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Elicit

AI-ASSISTANTS
Velocity0.0

AI research assistant for systematic review, scientific literature synthesis, and evidence mapping

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Elicit's research agent now runs on a schedule and reports back by email.

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◆Current state
Elicit has spent four months turning an evidence-synthesis tool into an agent platform. July made the API and an MCP server public, August introduced the Research Agent for decision work, September made projects and the library shared across teams, and the newest entry lets the agent create Routines that monitor for new evidence, update artifacts and email summaries without the user present.
◆Where it's heading
Each release moves Elicit further from a search box a researcher drives toward a standing service that works on a team's behalf: first callable from other tools, then agentic, then shared, now scheduled. The library is becoming the shared memory the agent reads from and writes back to.
◆Prediction
Routines currently report by email; the next visible step is likely routines that act on shared team collections or push into other tools through the API and MCP that already exist. The entries don't say how Routines are priced or limited, which is the open question.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Research Agent gains scheduled Routines that email updates

    The Research Agent can now set up Routines that run on a schedule, watch for new evidence, update artifacts and email a summary, extending the older paper Alerts. It is the step from an agent you prompt to one that keeps working between sessions, though at over a month old it is held at improvement here.

  2. 1mo ago

    Elicit Library becomes a shared team research hub

    Library, Collections, Projects and the Research Agent are now connected, so a team's earlier findings feed new work. It makes the shared space from two weeks earlier the agent's memory, not just a folder.

  3. 2mo ago

    Elicit adds team collaboration for researchers and agents

    Elicit adds collaborative features so teams and agents work in one shared environment. The post frames it as making research cumulative; the specific features sit behind the link.

  4. 2mo ago

    5 August 2026: Meet the Elicit Research Agent - Rigor that powers decisions

    The Research Agent applies Elicit's evidence-synthesis machinery to decision questions, not just literature review. It is the release the later Routines and shared library build on.

  5. 3mo ago

    Elicit API leaves preview and ships an MCP server

    The upgraded API leaves preview and an MCP server ships alongside it, so Elicit's search and extraction can run inside other apps and agents. It opened the product to outside workflows before the agent work began.