Agentic literature-search tool built by Ai2, now folded into the broader 'Asta' research-agent platform
Ai2 Paper Finder (Asta) is listed under Academic Research, in the Research & Learning category on Flocci AI Tools. Agentic literature-search tool built by Ai2, now folded into the broader 'Asta' research-agent platform. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at asta.allen.ai.
Ai2 Paper Finder (Asta) is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 396 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.
Ai2 Paper Finder (Asta) works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web.
Ai2 Paper Finder (Asta) does 3 things the catalog singles out: Agentic literature-search tool built by ai2, now folded into the broader 'asta' research-agent platform; free to use, iteratively expands/narrows search based on natural-language queries; built on semantic scholar's corpus.
alphaXiv is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Academic Research sub-category and is free. ResearchRabbit, Semantic Scholar and PaperQA2 also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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