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ai stack for researchers

A practical research stack for literature discovery, synthesis, note organization, and evidence checking.

Stack layers

6

Audience

Researchers

Variations

3

Workflow goal

A curated stack built to move from evaluation to output

Reduce time spent on repetitive literature work while keeping the researcher in control of judgment and verification.

Why it works

It balances search, synthesis, citation management, and discovery rather than overloading one tool to do everything.

Editorial posture

This page is meant to feel strategic, not just instructional: why the stack exists, what each layer does, and how to adapt it to team maturity.

Recommended stack
1

Memex Research

Linked review

Synthesis

Best used when you need multi-paper summarization and faster review workflows.

2

Elicit

Structured search

Helpful for narrowing literature and framing questions.

3

Consensus

Evidence lookup

Useful for faster high-level checks before deeper reading.

4

Zotero

Reference management

Keeps citations and sources organized.

5

Scite

Citation context

Adds nuance to how papers are cited and discussed.

6

Connected Papers

Discovery graph

Good for exploring related work visually.