Literature search, data analysis, academic writing, and project management — all powered by AI, all in one desktop app. Built for scientists and academics.
Tools like Claude Cowork are great at general knowledge work — file management, document drafting, data extraction. Research Copilot goes deeper. It's built for the academic research lifecycle.
Think of it this way: Claude Cowork is a smart office assistant. Research Copilot is a lab partner who knows how to search literature, run stats, write papers, and apply for grants.
One app that handles the entire research workflow — from literature discovery to paper writing.
Search Semantic Scholar, arXiv, OpenAlex, and DBLP simultaneously. Papers are scored, deduplicated, and organized automatically.
AI generates and runs Python scripts with matplotlib and seaborn. Get publication-quality figures and statistical analysis through natural language.
Write LaTeX manuscripts, grant proposals, and conference papers with AI that understands academic conventions and citation styles.
Read, write, and edit files. Run bash commands. Full coding agent capabilities powered by pi-mono — no terminal switching needed.
Convert PDF, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX to Markdown. Attach files directly in chat — images, CSVs, PDFs all handled natively.
13 builtin skills for writing, visualization, and analysis. Add your own project-specific skills as simple Markdown files.
Skills are lazy-loaded knowledge modules that give the AI domain expertise. They're just Markdown files — easy to read, easy to customize, easy to share.
Search across multiple academic databases. Papers are automatically scored for relevance, deduplicated, and organized in a searchable table.
Modern stack, proven tools. Research Copilot stands on the shoulders of great open-source projects.
Three steps to your AI-powered research workflow.
Update to latest: npm update -g research-copilot
On first launch, the app prompts you to enter your API keys directly in the UI. You need at least one of:
Pick any folder as your workspace. Research Copilot stores notes, papers, and data in a .research-pilot directory inside it.
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