Elicit's API

The Elicit API is now available in preview for Pro, Teams, and Enterprise users. You can search 138M+ papers and generate Research Reports from your own AI tools and scripts.

Beta notice: The Elicit API is currently in beta. Pricing, rate limits, and available features are subject to change. Visit docs.elicit.com for the latest on API usage, endpoints, rate limits, and pricing.

Run research at scale. Got 30 compounds to check, or 20 hypotheses to test across different populations? You can write a short script and get structured results for all of them instead of running each one manually in the app.

Integrate Elicit into your workflow. Call the API from Claude or ChatGPT to get real citations while writing a paper, or build a Slack bot that pulls evidence into team discussions. I built one internally to make our discussions more evidence-based, and now you could make one too.

Build on top of Elicit. Many of you have asked about building internal research dashboards or combining Elicit evidence with your own datasets. We wanted to make that possible. You can use Elicit's search and report generation as a layer in whatever you're creating.

If you use Claude or ChatGPT:

1. Create an API key at Account Settings → Integrations

2. Give the AI tool your research question and the API docs

3. It'll write a script you can run to get results

If you write code:

1. Create an API key at Account Settings → Integrations

2. Copy the code snippet below, swap in your key, and run it (Javascript and shell versions also available)

Get the code snippet from our Github here.

Check out more code examples at https://github.com/elicit/api-examples. API reference and information on authentication, billing, and rate limits are available at docs.elicit.com.

This is a preview for Pro and Teams users. If you're not a Pro or Teams user, you can upgrade on your Account Settings page to get access to the API. We're curious what you'll build with it, and we'd love to hear what you'd want to see before we fully launch!