Elicit

Elicit's MCP server gives AI assistants direct access to a corpus of over 125 million academic papers. Search for relevant literature using natural language queries, create structured reports that extract and synthesize data across papers, and retrieve detailed report results — all programmatically. Built for life sciences R&D workflows, the server enables agents to rapidly survey evidence, compare findings across studies, and surface key data points without manual literature review, accelerating everything from target discovery to systematic evidence assessment.

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Integration type: Plugin
Verification status: Not applicable
Platform: ChatGPT
Category: Data & Analytics
Primary Subcategory: Academic Literature & Citation Search
Secondary Subcategories: None listed
Brand: Elicit
Access: Account required
First tracked: 2026-05-07
Tool count: 8
Geography: US

ChatGPT Plugin Discoverability Score

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Primary Subcategory

Competing in ChatGPT Academic Literature & Citation Search

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Listed in alphabetical order

Primary Subcategory

alphaXivOrganic discovery is pendingGet the score at launch

ConsensusOrganic discovery is pendingGet the score at launch

ElicitOrganic discovery is pendingGet the score at launch

LuneOrganic discovery is pendingGet the score at launch

Score explained

How the Discoverability Score works

Organic discovery scoring for Elicit on ChatGPT is not live yet. The score will use measured agent conversations when it launches.

InvisibleBuriedEmergingCompetitiveWinning

Organic discovery scoring is pending. Your Plugin score will appear on this scale when measurement goes live.

FoundDiagnostic

Whether Claude found your Plugin in connector search. It must be Found before it can reach the picker, but the score counts picker appearances—not search results.

PickedMain score

How often your Plugin appeared in the picker, or Claude invoked it directly, across contested conversations. This percentage is the Discoverability Score; the headline number is rounded.

PositionedDiagnostic

What position your Plugin appeared in when it was shown in the picker. This shows prominence, but it does not affect the score.

Read the full scoring methodology Recommended guideHow to get your Claude Connector organically discoveredFollow the practical steps agents use to find, shortlist, and choose your Connector.

Tools

8 tools agents can invoke

Create an Elicit report for a research question.
create_report
Create a systematic literature review with configurable search, screening, extraction, and report stages.
create_systematic_review
Fetch a report by ID. By default the response only includes title, summary, status, and presigned PDF/DOCX download URLs. To also include the full report markdown and abstract, pass `includeReportBody: true`.
get_report
Fetch a systematic review by ID. By default the response only includes title, summary, status, and presigned report download URLs. To also include the full report markdown and abstract, pass `includeReportBody: true`.
get_systematic_review
List the current user's reports.
list_reports
List the current user's systematic reviews.
list_systematic_reviews
Search for clinical trials. Trial records come from ClinicalTrials.gov. Pass `trialFilters` to narrow by phase, recruitment status, or whether the trial has posted results, or `searchMode: "keyword"` to send a Lucene-style expression directly to the underlying advanced-filter API.
search_trials
Search Elicit's academic paper corpus. Pass `corpus` (`elicit` — default, full paper index — or `pubmed` for PubMed-only), `searchMode: "keyword"` to interpret the query as a Lucene-style expression instead of natural language, or `filters` (year range, study type, journal quartile, etc.) to narrow results. For clinical trials, use `search_trials` instead.
search_papers

Elicit FAQ

How do I improve a ChatGPT Plugin's discoverability?

The levers are the listing surface agents actually read: names, descriptions, keywords, tool metadata, and registry health. Which lever matters depends on where discovery breaks, which is what continuous measurement shows.

What are Elicit alternatives on ChatGPT?

As of 2026-08-14, Elicit competes with alphaXiv, Consensus, Lune in ChatGPT Academic Literature & Citation Search, ranked by public Discoverability Score.

Where is this profile measured?

This profile uses the geography attached to the latest public registry snapshot: US. Locale tags are intentionally omitted.