# Elicit

> AI assistant for finding scientific literature

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Official: https://elicit.com
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/elicit
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/elicit-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/elicit.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

AI tool for finding literature, used in the first step of a workflow with NotebookLM and Claude.

## What it’s for

For finding research papers before organizing them and applying them in another tool.

## Benefits

- Finds literature to feed the rest of the workflow

## Caveats

- Description based only on third-party accounts
- The likely references need to be checked against the original publications

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