Literature search, data analysis, academic writing, and a cross-project paper memory — all powered by AI, all in one desktop app. Bring your ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max subscription, or an API key. Built for scientists and academics.
Unedited recording of the agent reproducing the GW150914 gravitational-wave detection from raw LIGO data. Read the generated paper below ↓, alongside a clinical-trial manuscript in a different domain. Want just the punchline? Skip to the final result →
Two papers, both generated end-to-end from a single prompt — and both in fields the maintainer doesn't work in. The PDFs below are the actual artifacts emitted by Research Copilot, unedited, scrolled inline.
From raw LIGO open strain data to a 4-page short paper: whitening, Q-transform chirp, matched-filter SNR ≈ 24. Re-derives core results of Abbott et al. 2016 (PRL 116, 061102).
A 14-page manuscript drafted from the public IOBP2 RCT dataset (Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas Pivotal Trial). Statistical analysis, figures, prose, and references — all assembled by the agent.
Both PDFs come straight from the run's artifact directory — no manual editing, no figure tweaks, no hand-written prose. Use them as a reality check before downloading the app.
Tools like Claude Cowork are great at general knowledge work — file management, document drafting, data extraction. Research Copilot goes deeper. It's built for the academic research lifecycle.
Think of it this way: Claude Cowork is a smart office assistant. Research Copilot is a lab partner who knows how to search literature, run stats, write papers, and apply for grants.
One app that handles the entire research workflow — from literature discovery to paper writing.
A background agent that turns every paper you touch into a local, concept-organized knowledge base shared across all your projects. Recall and cite earlier work without re-feeding context.
Search Semantic Scholar, arXiv, OpenAlex, and DBLP simultaneously. Papers are scored, deduplicated, and organized automatically.
AI generates and runs Python scripts with matplotlib and seaborn. Get publication-quality figures and statistical analysis through natural language.
Write LaTeX manuscripts, grant proposals, and conference papers with AI that understands academic conventions and citation styles.
Bring your ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max subscription via OAuth — no API key, no metered bill. Auto-prefers sub over API when both are configured.
Read, write, and edit files. Run bash commands. Full coding agent capabilities powered by pi-mono — no terminal switching needed.
Convert PDF, DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX to Markdown. Attach files directly in chat — images, CSVs, PDFs all handled natively.
13 builtin skills for writing, visualization, and analysis. Add your own project-specific skills as simple Markdown files.
Skills are lazy-loaded knowledge modules that give the AI domain expertise. They're just Markdown files — easy to read, easy to customize, easy to share.
Search across multiple academic databases. Papers are automatically scored for relevance, deduplicated, and organized in a searchable table.
A background agent turns every paper you touch into a local, concept-organized knowledge base shared across all your projects. When you start a new project, the AI already remembers what you read last month — no re-feeding context.
wiki_search, wiki_get, wiki_coverage. Three steps to your AI-powered research workflow.
Pick your platform — installers come straight from GitHub Releases.
Double-click the .dmg, drag to Applications, launch — no Gatekeeper warning.
Unsigned — SmartScreen warns "Unrecognized app", click More info → Run anyway. Code signing on the roadmap.
AppImage needs libfuse2 on Ubuntu 22.04+. Or install via shell: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DIR-LAB/Research-Pilot/main/install.sh | bash
Updates are automatic
Starting with v0.4.3, the app checks for new versions in the background and shows a small Update ready · Restart button in the status bar when one is downloaded. No need to re-download from this page — just click and the app relaunches into the new version. Pre-0.4.3 users: please download once to migrate to the auto-updating build.
Open the model selector and sign in with ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max via OAuth. No API key needed, no metered bill. Or paste a key into the unified settings panel (Cmd+.):
Priority when multiple are configured: ChatGPT sub → Claude sub → OpenAI API → Anthropic API.
Pick any folder as your workspace. Research Copilot stores notes, papers, and data in a .research-pilot directory inside it.