Elicit Research Assistant

Purpose

Provides AI-assisted literature review capabilities for question-answering over papers, claim extraction, and evidence synthesis.

Capabilities

• Question-answering over research papers
• Claim extraction and verification
• Evidence strength assessment
• Methodology comparison
• Finding synthesis across papers
• Research gap identification

Usage Guidelines

1. Question Formulation: Ask specific, answerable questions
2. Claim Extraction: Identify key claims and their support
3. Evidence Assessment: Evaluate strength of evidence
4. Synthesis: Aggregate findings across multiple papers

Tools/Libraries

• Elicit API
• LangChain
• Vector databases