The AI-native research workspace for LaTeX.
Serif is a project-wide AI research agent for complete LaTeX documents.
It can inspect project files, verify sources, manage citations, revise sections, create editable charts and original images, compile the document, and check the finished PDF.
Project files, live PDF preview, cloud collaboration, source-grounded research, and multimodal generation stay in one workspace.
Serif is built for doctoral students, researchers, research engineers, and technical authors producing complex, source-heavy documents.
Questions researchers ask before using Serif
Why not use ChatGPT beside my LaTeX editor?
Copying fragments into chat loses project structure and leaves you to move edits, citations, and figures back by hand. Serif works inside the project and carries the task through to the PDF.
Can it handle a real, multi-file project?
Serif reads the manuscript with its bibliography, figures, included files, and compiler settings, then applies changes where they belong.
What happens when an edit breaks the build?
Serif can compile after editing, inspect the failure, repair the source, and verify the resulting PDF before reporting completion.
Can I trust the citations it adds?
Serif can inspect evidence and publication metadata, preserve existing bibliography entries, and keep sources visible for your review.
Will it rewrite more than I asked for?
The agent works from your request and project context. Its activity and resulting edits remain visible, so you stay in control of what enters the manuscript.
How do I know what changed?
File activity, tool use, compilation results, and the agent's final response stay together in the task instead of disappearing behind a single generated paragraph.
Can my coauthors work in the same project?
Yes. Collaborators can work from the shared project, follow current activity, and keep feedback connected to the relevant work.
Do figures still need a separate workflow?
Serif can create editable academic diagrams and generate illustrative images as project assets, ready to place and compile with the manuscript.
Can I bring an existing LaTeX project?
Yes. Import the project with its source files, bibliography, figures, class files, and folder structure intact instead of rebuilding the paper inside a new template.
Will my journal template and packages still work?
Serif works with the project you already have. It preserves the document class and package setup, then uses the actual compile result to identify anything the environment cannot resolve.
Which LaTeX compilers are supported?
Cloud compilation supports pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX. Serif can select the appropriate compiler for the project and switch when the source requires a different engine.
Can a long task continue after I leave the page?
Yes. Agent tasks run in the cloud, with their current activity and recoverable state attached to the project so you can return and follow the same run.
Can I undo an agent edit?
Yes. History groups edits by Intelligence turn and file, allowing you to inspect the affected text and revert a turn, file, or individual change.
What happens when the agent needs a decision from me?
It can pause at the decision, explain what is needed, and ask you directly. Your answer resumes the existing task instead of starting the work again.