Documentation
Everything you need to master Researchful.
Guides, references, and tutorials for every product. New here? Start with ResearchFlow or browse the categories below.
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Getting started
Sign up, create your first project, and tour the dashboard.
- Create your account
- Set up your first project
- Tour the dashboard
- Invite collaborators
ResearchFlow
The five-step research lifecycle, from topic to submission.
- Topic shaping
- Source library
- Data & analysis
- Writing editor
- Compliance review
- Export to PDF
ResearchLib
Paper discovery, citation graphs, collections, and reading.
- Search 10,000+ papers
- Forward and backward citations
- Build a collection
- Author profiles
- Inline notes & annotations
ResearchLounge
Communities, Q&A, direct messaging, and notifications.
- Join a community
- Post and reply
- Direct messages
- Notifications
- Saved posts
ResearchLab
Experiments, samples, protocols, and instrument booking.
- Create a lab
- Run an experiment
- Manage samples
- Version a protocol
- Book an instrument
AI agents
The six bounded agents and how they work together.
- Research Agent
- Analysis Agent
- Drafting Agent
- Editing Agent
- Compliance Agent
- Orchestrator
Academic integrity
Effort-balance, contribution labels, compliance gates, audit trail.
- Effort Balance Index
- Contribution labels
- Compliance gate
- Integrity report export
Account & billing
Plans, payments, cancellation, and data export.
- Choose a plan
- Update payment method
- Cancel subscription
- Export my data
- Close my account
API reference
The open citation API lets you query the Researchful citation graph programmatically. Currently in private beta — join the waitlist to be notified when it opens.