Can I use ChatGPT or Claude for deep research?

Yes. Actionbook connects ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity to your real browser over MCP. The agent sweeps arXiv, Google Scholar, and PubMed and reads the full PDFs your access unlocks, citing every claim.

What research can an AI agent do?

Literature sweeps across arXiv, Google Scholar, and PubMed, full-text reading through your institutional access, company and lab dossiers, and expert thread mining. Everything it brings back is cited.

Can it read full papers, not just abstracts?

Yes, when your own access unlocks them. The agent works in your logged-in browser, so library portals and journal subscriptions apply just as they do for you.

How is this different from a research AI like Perplexity alone?

A research AI alone is limited to what it can fetch publicly and often stops at abstracts. With Actionbook it uses your logged-in browser to open full texts behind your institutional access and cites each source.

How does it keep sources straight?

Every claim links to the paper, page, or thread it was read from. Open any cite and check the context yourself.

Does it cover sources beyond papers?

Yes. It mines expert discussions on X, Reddit, and Hacker News and builds company and lab dossiers from sources like Crunchbase, all with the same citation rule.

Actionbook for Research

Literature Review

Read the full paper, not the abstract

The agent sweeps arXiv, Google Scholar, and PubMed, then reads the full PDFs your institutional access unlocks, not just the abstracts everyone else quotes. Every claim cites its paper.

your-notes/reading-list

Annotated reading list readyChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

“Build me an annotated reading list on protein-design diffusion models from the last 2 years. Read the full papers, not abstracts.”

Diffusion priors for de novo protein design

NeurIPS 2024

Conditions on backbone geometry; benchmarks on 3 fold families.

A systematic review of CRISPR base-editing safety

Cell Reports 2025your access

Aggregates 41 trials; flags off-target rates by editor class.

Retrieval-augmented generation: an evaluation survey

ACL 2025

Compares 12 eval setups; method table reused across the field.

Reading list ready: 3 papers, full text readEvery item linked

Only a real browser can do this

Real research work that needs your logins, run end to end in your own Chrome. Open any one for the full walkthrough.

Literature Review

Read the full paper, not the abstract

The agent sweeps arXiv, Google Scholar, and PubMed, then reads the full PDFs your institutional access unlocks, not just the abstracts everyone else quotes. Every claim cites its paper.

See how it works

your-notes/reading-list

Annotated reading list readyChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

“Build me an annotated reading list on protein-design diffusion models from the last 2 years. Read the full papers, not abstracts.”

Diffusion priors for de novo protein design

NeurIPS 2024

Conditions on backbone geometry; benchmarks on 3 fold families.

A systematic review of CRISPR base-editing safety

Cell Reports 2025your access

Aggregates 41 trials; flags off-target rates by editor class.

Retrieval-augmented generation: an evaluation survey

ACL 2025

Compares 12 eval setups; method table reused across the field.

Reading list ready: 3 papers, full text readEvery item linked

Company Intelligence

Turn a name into a sourced dossier

Name a company or lab and the agent assembles a sourced dossier: funding, people, publications, and coverage, with every fact linked to the page it was read from.

See how it works

dossier · acme-robotics.com

Dossier compiledChatGPT, Claude or Gemini

“Research acme-robotics.com end to end and compile a dossier with a source link on every fact.”

What they do

acme-robotics.com

Warehouse automation robots for mid-size logistics

Funding

crunchbase.com

Series B · $48M · led by Northgate

Headcount

linkedin.com

~210 employees, up 30% this year

Follow what practitioners actually say

The agent follows expert discussions across X, Reddit, and Hacker News and returns cited quotes instead of vibes. Open any quote and read the thread it came from.

See how it works

Search Reddit

Communities

r/SaaS

286k members

1.2k

Posted by u/founder_throwaway · 4h ago

Anyone else getting buried by cold email tools that promise "AI personalization"?

Tried six in the last two months. None of them actually read the LinkedIn pages they claim to. Curious what people are switching to.

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u/marketing_ops·418 pts·3h ago

Switched back to manual research. Saved budget, doubled reply rate. Honest answer.

u/dev_founder·212 pts·2h ago

The "AI" personalization is mostly mad-libs templating. The one tool that actually opens the page is much slower but worth it.

Open thread

Reads the post and every comment, including collapsed and second-level replies.

Cluster pain

Groups comments by the tool / complaint they name, keeps source links.

Save digest

Writes a structured pain-mining note to your tracker, queued for review.

Everything a research team needs, in one agent

Actionbook gives the agent you already use a real browser and keeps you in control.

Logged-in access

Journals, library portals, and paywalled sources your institution unlocks.

Real browser actions

Open results, follow citations, and read full texts as they render.

Human-in-the-loop

Follow along, redirect the sweep, and check any source yourself.

Works with your agent

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or any MCP client you already use.

Parallel web work

Run work across multiple tabs at once instead of waiting on one slow browser session.

Page understanding

The agent reads the page that actually renders, so you never paste screenshots or explain fields.

Fast, accurate actions

Calls the website’s own API when it can. Less waiting, fewer wrong steps.

Action manuals

Verified selectors and steps for the sites that matter, so the agent acts instead of guessing.

The sites research teams live in

Your agent reaches them through your own browser session, logins included.

arXiv

Google Scholar

PubMed

Frequently asked questions

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