Would it be possible to add a new entry in form of a pdf via terminal? And extract all the information from the pdf, as it is already the case in the gui.

Hi, Indeed that could be useful. I will try to prepare an issue for this

@juhorsch Well that is already possible with the pdfcontent and the pdfmetadatamerger The latter will try to combine various pdfs importers and will try to fetch additional metadata. Running jabref from cli with -h will list all import and export formatters available. An example would be: ..../J…

I’ve done a preliminary attempt; you can refer to it if you need it. [image] Personal Experience: Managing JabRef via JabKit + Claude Code Features JabKit + Claude Code Please vote if you support this proposal: poll TL;DR — I wrapped JabKit (JabRef’s CLI to…

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hasibagen (bagen hasi) May 3, 2026, 5:13am 4

I’ve done a preliminary attempt; you can refer to it if you need it.

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