Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

NatChat 1.1.0

NatChat 1.0.1

• Second public release of NatChat, with enhanced functionality.
• Added summarize_journal() as a convenient wrapper to automate summarization and report generation in one step.
• Improved documentation andstructure.
• Minor bug fixes and internal enhancements.

NatChat 1.0.0

• Initial stable release of NatChat.
• Provides functions to:
  • Retrieve articles from current issues of Nature Portfolio journals.
  • Build summarization prompts from titles and abstracts.
  • Generate summaries using local LLMs via the ollamar package.
  • Format outputs into markdown tables or export reports.
• Added save_report() to export article summaries in both CSV and HTML formats.
• Inspired by the biorecap package but tailored for Nature journals.
• Targeted at researchers, clinicians, and educators who want quick insights from high-impact journals.

NatChat 0.0.0.9000

• Initial development version of NatChat (pre-release).
• Established core functionality: scraping, prompting, summarizing, and formatting.