# Automated workflow for pulling PDFs into org-ref + org-roam-bibtex

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**Category:** Requests\
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/automated-workflow-for-pulling-pdfs-into-org-ref-org-roam-bibtex/611 "2020-08-08T02:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![mancub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/mancub/32/347_2.png) [@mancub](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/mancub)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/automated-workflow-for-pulling-pdfs-into-org-ref-org-roam-bibtex/611/2 "2020-08-09T00:33:22Z")

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I manage all my papers in Zotero. It allows me to cite-as-i-write in Libre/MS office. Moreover, I use better-bibtex plugin to generate a .bib file, that I have both org-ref and ORB use. All the papers I download via zotero are saved in Dropbox and renamed (to citekey) via zotfile plugin.

As a result, I have an always up-to-date .bib file in emacs.

My workflow :

1. Grab paper in zotero via Firefox plugin -\> automatically renamed and stored and .bib updated.
2. Open helm-bibtex
3. Find paper in helm
4. hit `f9` (Which is edit notes - opens up org-roam capture template I have setup)
5. `M-x Org-Noter` (For which I have a chord set up `SPC o a`)
6. Take notes.
7. File notes `C-c C-c`

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