Use cases

Clarami is an AI research assistant for students and professionals. Use this page to match what you are trying to do with the main parts of the app. For a full tour of the workspace, start with Introduction and Quick start.

Draft a research paper or essay

Typical user: Student (coursework, essays, lab reports).

Flow: Open or create a document from Workspace (/documents) or Library → set the title, optional import, and fill Document settings / New document fields (anything required for Generate draft) → use Generate draft or the Refine menu on a selection when your plan exposes them → edit in the rich-text editor.

Example instructions (paste into setup fields where your UI collects them, or into the Refine custom box for a highlighted passage, and adapt):

• Argumentative essay: “Write for a college intro course. Thesis: [your claim]. Audience: skeptical but fair. Use clear topic sentences, acknowledge one counterargument, and end paragraphs with analysis—not summary.”
• Literature review: “Synthesize 4–6 themes across the sources I cite. Compare methods and findings; flag gaps. Academic tone, present tense for ideas, past for studies.”
• Lab report: “IMRAD structure. Past tense for procedure and results. Explain figures in prose. No speculation beyond what the data support.”
• Section / selection AI: “Expand this outline into ~200 words, keep citations as [Author, Year] placeholders,” or “Tighten this paragraph: cut 25%, preserve technical terms.”

Learn more: Quick start, Full-document AI drafting, New documents and document setup.

Keep writing momentum with light AI

Typical user: Student or professional who wants suggestions while typing.

Flow: Enable AutoDraft under Account → Writing style, then use the editor toolbar to control ghost-text suggestions (and sources, when your setup allows).

Prompts / intent: AutoDraft reacts to what you type—no separate prompt box. Set tone and discipline under Writing style first; then write a clear lead sentence so the next line has something concrete to continue.

Learn more: AutoDraft.

Add real citations and a bibliography

Typical user: Student or professional citing published work.

Flow: Use Insert citation from the toolbar, type @, or add a Citation from the slash (/) menu → resolve a DOI, PMID, ISBN, or URL, or pick From library → place citations in the text → when a bibliography block is present, use Refresh references and choose citation style as offered.

Quick prompts (what to paste or type in lookup fields): a full DOI (10.xxxx/…), a stable article URL, PMID, or ISBN—not vague titles alone, unless your workflow supports search.

Learn more: Insert citation, Citation overview, Bibliography refresh.

Build a reusable source library

Typical user: Heavy researcher or anyone reusing the same sources across documents.

Flow: Open References in the sidebar (supported plans) → add sources via DOI, PDF, paste/import → reuse them from Insert citation → From library.

Learn more: Saved reference library, PDF and metadata import.

Check attribution before turning in

Typical user: Student doing a final pass on integrity and citations.

Flow: Open Review from the document header → run Citation assist (and other checks your plan offers). Remember: citation assist is not a substitute for your course’s or publisher’s originality tools.

Self-review prompts (before you run tools): “Does every factual claim that needs one have a citation?” “Are direct quotes clearly marked and cited?” “Does the reference list match every in-text citation?”

Learn more: Review and citation assist, Citation assist vs similarity.

Get unstuck in the product

Typical user: Anyone.

Flow: Use Clara in the document header for in-editor help with your draft. For product how-tos (menus, exports, DOI steps, plans), open this help center (/help) from the sidebar and search (⌘K / Ctrl+K). Clara is tuned to redirect those questions to Help rather than long UI walkthroughs.

Document context: From a document, Clara receives the title and plain text of your draft (up to a size limit). If you highlight text before you send, she also gets that selection—use that when your question is about a specific paragraph. Optional web or saved references context is included only when you turn those options on for that message (when your plan and setup allow).

What to say so Clara can align with your goals (she does not see rubrics or unstated rules unless you describe them):

• Assignment type and level — e.g. argumentative essay, IMRAD lab report, literature review; course or audience (intro seminar vs specialist).
• Intent — thesis or research question, required sections, word or page limits, citation style if the question is about cites or bibliography.
• Scope — whole draft vs “this highlighted section only”; what you want (e.g. structure check, tone, whether a claim needs a citation).

The same kind of detail you use in New document / Document settings (see Draft a research paper or essay above) helps Clara give useful answers about your text.

Help center for product questions: Examples—inserting a citation from a DOI (Insert citation), Generate draft (Full-document drafting), sharing scopes (Sharing: documents vs Library folders), Library vs references (Document library, Saved reference library), export (Export and print), citation assist (Review and citation assist, Citation assist vs similarity).

Example prompts for Clara (your draft):

• “I’m writing a persuasive essay for a first-year writing course. Does my introduction state a clear thesis, and where could I add a counterargument?”
• “I highlighted this paragraph—does it read like past-tense methods, and is anything missing for a short lab report?”
• “Does every paragraph that needs a citation have one, given APA in-text style for this draft?”

Learn more: Clara in-app help.

Organize documents and collaborate

Typical user: Student or team.

Flow: Use Library for saved documents and folders. To collaborate on one open draft in real time, open that document and use Share in the document title bar (invite Editor, Commenter, or Viewer). Share folder in Library is a separate idea: it targets a folder and the documents inside it together, not the same control as title-bar Share. After collaborators exist on a document, use Comments from More document actions (⋯).

Comment prompts (when you highlight text → Add comment): “Can we cite a source for this sentence?” “This contradicts §2—align wording?” “Expand this for a non-expert reader.”

Learn more: Sharing: documents vs Library folders, Document library, Introduction (main areas overview).

Hand off to Word, PDF, or cloud

Typical user: Student or professional submitting outside Clarami.

Flow: Use More document actions (⋯) → Export for Word or HTML copy; use the browser’s Print for PDF; use cloud upload when integrations are connected (see Export, print, and share).

Learn more: Export and print, Word, HTML and PDF, Cloud upload.

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If something fails (saves, AI limits, library), see Troubleshooting and Subscription and plans.