diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b04de7e..4956738 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ TODO list
 - option to add tag on add
 - paths in metadata must be relative
 - include package data in setup.py (see setup.py for more info)
+- in the script papers, why do we use a dictionary and not a list? it may be confusing, the key is not the subparser name. The subparser name is defined in the cmd files
diff --git a/papers/commands/__init__.py b/papers/commands/__init__.py
index e772f98..074dff3 100644
--- a/papers/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/papers/commands/__init__.py
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ import open_cmd
 import edit_cmd
 import remove_cmd
 import websearch_cmd
+
+import devadd_cmd
diff --git a/papers/commands/devadd_cmd.py b/papers/commands/devadd_cmd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c61cf68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/papers/commands/devadd_cmd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from .. import repo
+from .. import files
+from ..paper import Paper, NoDocumentFile
+from .. import configs
+
+TMP_BIB_FILE = '/tmp/ref.bib'
+
+def add_paper_with_docfile(repo, paper, docfile=None, copy=False):
+    repo.add_paper(paper)
+    if docfile is not None:
+        if copy:
+            repo.import_document(paper.citekey, docfile)
+        else:
+            paper.set_external_document(docfile)
+            repo.add_or_update(paper)
+
+
+def extract_doc_path_from_bibdata(paper, ui):
+    try:
+        file_path = paper.get_document_file_from_bibdata(remove=True)
+        if files.check_file(file_path):
+            return file_path
+        else:
+            ui.warning("File does not exist for %s (%s)."
+                       % (paper.citekey, file_path))
+    except NoDocumentFile:
+        return None
+
+
+def parser(subparsers, config):
+    parser = subparsers.add_parser('devadd', help='devadd a paper to the repository')
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--bibfile', help='bibtex, bibtexml or bibyaml file', default=None)
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--docfile', help='pdf or ps file', default=None)
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--copy', action='store_true', default=None,
+            help="copy document files into library directory (default)")
+    parser.add_argument('-C', '--nocopy', action='store_false', dest='copy',
+            help="don't copy document files (opposite of -c)")
+    return parser
+
+
+def command(config, ui, bibfile, docfile, copy):
+    """
+    :param bibfile: bibtex file (in .bib, .bibml or .yaml format.
+    :param docfile: path (no url yet) to a pdf or ps file
+    """
+    if copy is None:
+        copy = config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'import-copy')
+    rp = repo.Repository.from_directory(config)
+    if bibfile is None:
+        bibfile = fill_bib(config)
+    p = Paper.load(bibfile)
+    # Check if another doc file is specified in bibtex
+    docfile2 = extract_doc_path_from_bibdata(p, ui)
+    if docfile is None:
+        docfile = docfile2
+    elif docfile2 is not None:
+        ui.warning(
+                "Skipping document file from bib file: %s, using %s instead."
+                % (docfile2, docfile))
+    add_paper_with_docfile(rp, p, docfile=docfile, copy=copy)
+
+def fill_bib(config):
+    if os.path.exists(TMP_BIB_FILE):
+        os.remove(TMP_BIB_FILE)
+    print "Fill the reference as a .bib and close the editor"
+    proc = subprocess.Popen([config.get(configs.MAIN_SECTION, 'edit-cmd'), TMP_BIB_FILE])
+    proc.wait()
+    return TMP_BIB_FILE
+
+
diff --git a/papers/papers b/papers/papers
index 7c692f2..cc1fe38 100755
--- a/papers/papers
+++ b/papers/papers
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ cmds = collections.OrderedDict([
         ('websearch', commands.websearch_cmd)
         ])
 
+cmds.update(collections.OrderedDict([('devadd', commands.devadd_cmd)]))
+
 config = configs.read_config()
 ui = UI(config)