Research chat
Ask research questions, attach a paper or a figure, and work through it in a saved conversation. The Premium assistant uses the PDF or image you send with a message and replies in formatted text you can check against the source.
Premium feature · Free accounts can use the tutorial assistant in Docs.
Overview
Assistemia's General AI Assistant is a Premium research chat workspace for questions that do not fit a single search box. You can ask about methodology, literature, academic writing, or new ideas, and attach one PDF or image to a message when the question concerns a specific paper, chart, figure, or diagram. Replies appear in the conversation as formatted text, with headings, lists, and code blocks where they help. Each conversation is saved to your chat history, so you can reopen it later and keep going. Use it to chat with research papers you already have, to get a first explanation of a dense figure, or to think through a question before you search with a dedicated module. Treat each answer as a starting point and confirm facts, quotations, and citations in the original source.
Explore the General AI Assistant tutorialCapabilities
Attach a PDF to a message and ask what you need from it: a summary of the methodology, the main findings, or how the authors define a key term. The file is sent with the message it is attached to, so name the section or concept you care about to keep the reply focused on that part of the paper.
Attach a PNG, JPG, or WebP image, such as a chart exported from a paper, a figure from your own draft, or a diagram from course material, and ask the assistant to explain what it shows. You can ask about the variables, labels, or the trend a caption describes. Read exact values from the original image yourself before you report them.
Ask about research design, literature, academic writing, or brainstorming without attaching anything. Each chat is listed in the Chat History panel with its title, date, and the number of messages you sent, so you can reopen a conversation later, continue asking, or delete it when you no longer need it. New Chat starts a clean conversation for a different topic.
How it works
Write the question you want answered. If it concerns a specific source, attach one PDF or image with the paperclip button or drag it onto the chat. Accepted formats are PDF, PNG, JPG, and WebP, up to 20 MB per file.
Press Enter or the send button; Shift+Enter adds a new line. A typing indicator shows while the assistant works, then the reply appears in the conversation as formatted text. If a request fails, the chat shows a short notice that it cannot answer right now.
Compare the answer with the PDF or figure, then ask a more specific question. Restate the context it needs and attach the file again when it depends on the paper. The conversation stays in your chat history, and the tutorial explains each control in more detail.
Inputs, outputs & coverage
The assistant is built for discussion and explanation, not as a source you can cite. These are the boundaries of the current workspace.
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Free accounts do not include this assistant. Opening the workspace shows an upgrade screen with links to Pricing and to the tutorial assistant on the Docs pages.
Premium unlocks the full workspace: open research chat, file attachments, and saved conversations. Current prices and billing options are listed on the Pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers about attachments, plan access, checking replies, and how this assistant differs from the one in Docs.
Contact our teamYou can attach one file per message: a PDF, or an image in PNG, JPG/JPEG, or WebP format, up to 20 MB. Other file types and larger files are rejected with a notice. Use the paperclip button or drag the file onto the chat. A PDF suits questions about a paper's methods, results, or terminology; an image suits charts, figures, and diagrams. Because a file travels with the message it is attached to, attach it again if a later question needs it.
No. The General AI Assistant, including PDF and image attachments, is part of Premium. A Free account that opens the workspace sees an upgrade screen with a link to Pricing. Free accounts can still use the tutorial assistant on the Docs pages, which answers questions about Assistemia's tools. Current Premium prices and billing options are on the Pricing page.
Use them as a starting point, not as a source. Replies are generated text and can misread a passage, miss context, or state something the paper does not support. Before you rely on an answer, find the matching passage, table, or figure in the original PDF or image, and confirm any reference in a database or on the publisher's page. Asking which section an answer draws on can help you find the passage, but confirm that the passage says what the reply claims. Do not cite the assistant itself as evidence.
The tutorial assistant is a small chat window on the Docs pages and some other Assistemia pages that answers questions about Assistemia's tools and how to use them. It takes typed questions only, is open to signed-in Free accounts, and has session and message limits on the Free plan. The General AI Assistant is a separate Premium workspace for your research itself: open-ended questions, file attachments, and a Chat History panel for reopening past conversations.
General AI Assistant
Premium accounts can open the workspace now. Free accounts can compare plans or start with the step-by-step tutorial.