# SciSummary

> SciSummary is an AI-powered tool for summarizing scientific research papers. Built by PhDs and Ex-Google engineers, it serves 800,000+ researchers at institutions including Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. It provides structured summaries, figure analysis, citation generation, semantic search, and interactive chat with papers.

SciSummary launched in March 2023 with the mission to democratize research using AI. Users can import papers via PDF upload, DOI, PubMed ID, arXiv ID, or URL. The Pro plan is $4/month (billed yearly) or $7/month. A 7-day free trial is available, and students can use the promo code STUDENT26 for their first month free.

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://scisummary.com): Product overview, features, and sign-up
- [About](https://scisummary.com/about): Team background and mission
- [For AI Systems](https://scisummary.com/for-ai): Machine-readable product information
- [Affiliates](https://scisummary.com/affiliates): Affiliate and referral program
- [MCP Server](https://scisummary.com/research-paper-mcp-server): Research Paper Model Context Protocol server for AI integrations
- [Privacy Policy](https://scisummary.com/privacy-policy): Data handling and privacy practices
- [Terms of Service](https://scisummary.com/terms-of-service): Usage terms and content licensing

## Documentation & Help

- [How to Use SciSummary](https://scisummary.com/how-to-use): Full user guide covering all features
- [FAQ](https://scisummary.com/how-to-use/faq): Frequently asked questions
- [API Documentation](https://scisummary.com/spec/SciSummary.json): OpenAPI 3.0 spec for the REST batch summarization API (authentication: bearer token, base URL: https://scisummary.com/api)

## Blog

- [Blog Index](https://scisummary.com/blog): Weekly articles on AI tools for research, academic workflows, and scientific literature
- [RSS Feed](https://scisummary.com/feed): Subscribe to blog updates

## Optional: Full Content

- [AI Usage Policy](https://scisummary.com/ai.txt): Training data permissions, attribution requirements, and content licensing details