An AI research assistant that shows its sources
Ask a question in plain words. WriteOrbit searches scholarly papers, your Library or your own draft, and answers with citations you can open and check.
Why use ai research assistant
Answers with sources
Every claim in an answer points to the paper it came from, so you can read it yourself.
Choose where it looks
Search published papers, your Library PDFs, the document you are writing, or all of them.
From answer to draft
Cite a source from the answer straight into your document, in your citation style.
How it works
Ask
Open AI Chat and type your question. Add papers or documents as context with @.
Check
Read the answer and open the cited papers. Answers from your PDFs show the page.
Use it
Cite a source in your document, or save it to your Library for later.
What goes in, what comes out
You give it
- A question in any language
- Optional: papers, Library folders or your document as context
You get
- A written answer with in-text citations
- Links to each cited paper
- Page numbers when the answer comes from your PDFs
Good to know
- Answers are AI-written. Read the cited sources before you rely on a claim.
- Many papers are metadata only (title and abstract); the assistant cannot read a full text it has no access to.
- It does not run statistics or systematic reviews.
An example
You enter
Does sleep after learning improve memory consolidation?
WriteOrbit returns
Several studies report that sleep after learning improves later recall compared with the same time spent awake (cited study, year). … Each sentence links to the paper it relies on.
Questions
More in the help center.
Where do the sources come from?
From a scholarly index of over 250 million works (the OpenAlex catalogue), from PDFs you upload to your Library, and from the document you are writing. You choose which.
Can it make up a citation?
Citations come from search results, not from the model’s memory, so each one is a real record you can open. The text around a citation is still AI-written, so check that the source says what the answer claims.
Is it free?
Yes, the free plan includes AI Chat with a daily limit. Paid plans raise or remove the limit.
Free tools for this
They work right on the page, no account needed.
Related features
- Feature · Research
Paper finder
Search 250M+ works and filter by year, citations and open access.
Learn more - Feature · Library
Chat with PDF
Ask about one PDF or a folder. Answers show the page.
Learn more - Feature · Writing
Literature review tool
A review matrix filled from your PDFs, then a cited draft.
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