Literature & Papers
DOI lookup, PDF import, and per-paper analysis.
Last updated July 2026
The Literature area is a personal reference manager with AI on top. Build a library of papers, then have Olto read and reason over them. Available on Researcher and above.
Adding Papers
- DOI lookup: paste a DOI and Olto resolves the full citation, first via CrossRef and then PubMed as a fallback, populating title, authors, journal, year, and abstract automatically.
- PDF upload: drop a PDF into your library; the file is stored securely and indexed alongside its metadata.
- Manual entry: add a reference by hand when you only have partial information.
Discover
Use Discover to search the published literature across Europe PMC, Crossref, and OpenAlex from one place. The external fetch is SSRF-safe, and any result can be imported to your research library in one click so it joins the rest of your references.
PDF → Protocol Import
Turn a methods paper into a working protocol: import a PDF and Olto extracts the experimental procedure into a structured Olto protocol: sections and a step graph you can then refine in the designer. This is an AI-powered step and counts as an AI call.
Per-Paper AI Analysis
Run an AI analysis on any paper in your library to get a structured summary: key findings, methods, limitations, and how the paper relates to your own work. Each analysis is a metered AI call.