Elicit
Free tierAI-powered scientific research assistant that helps you find, analyze, and synthesize academic literature
Free tier available·All audiences·Powered by Anthropic (Claude)·API available
Key strengths
Searches 138M+ academic papers and 545K+ clinical trials with semantic searchAutomates systematic literature reviews with up to 80% time savingsSentence-level citations for full transparency and traceabilityPRISMA 2020-compliant systematic review workflow with reproducible auditingHigh accuracy: 95% search recall, 97% abstract screening, 99% full-text screening
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Elicit API – Developer Documentation
The Elicit API (launched March 2026) gives developers programmatic access to Elicit's core capabilities.
Base Capabilities
- Paper Search: Query the 138M+ paper index using semantic or keyword search
- Report Generation: Programmatically generate structured research reports with citations
- Systematic Review Pipelines: Automate screening and extraction workflows via API
Authentication & Access
- API access is available via the Elicit platform — sign up at elicit.com and request API credentials through your account settings.
- Requests are authenticated using API keys passed as HTTP headers.
Example Use Case
POST /api/v1/search
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
{
"query": "effects of metformin on longevity",
"sources": ["papers", "clinical_trials"],
"limit": 50
}
Key Parameters
query(string): Natural language or keyword research questionsources(array):"papers","clinical_trials", or bothlimit(integer): Number of results to return (up to 1,000 papers)
Model Backend
Elicit uses Anthropic Claude (Opus 4.5 evaluated as top performer for extraction accuracy and hallucination reduction) for summarization, extraction, and report generation tasks. All outputs include sentence-level source citations for traceability.