Flowing
Flowing is a desktop application for academic writing that grounds AI-generated text in the user's personal research library. It allows researchers to import their PDFs, building a searchable library that the AI can reference to provide context-aware suggestions, continuations, and revisions. The tool supports both rich text and LaTeX editing with real-time synchronization and a PDF preview. Key features include library-grounded recall, context-based AI chat, deep polishing that draws on reference passages, and continuation that stays faithful to the user's sources. A published benchmark shows its continuation and polishing quality surpasses that of leading general-purpose AI platforms when evaluated on a chemistry PhD manuscript.
- Category
- Search
- Pricing
- Free
Problem solved
Standard AI writing tools often generate generic or off-topic content because they lack access to a researcher's specific literature. Flowing solves this by grounding every AI interaction in the user's own PDF library, ensuring that suggestions, continuations, and revisions are accurate, relevant, and tailored to the researcher's field and current draft.
Use cases
- Writing a literature review with relevant citations
- Polishing a manuscript section for clarity and accuracy
- Continuing a paragraph while maintaining argument flow
- Searching a large PDF library for specific terms or passages
- Asking questions about a paper's content directly from the editor
- Detecting high-quality keywords and domain terms in a draft
Audience
- Researchers
Pros
- AI suggestions are grounded in the user’s own reference library
- Simultaneous rich text and LaTeX editing with live PDF preview
- Automated recall of relevant library passages while drafting
- Deep polishing that improves discourse and claim calibration
- Continuation feature prevents scope drift and mini-surveys
Cons
- Available only as a desktop application (macOS and Windows)
- Requires manual import and organization of PDFs
- Limited to academic writing use cases
- Invite code required for full access and perks
- Early-stage product, may have stability issues
Official website: https://flowing.works/
Canonical LambdaBase page: https://www.lambdabase.com/tools/flowing