You can connect Consensus to popular AI assistants, coding tools, and research platforms to access peer-reviewed research directly within the tools you already use.
Through the Consensus Model Context Protocol (MCP), these integrations allow you to search academic research, find relevant papers, and access cited evidence without leaving your preferred platform.
Supported AI Tools
Consensus can be connected to the following AI tools through the Consensus MCP. Click any platform below for step-by-step setup instructions.
AI assistants and research tools
Developer and coding tools
Using a different MCP client? See our Other MCP Clients documentation for additional connection options.
How to connect Consensus
The setup process varies depending on the AI tool you're using, but generally involves:
Opening the tool's connector or integration settings
Finding and selecting Consensus
Signing in with your Consensus account to authorize the connection
Asking a research question to start using Consensus
Some integrations require additional setup or administrator permissions. Refer to the platform-specific instructions above for details.
Usage and limits
You can connect Consensus to supported AI tools using your existing Consensus account.
API and MCP requests share the monthly usage allowance associated with your Consensus plan. The number of calls used depends on the type of request, number of papers retrieved, and amount of research performed.
You can view your usage, remaining allowance, and reset date in your API & MCP Dashboard in Consensus.
Plan | Included API/MCP calls per month | Maximum calls with additional usage ($0.05/call) |
Free | 30 | 30 (no additional usage) |
Pro | 500 | 1,000 |
Team | 500 | 1,000 |
Enterprise | 500 | 1,000 |
Deep | 2,000 | 10,000 |
Additional usage costs $0.05 per call after you've used the calls included in your plan.
Your usage resets on the 1st of each month.
Still need help?
If you have questions or run into issues connecting Consensus to another AI tool, contact our support team through the in-product Support Chat or at [email protected]. We're happy to help!