# 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.

- Category: Research tools · by Elicit
- Website: https://elicit.com/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- Official API: yes, docs https://docs.elicit.com
- Key needed: yes
- Price: Paid; limits: 100 requests per minute per IP address (429 blocks the IP for 5 minutes); plan caps results per search
- Base URL: https://elicit.com/api/v2
- Formats: json

## Data and license

- License: Elicit API Terms of Service (https://orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms); covers API outputs (search results, reports); third-party paper content keeps its own license
- Commercial use with conditions
- Credit: not stated
- Embedding with conditions
- Quote (api_official): "The Elicit API is available on the Pro, Scale, and Enterprise plans." (https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/14757400-elicit-s-api)
- Quote (api_key): "All API requests require a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header" (https://docs.elicit.com/llms.txt)
- Quote (api_price): "API access requires a Pro plan or above." (https://docs.elicit.com/llms.txt)
- Quote (pro_price): "$49" (https://elicit.com/pricing)
- Quote (limits): "All endpoints share a burst limit of **100 requests per minute per IP address**, including polling requests. Exceeding it returns `429` and blocks that IP for **5 minutes**." (https://docs.elicit.com/llms.txt)
- Quote (commercial): "for any lawful purpose, including commercial purposes" (https://orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms)
- Quote (commercial_conditions): "You may not aggregate search results to build or contribute to a standalone search index, database, or corpus." (https://orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms)
- Quote (embed): "to develop applications, products, or services that incorporate or display API Outputs to your end users or clients" (https://orion.elicit.com/operations/api-terms)
- Quote (mcp): "The Elicit MCP and API are available to customers on the Pro, Scale, and Enterprise plans." (https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/14757404-use-elicit-via-mcp-server)

## Rules for an 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

## Agent access

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

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/elicit/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.