LLM as Tool
AI tools that augment a single researcher task — literature search, writing, reviewing, figure generation, content transformation.
Listed alphabetically by intended research role. A level is not a quality score or a verified capability rating; benchmark entries describe evaluation resources for that role.
TOOLS IN THIS LEVEL
35 indexedPlatform bundling AI tools for scholars
Turn research ideas into evidence trails
End-to-end academic paper drafter
Automated paper digests for your feed
Paper to presentation slides, automatically
AI-generated TikZ figures
Overleaf AI chat extension with your own model API
Visual paper similarity explorer
Evidence-first scholarly search
Economics paper writing skill for Claude Code and Codex
AI research assistant for literature review
Self-improving presentation generator
LaTeX paper writing skills pack
LLM-powered systematic review assistant
LLM-powered literature review toolkit
Open-source paper reading assistant
Open peer review with LLM judges
Personalized daily arXiv recommendations
Convert academic papers into podcasts
Paper to academic poster
Paper to explainer video
AI scientific illustration suite
Chain-of-thought paper writing pipeline
Find and fix issues in your draft
Forge academic papers section by section
AI peer reviewer for academic papers
Neural search for AI and ML papers
AI-assisted LaTeX writing workspace
Discovery graph for academic literature
Local-first research workspace and runtime
Review copilot for editors and reviewers
Smart citations with support / contrast signals
Free AI-powered academic search engine
One-click paper summaries
Overleaf-native academic writing assistant
WHAT DO THE LEVELS MEAN?
- L0 · Reference — Reference Resources: Curated lists, awesome-repos, and initiatives that support AI-in-research workflows — starting points, not end-products.
- L1 · Tool — LLM as Tool: AI tools that augment a single researcher task — literature search, writing, reviewing, figure generation, content transformation.
- L2 · Analyst — LLM as Analyst: Research agents with stronger analysis, modeling, and experiment-execution abilities — they plan and reason across steps.
- L3 · Scientist — LLM as Scientist: Systems intended to connect hypothesis generation, experiments, analysis, and paper drafting. Their autonomy and evidence vary by project and research domain.