An adaptive AI guidance system that helps researchers of all levels develop real research capability — without replacing their own thinking.
It guides you through every stage of the research process: question formulation, experimental design, literature review, data analysis, scientific writing, and communication. A conversational office provides open-ended mentoring, while the Question Workshop offers structured approaches to develop stronger research questions.
Guidance adapts as your skills grow, with different modes for different kinds of research and stages of development.
Source-available under the PolyForm Noncommercial License and free for individual use. Already used by members of the Society of Teen Scientists and available to researchers, educators, and institutions.
Developed at Authentic Research Partners by Sergey Samsonau and Olga Vine
Installation & Quick Start
Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"# Close and reopen PowerShell, then:uv tool install research-mentor --python 3.13
Mac / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | shuv tool install research-mentor --python 3.13
research-mentor # start the server (creates database on first run)See INSTALLATION.md for detailed step-by-step instructions, including uninstall.
Papers & Demos
Read the research behind Personal Research Mentor, and watch it in action.
Papers
Sergey Samsonau, Olga Vine, Matthew Pearce · EdArXiv
Sergey V. Samsonau, Matthew Pearce · arXiv