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Research tools · by Elicit

Elicit

An AI research assistant that searches 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials and turns the results into tables, systematic reviews and cited reports.

It does the dull part of a literature review, screening and pulling numbers out of papers, and shows the source for every claim.

API (paid)Commercial: conditions

Open elicit.com ↗ agent.md

For your project

Official API
Official API · Paid 100 requests per minute per IP address (429 blocks the IP for 5 minutes); plan caps results per search
“The Elicit API is available on the Pro, Scale, and Enterprise plans.” support.elicit.com/en/articles/14757400-elicit-s-api
Key
Needed
“All API requests require a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header” docs.elicit.com/llms.txt
Formats
JSON
Data download
No bulk download found
License
Elicit API Terms of Service API outputs (search results, reports); third-party paper content keeps its own license
Commercial use
Commercial use with conditions
“for any lawful purpose, including commercial purposes” orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms
Credit
Not stated
Embedding
Embedding with conditions
“to develop applications, products, or services that incorporate or display API Outputs to your end users or clients” orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms
Using the website
Free tier

Read on Elicit's own pages on Oct 23, 2026 · license or terms · API docs. Check the license page before you ship.

For your agent

  • Official REST API v2 (POST /search/papers, Bearer key from account settings) and an official remote MCP server (OAuth) both need a paid Pro plan ($49/user/month) or above; 100 req/min per IP; code samples in github.com/elicit/api-examples, no SDK package.
  • Needs a paid Pro plan or above for API and MCP; keep the key out of browser code
  • Do not build a standalone search index or corpus from results; do not resell API access
  • Respect 100 requests/minute per IP, including polling

llms.txt: docs.elicit.com/llms.txt · MCP: https://elicit.com/api/mcp

Paste into your agent: Read https://agentgid.com/resources/elicit/agent.md before using Elicit.

What you can build

  • A Slack or chat bot that answers research questions with a cited Elicit report
  • A dashboard that tracks new trials and papers on one topic via a scheduled API search
  • An evidence table generator for a team's internal wiki

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