Academic research is bottlenecked by literature review and writing. Researchers spend 60-70% of their time reading and synthesizing — time that could be partially automated to focus on insight generation.

Academic Research Accelerator

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Research Faster

“I want to get through the literature review and early drafts faster so I can spend more time on original contribution.”

At a glance

Cost

$50–100 /mo

Time saved

30-50 hours per paper on literature review and drafting

Difficulty

Medium

Steps

6 AI · 0 automation

What you end up with

A structured literature review, methodology recommendation, drafted paper sections with citation placeholders, and formatted references.

The pipeline · 6 steps

STEP 1

Claude

Research Question Refinement

AI decides

STEP 2

Perplexity AI

Literature Discovery

AI decides

STEP 3

Claude

Paper Synthesis

AI decides

STEP 4

Claude

Methodology Review

AI decides

The honest readpros and trade-offs, side by side

What works

Literature review accelerated dramatically

Cross-paper synthesis surfaces non-obvious connections

Draft sections generated from structured notes

The trade-offs

AI must never fabricate citations — requires manual verification

Original contribution and insight generation remains fully human

Where people go wrong

The failure modes builders hit most often. Avoiding these is most of the battle.

01Using AI-generated text without checking citations exist

02Letting AI draft the contribution/analysis sections

03Not maintaining a research journal of original insights

Why this works

Accelerate the literature review, synthesis, and drafting phases of academic research without compromising rigor.

Swap pooldrop-in alternates — tap to open the tool

Built for

Academic ResearcherPhD StudentGraduate StudentResearch Scientist

Industries

Higher EducationResearch InstitutionsPharmaceuticalThink TanksGovernment

Use cases

Literature review accelerationPaper draftingSystematic review support

FAQ

What does the Academic Research Accelerator help you do?

Which AI tools does the Academic Research Accelerator use?

It uses Claude, Perplexity AI.

How long until the first result?

Builders typically see a first result in 1-3 days.

How it runsamber = the model makes a judgment call

STEP 1

Research Question Refinement · Claude

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Claude.

STEP 2

Literature Discovery · Perplexity AI

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Perplexity AI.

STEP 3

Paper Synthesis · Claude

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Claude.

STEP 4

Methodology Review · Claude

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Claude.

STEP 5

Section Drafting · Claude

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Claude.

STEP 6

Citation Management · Claude

AI decides

The model generates and decides here — output quality depends on the prompt and context you give Claude.

Workflows, proven by builders

Academic Research Accelerator