AI Research Agent

Use the AI research agent when the manuscript needs external literature discovery beyond the current project files.

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What The Research Agent Does Today

The current research workspace is built for literature work inside the project, not for a detached chat session. The public workflow supports research actions such as:

• finding papers for a section or research question
• building initial source memory for a project
• expanding from accepted sources to newer or related work
• looking for counterarguments, limitations, or follow-up papers
• moving strong sources toward bibliography and citation handoff

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Common Research Moves

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Start from the draft

Use the research workspace when a section needs stronger evidence, newer literature, or a clearer related-work base.

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Start from accepted sources

Once a project already has accepted sources, the workflow can expand from that set instead of restarting from a blank search. This is useful when you want:

• newer follow-up work
• closely related evidence
• stronger alternatives
• counterarguments that challenge the current source set

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Move sources toward citation

The research workflow is not only for discovery. It is also part of the handoff into bibliography and manuscript work. That makes the research agent more useful than a generic paper search tool. It stays connected to accepted sources and citation readiness inside the project.

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What Stays Visible In The Workflow

The research workspace is designed around reviewable evidence handling rather than a black-box answer. Expect the workflow to revolve around concepts such as:

• candidate sources
• accepted sources
• project memory
• why this source
• source import status for the knowledge base
• bibliography handoff for accepted evidence

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How To Use It Well

1. Add the core project papers to the Knowledge Base first when you already have a starting set.
2. Run research from a section, claim, or accepted source set instead of from a vague topic alone.
3. Accept the strongest sources deliberately.
4. Use the result as evidence support for the manuscript, not as an excuse to skip source review.
5. Move accepted sources toward bibliography and citation workflows once they are good enough to keep.

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What This Page Does Not Promise

• It does not claim a fully automatic literature review that should be trusted without review.
• It does not claim that every surfaced paper is equally verified.
• It does not claim that the agent replaces source evaluation, methodology judgment, or citation checking.
• It does not claim that every future research-control idea is already public and shipped.

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Related Pages

• Knowledge Base
• Editor & AI Assistance
• Projects, Files & Templates
• Writing a Research Paper in LaTeX

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