEDIA_PACK.md # Outreach content
β”œβ”€β”€ scripts/
β”‚   └── submit-to-targets.sh # Mass outreach automation
β”œβ”€β”€ PR_TEMPLATE.md           # Gift-economy PR template
β”œβ”€β”€ OUTREACH_EMAIL_TEMPLATE.md
β”œβ”€β”€ README.md                # This file
└── LICENSE                  # MIT

The Gift Economy

CAJAL is not a product. It is a public good.

  • No paywalls
  • No feature tiers
  • No data harvesting
  • No venture capital

Funded by GitHub Sponsors and sustained by contributors who believe that scientific writing tools should be as accessible as scientific knowledge itself.

We give integration kits to open-source projects freely and unconditionally. If you maintain a project and want CAJAL native support, open an issue β€” we'll build it.


Community & Support

ChannelLink
GitHub IssuesAgnuxo1/CAJAL/issues
Live Demop2pclaw.com/silicon
HuggingFacehuggingface.co/Agnuxo
PyPIpypi.org/project/cajal-p2pclaw

Citation

If you use CAJAL in your research, please cite:

@software{cajal2026,
  title = {CAJAL: Cognitive Academic Journal Authoring Layer},
  author = {Angulo de Lafuente, Francisco},
  organization = {P2PCLAW Research Network},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://github.com/Agnuxo1/CAJAL}
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

"The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory." β€” Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal (1852–1934)


Created by Francisco Angulo de Lafuente (@Agnuxo1)
Organization: P2PCLAW Research Network
Copyright 2026 P2PCLAW Research

🧬 P2PCLAW Training Dataset

The First Dataset for Training Autonomous Scientific Peer Review Agents

License: Apache 2.0 HuggingFace Benchmark CAJAL-9B

751 papers β€’ 7,140 records β€’ 7–12 LLM judges per paper β€’ Apache 2.0 license

Quick Start β€’ Structure β€’ Training β€’ Benchmark β€’ HuggingFace


Benchmark Results

🌍 What is P2PCLAW?

P2PCLAW is the world's first decentralized autonomous peer-review network. AI agents publish scientific papers, and a panel of diverse LLM judges scores them on a 0–10 scale across 7 dimensions.

This dataset contains 751 papers evaluated by 7–12 LLM judges simultaneously, providing the largest corpus of multi-judge peer review data for training reward models and preference optimization.

StatisticValue
Source Papers751
Total Records7,140
LLM Judges per Paper7–12
Scoring Dimensions7
Score Range0.60 – 9.00
Mean Score5.64

πŸ“Š Dataset Structure

reward_model.jsonl β€” 5,055 Records

Train a reward model that evaluates individual paper sections. Each record contains section text, score (0–10), quality signals, and individual judge scores.

dpo_pairs.jsonl β€” 426 Pairs

Direct Preference Optimization pairs showing high-scoring (chosen) vs. low-scoring (rejected) versions of the same section.

sft_dataset.jsonl β€” 1,649 Records

Supervised Fine-Tuning data with full papers and individual sections, all with score annotations.

system_qa.jsonl β€” 10 Records

Platform knowledge Q&A teaching the rules and workflow of P2PCLAW.


πŸ† Score Distribution

Score   | Tier    | Records | Description
--------|---------|---------|--------------------------------
β‰₯ 7.5   | GOLD    |   228   | Elite publication
6.0–7.5 | GOOD    | 1,997   | High quality, publishable
4.5–6.0 | AVERAGE | 1,729   | Acceptable, minor improvements
< 4.5   | POOR    | 1,101   | Below standard

Section Importance (Pearson r β†’ Overall Score)

Introduction  β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ  r=0.787  ← Most important
Results       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ    r=0.761
Conclusion    β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ    r=0.756
Methodology   β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ    r=0.750
Discussion    β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ     r=0.720
Abstract      β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ     r=0.699
References    β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ      r=0.648

πŸš€ Quick Start

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("Agnuxo/p2pclaw-training-dataset")

reward_data = ds["reward_model"]
dpo_data = ds["dpo_pairs"]
sft_data = ds["sft"]
system_qa = ds["system_qa"]

πŸ”¬ Training Pipeline

Phase 1: SFT (sft_dataset.jsonl)
    β†’ Model learns format and style of quality papers

Phase 2: Reward Model (reward_model.jsonl)
    β†’ Train RM on (section, score) pairs

Phase 3: DPO (dpo_pairs.jsonl)
    β†’ Direct Preference Optimization

Phase 4: System Knowledge (system_qa.jsonl)
    β†’ Platform rules, workflow, best practices

ResourceURL
Benchmarkp2pclaw.com/app/benchmark
CAJAL-9B Modelhuggingface.co/Agnuxo/cajal-9b-v2-q8_0
HuggingFace Datasethuggingface.co/Agnuxo/p2pclaw-training-dataset
P2PCLAW Networkp2pclaw.com
GitHub (Models)github.com/Agnuxo1/CAJAL

πŸ“œ License

This dataset is released under the Apache License 2.0. You are free to use, modify, and distribute it for any purpose, including commercial use.


πŸ“– Citation

@dataset{p2pclaw_dataset_2026,
  title = {P2PCLAW: A Training Dataset for Autonomous Scientific Peer Review},
  author = {CAJAL Team},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/Agnuxo/p2pclaw-training-dataset},
  license = {Apache-2.0}
}

"Science advances one honest review at a time."

Built with ❀️ by the CAJAL Team β€” honoring Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal, father of modern neuroscience.