Husearch — for authors who actually read the sources
Ask a research question and get real data, theoretical lineages, historical
precedents, and counter-arguments — every citation verified. Then write,
annotate, cite, and export your manuscript, all in one workspace. A research
workspace for scholars writing books, papers, and essays in the humanities and
social sciences.
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What it does
You set the framing and the sources that matter; four specialist agents —
Data, Theory, History, and Critic — investigate in parallel, each with access
to live academic and primary-source APIs. A synthesizer merges their findings
into a structured research brief and annotated bibliography with verified
citations, and every judgment call stays yours.
How it works
- Set the project focus — your discipline, the theories and thinkers that matter, your critical lens, the period and regions in play — so every agent researches within your framing, not a generic one.
- Ask your research questions in plain language or specialist terms, broad ideas or niche scopes.
- Data, Theory, History, and Critic agents run in parallel from real academic and primary sources; point them at your library and they build on the sources you've gathered and the notes you've annotated, not just the open web.
- You decide what holds: a synthesized brief with every claim cited and counter-arguments flagged. You weigh the evidence and make the call — the judgment stays yours.
Features
- Parallel multi-agent research over academic papers, primary sources, and live economic data
- Annotated PDF reader with source criticism tools
- Rich-text manuscript editor with track changes and version history
- Real-time collaborative editing
- Knowledge graph and argument canvas
- Citation manager (CSL, BibTeX, RIS) with CrossRef verification
- Export to DOCX and LaTeX
- Per-project Research Focus configuration to steer agents to your discipline
Data sources
Academic: Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, CrossRef, arXiv, CORE, Unpaywall.
Economic: FRED, World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat, BIS, DBnomics, UN Comtrade.
Primary sources: Internet Archive, DPLA, Europeana, Library of Congress.
For researchers
Built for academic researchers, graduate students, and scholars who'd rather
think than search. This isn't a chatbot that writes your paper — it's a
research tool that finds what you'd find yourself, just faster, with every
judgment call still yours. No technical knowledge required — the interface
stays out of your way.
Common questions
- How is this different from asking ChatGPT to do my research? The agents call live academic and data APIs, so findings trace back to real papers and datasets, not a model's recollection. A Critic agent hunts for counter-evidence and the synthesizer flags contradictions rather than smoothing them over.
- Where do citations come from, and how are fabricated sources avoided? Every cited claim links to a record from a real source API, verified against CrossRef; unresolved sources are surfaced, never invented, and an agent log shows which databases each agent searched.
- Can I import my Zotero library? Yes — Husearch reads CSL-JSON, BibTeX, and RIS, reusable across every chapter.
- Who owns my drafts and notes? You do. We don't train models on your projects, drafts, or notes.
- Can I export to LaTeX or Word? Yes — a chapter or a full manuscript to .docx, print-ready PDF, or LaTeX, with footnotes and citations intact.
- Does it work offline? Yes — the workspace is a PWA; drafts and recent sessions stay readable and editable offline.
- What disciplines is it built for? The humanities and social sciences. A per-project Research Focus tells the agents your discipline, regions, period, key thinkers, and critical lens, so results are steered to your field instead of staying generic.