Consensus
A search product focused on answers and summaries grounded in research papers.
Where it fits
A search product focused on answers and summaries grounded in research papers.
Price and access
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A free option is available for trying real tasks. Paid plans or usage can add higher limits or extra features.
- Pro$12 / monthAs of 2026-09-05 · source ↗
- Deep$45 / monthAs of 2026-09-05 · source ↗
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What it helps with and what to check
Good tasks to start with
- Evidence-oriented academic lookup
- Finding papers behind a research question
Keep an eye on
- A paper is not automatically high-quality evidence
- Read methods and limitations before concluding
How to start
Tick each step as you work. These checks stay on this page only; they do not verify results in the external tool.
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Ask a question with a clear comparison
Open Consensus and check the current account and feature limits. Its help page describes natural-language and keyword search over research papers. Try: “Does spaced practice improve delayed recall compared with one long study session in university students?” This is a practice question, not a claim that the answer is yes. Keep the population, comparison and outcome visible; changing one of them changes what counts as relevant evidence.
Inspect the papers behind the summary
Search the question, then inspect the papers attached to the answer. Record each candidate’s title, year and source link. Open one source and check the population, study schedule and measurement time. The help page says ranking considers relevance, recency, citations and journal signals. Those signals do not make a paper a fit for your question by themselves. A highly cited school study is not automatically evidence about university students. If needed, narrow the query or use available filters, and record what you excluded.
Read an agreement display with its limits
Consensus documents a Meter for yes-or-no questions that summarises agreement or disagreement in the literature. If it appears, inspect the papers behind it instead of copying the display as a certainty score. It is not the probability that your own intervention will work. Check whether the included studies share the same population, comparison and outcome, and whether multiple papers describe the same study. If the feature is unavailable, continue by checking individual papers; no upgrade is required for this manual exercise.
Pair one claim with the passage that supports it
Make a note with four parts: your proposed claim; the paper and URL; the exact supporting passage with a locator; supported, partly supported, unsupported or not checked, with a reason. Fictional example: a source reports recall after one week in a small university sample. “This improves lifelong learning for everyone” adds a duration and population the source does not establish. Repair the sentence to the actual study’s population, outcome, time and uncertainty. Do not invent an effect size or a quote to make the note look finished. An inaccessible full text stays not checked beyond the excerpt you can read.
Finish in the citation-check worksheet
Open the linked citation-check guide and put your permitted claim, source passage and note into its source step. Preserve labels and URLs; draft a bounded sentence, then complete the human checks. Copy the worksheet before leaving because its text is not saved. Transfer material yourself: AhaDo does not query Consensus or import its library. If you cannot interpret the study design, use the methods Task below first. A reviewed sentence is not a comprehensive literature review, a scientific consensus claim or medical advice.
Platforms
Privacy and human checks
Before you upload
- Remove customer names, passwords, identifying details and company secrets.
- Read the provider’s current retention, training and workspace settings.
Before you use the result
- Verify facts, sources, calculations and code against the original material.
- Have a person review important content or actions before publishing, sending or running them.
Related tasks and guides
Prepare inputs or review results in these AhaDo workflows. Copy permitted material yourself when using an external tool.
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View comparison optionOfficial source and research status
Guide published · Search and citation-checking workflow researched from Consensus Help on 7 September 2026; search results and agreement displays have not been tested here.
Listed means a published directory entry. Guide published means it also includes dedicated start steps and sourced prices. Neither status means real-user results have been verified.
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- 2026-09-05
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