Elicit is a research agent focused on scientific literature. From a question, it gathers evidence from academic databases, screens the results, extracts data and produces reports, tables and figures with sentence-level citations.
What it is for
- Answering research questions based on peer-reviewed papers
- Systematic reviews with automated screening and data extraction
- Comparing studies, populations and outcomes in a structured table
- Tracking new papers on a topic through alerts
- Organizing sources in a reusable library
How it works
- The user describes the research question or goal
- The agent plans the searches and goes through databases such as academic papers and clinical trials
- It performs relevance screening and structured data extraction from studies
- Every claim is supported by citations to the sources consulted
- Output can be exported as a report, table, figure or presentation
Availability and pricing
- Public service with a free Basic plan
- Pro costs US$ 49 per user/month; Scale costs US$ 169; Enterprise is priced on request
- There is an API and an MCP server to integrate the agent into other workflows
Points to note
- It is a vertical tool: the focus is scientific research and evidence, not general tasks
- Quality depends on the covered databases and full-text availability
- Confirm usage limits and prices on the official page