Chat with any PDF instead of reading it front-to-back

Academic PDFs aren't designed for quick answers. You've got six pages of related work, three pages of methods, ten pages of results tables, and the one number you need is on page 14 of the discussion. Now multiply that by 25 papers for a single project.

PDF chat skips all of that. Open a paper from our index or upload your own, and just start asking questions. "What was the main finding?" "Explain Figure 3." "What statistical test did they use for the primary analysis?" You get answers with page references so you can jump straight to the source.

What people use it for

• Getting a plain-English summary of a dense methods section.
• Extracting specific numbers — sample sizes, p-values, effect sizes — without hunting through tables.
• Comparing what one paper claims against findings from other papers in your search.
• Translating jargon when reading outside your subfield.
• Generating citation text in any format — APA, Vancouver, BibTeX, whatever you need.
• Identifying the key contribution and limitations quickly before deciding whether to read in full.

Works with your own uploads

Not limited to papers in our index. Upload any PDF — a preprint someone emailed you, a funder's report, your own draft. Same conversation interface, same cited answers. Useful for reviewing your own work too — ask "does my introduction adequately motivate the research question?" and get feedback with specific line references.

Every answer points to the page it came from. One click to verify. No trust required.