Elicit Research Assistant

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AI-assisted literature review for question-answering over papers and evidence synthesis

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Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Elicit Research Assistant skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/specializations/domains/science/scientific-discovery/skills/elicit-research-assistant/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Purpose

Provides AI-assisted literature review capabilities for question-answering over papers, claim extraction, and evidence synthesis.

Capabilities

Question-answering over research papers
Claim extraction and verification
Evidence strength assessment
Methodology comparison
Finding synthesis across papers
Research gap identification

Usage Guidelines

Question Formulation: Ask specific, answerable questions
Claim Extraction: Identify key claims and their support
Evidence Assessment: Evaluate strength of evidence
Synthesis: Aggregate findings across multiple papers

Tools/Libraries

Elicit API
LangChain
Vector databases

Signals

GitHub stars: 2k
Forks: 112
Last commit: Sep 2026

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Item type: skill
Key: elicit-research-assistant
Source: github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter