Use Case — Research

One person builds the system.
The whole team moves faster.

Paper tracking, data organization, report drafting — when AI agents handle the operational load, one researcher's setup becomes the team's shared knowledge base. Everyone reads the same papers, discusses in one place, and builds on each other's work. No duplicated effort.

Coverage — all three research team profiles
Universities

Literature review, grant writing, conference prep, lab operations

Corporate R&D

Tech trend monitoring, experiment data, internal reports, IP research

Biotech & Pharma

Clinical data management, regulatory drafts, collaboration tracking

01 — Why Kylon

Turn “only I know this” into the whole team’s advantage.

Tracking papers is solo work. Getting those insights to the rest of the team takes too long.

In Kylon, one researcher sets up a workflow — and the latest papers from arXiv, journals, and social feeds are automatically collected, analyzed, and delivered to a shared channel. Colleagues jump straight into threaded discussions on each paper. One person's tracking becomes the team's knowledge base. No scattered tools, no manual forwarding.

AI workspace for research teams
Paper collection, analysis, team sharing, discussion — all in one workspace
02 — Use Cases

Hand the information load to AI agents.

One researcher's setup gives the whole team a shared, deduplicated research environment.

Paper Feed · Live
aXNew Framework for Human-AI Collaboration96
PMLLM-Based Clinical Trial Data Analysis89
𝕏MIT Lab Announces New RL Method82
🔍

Automated Research Collection & Team Sharing

Agents periodically collect the latest papers, patents, and conference proceedings from your specified sources — arXiv, PubMed, social feeds — analyze the content, and deliver it to a shared channel. One person configures it, the whole team sees the same curated feed.

App + Scheduled Workflow + Shared Channel
Literature Map · Analysis
Literature Review
47 papers classified
Citation network mapped
3 research gaps identified
📚

Literature Review & Discovery

Describe your research topic and agents search, classify, and summarize relevant papers — mapping citation networks and identifying gaps in prior work. The output is a structured review ready for your team.

Agent Research + Document Generation
Experiment Data · Cleaned
Sample
Value
Status
EXP-041
0.847
OK
EXP-042
1.203
Flag
EXP-043
0.791
OK
📊

Data Organization & Analysis

Upload experiment results, survey data, or observation logs to a channel. Agents clean, reshape, run basic statistics, flag outliers, and draft an analysis report — so you start from insights, not raw spreadsheets.

Data Processing + Table + Report
Proposal · Draft
NSF Grant Proposal
Background & Objectives
Budget plan
Publication list compiled
📝

Grant Writing & Proposals

Share your research plan outline and agents draft a proposal aligned with funder requirements — including budget tables, publication lists, and milestone timelines. Deadline tracking lives in the same workspace.

Document Generation + Workflow
Paper Thread · Discussion
This method could work for our setup
Let's discuss in next week's meeting
💬

Team Discussion on Papers

Each collected paper becomes a record in a shared App, with its own discussion thread. Team members read, comment, and build on each other's insights — right where the paper lives. Tracking doesn't end at collection; the whole team digests and applies the knowledge together.

App Record Threads + Team Collaboration
Progress · Weekly Report
Papers Reviewed23 +5
Experiments Done78%
📈

Automated Progress Reports

Agents auto-compile weekly and monthly research progress into formatted reports — replacing the manual summary work that used to require a dedicated person. Ready for PI reviews, lab meetings, or grant interim submissions.

Scheduled Workflow + Auto-Summary
03 — One Workflow

From paper collection to team discussion, one loop.

1

Set up

Configure a workflow — "Check arXiv and PubMed daily"

2

Collect

Agents scan paper databases on schedule, collecting and analyzing.

3

Share

Results land in a shared App — the whole team sees the same feed.

4

Discuss

Discuss each paper in its thread — "This could work for us."

5

Report

Agents draft a weekly summary automatically.

04 — See It In Action

A research team’s Kylon workspace

kylon.io
R
Research Lab
Channels
#ai-collab-papers3
#grant-2026-spring
#experiment-tracker
#weekly-lab-report
# ai-collab-papers3 new papers
PI
Prof. Chen10:24
Any notable papers from this week?
Kylon AgentAGENT10:25
Collected 12 new papers this week. Highlighting the top 3 below. All registered in the Paper App.
📄 Highlighted Papers
A Framework for Human-AI CollaborationRelevance 96
LLM-Based Experiment Protocol OptimizationRelevance 89
Survey: Evaluation Metrics for AI TeamworkRelevance 82
Kylon workspace — paper collection, analysis, and team discussion in one place
05 — Integrations

Connects with your research tools.

📄Google Scholar
📚PubMed
🔬arXiv
Gmail
Slack
Notion
And more
Works with major academic databases and research tools. Any service with an API can be added as a skill.
06 — FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How is research data security handled?

Kylon uses enterprise-grade security infrastructure with encrypted data storage. Access is controlled at the channel level, so sensitive research data stays compartmentalized.

Can agents connect to specific paper databases?

Agents can access PubMed, arXiv, Google Scholar, and other major databases directly. Any external service with an API can be integrated as a skill.

Do I need programming skills?

No. Give agents instructions in natural language inside a channel — literature searches, data organization, and report drafting start immediately.

Is it suitable for small research groups?

Yes. From 3-5 person labs to large research teams. In practice, even non-technical PIs set up the system alone and the whole team benefits.

Can it work alongside tools we already use?

Yes. Kylon complements your existing tools rather than replacing them. It can reference Notion databases, trigger workflows from Slack notifications, and integrate with your current stack.

07 — More Use Cases

More use cases

Take your research team
to the next level.

Let agents handle paper tracking, data organization, and reporting. Your team focuses on hypotheses and discovery. Book a 15-minute demo to see how it fits your lab's workflow.