AI research assistant
An AI research assistant that works beside your sources.
Search papers, read PDFs, ask grounded questions, draft with citations, and export the manuscript from one research workspace.
Rivul keeps the source record visible: answers carry sources, citations resolve from scholarly metadata, and every suggested edit remains under your control.
Why this workflow
Research assistants should reduce handoffs, not add another chat tab.
A generic chatbot starts without your library and ends with prose you still have to move, verify, and cite. Rivul keeps the question, evidence, sentence, and reference in the same workflow so the useful output can become part of a real manuscript.
Ask the right scope
Ask across your library, the open paper, or the literature. The scope stays visible so you know what the answer could actually draw from.
Keep evidence attached
Source chips and citation nodes travel with the answer instead of becoming a list you must reconstruct after copying the prose elsewhere.
Finish in a manuscript
Move from reading to drafting, claim checks, bibliography updates, and Word or LaTeX export without rebuilding the work in another tool.
A research-shaped workflow
From source to submission in three deliberate steps.
Add the literature
Upload PDFs or add records by DOI, arXiv, BibTeX, or Zotero.
Ask and draft
Question the paper or library, then insert only the useful passages and citations.
Check and export
Review claims and sources, then export the manuscript and bibliography.
Rivul assists the research; it does not replace it.
A model can organize evidence and propose language. It cannot decide whether a study is sound or whether a passage truly supports your claim. Rivul keeps the source close and gives you checks, but the scholarly judgment stays with you.
Frequently asked questions
Questions before you use AI in research.
What is an AI research assistant?
It is software that helps find, read, compare, cite, and write from research sources. Rivul combines those tasks in a manuscript workspace rather than treating research as a standalone chat.
Can Rivul search academic papers?
Yes. Rivul searches scholarly sources including Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Crossref, and arXiv, and it can work with PDFs already in your library.
Does the AI research assistant cite sources?
Answers can include source records, and manuscript citations are resolved from scholarly metadata. You should still open each source and confirm that it supports the sentence.
Can I export my work?
Yes. Rivul exports manuscripts to Word, LaTeX, or Markdown, with bibliography data kept with the project.
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