Writing Editor

Overview

The “Writing Editor” is the entry point for project documents in the research toolbox. It brings the legacy writing page into research mode: manage project documents on the left, edit the text in the center, and manage references, automatic citation annotation, and exports on the right. Documents are saved automatically to the current project, while search, reading, and research conversations can continue to supply material for your writing.

Open the editor

1. Open Research Mode (/research).
2. Open Research Toolbox and select “Writing Editor.”
3. Create or open a project document, then organize and revise its content directly in the editor.

The editor stays inside the research interface, so you do not need to switch back and forth between research mode and the legacy tools. Documents and references belong to the current project. To change a document's project, use the project selector in the editor; expanding a project in the research sidebar does not change the current editing context.

How to use it

Define the scope and goal first, then work section by section to make the results easier to verify. For example:

Using the papers in the current project, draft a section on the state of the field. Divide it into three subsections by research direction.
For every claim, identify papers that support it, and discuss uncertainties separately.

Common tasks include:

• Drafting an abstract, introduction, or discussion from project materials and a research question
• Turning notes into a clearly structured review outline
• Shortening or polishing paragraphs without changing facts or terminology
• Translating between Chinese and English while preserving technical terms and citation markers
• Checking whether claims are supported by the available literature

Use it with Citation Annotation

The Writing Editor organizes text and project documents. When you need to match your text with real papers, use the citation tools in the editor or switch to Toolbox → Citation Annotation:

1. Paste the text to process and choose “Automatic Annotation” or “Manual Markers.”
2. Run the tool, then review each candidate paper and the reason it was matched.
3. After confirming, export cited text as Markdown, HTML, BibTeX, or RIS, or save it as a project document.

You can organize verified papers in a project first to make the evidence easier to revisit. Citation Annotation searches according to the text and filters; saving papers to a project does not automatically restrict the candidate pool to those papers.

Suggestions

• Specify the research subject, time range, audience, and output format instead of simply asking it to “write a paper.”
• Treat generated content as a draft and manually verify data, terminology, years, and the relationship between claims and citations.
• For key conclusions, use the reading tools to extract evidence first, then return to the Writing Editor to refine the wording.
• Work on one subsection at a time so you can compare the text before and after changes.

The Writing Editor in research mode evolves with the toolbox. Refer to the current page for button names and available actions.