AI for a master's thesis should save you time on the parts that slow everyone down: planning the chapters, finding and reading the literature, and getting feedback early. AI for Research gives master's students a Thesis Suite for planning, a Writing Studio for the literature review chapter, a Reviewer set to Master's level, and projects you share with your supervisor.
Three jobs you can do here
1. Plan the thesis with a word budget
In the Thesis Suite, the Thesis outline module turns your topic and total length into chapters and sections with a word budget that adds up to your total, ready to open in the editor. Run Research question (FINER, PICO, PICOT or SPIDER) and Methodology builder beside it. Each module costs 3 credits.
2. Build the literature review chapter from real papers
Run a Deep report on your topic (15 credits): a 2,500 to 4,000-word report from 45+ papers with figures, every citation checked against its paper. Then use the Literature review option in the Writing Studio (15 credits), organized by theme, time or method, and open it in the editor with live citations. Treat it as a map of the field to rewrite in your own argument.
3. Get Master's-level feedback before your supervisor reads it
Upload a chapter to the Reviewer, choose Thesis and Master's, and pick the checks. You get scores out of 10 per criterion and major and minor comments that quote your passage with a fix. Standard costs 10 credits per 10,000 words.
How it works, step by step
- Create a project in Projects, named for your thesis. Everything you run can be moved into it.
- Plan. In the Thesis Suite, run Research question, then Thesis outline with a Total length (for example 20,000 words) and a Structure (traditional, by publication or humanities), then Methodology builder. Open the outline in the editor.
- Read. Ask your question in the Ask box at Deep depth, with Medical or Preprints added if your field needs them. Save the cited papers to your Library, or import from Zotero or Mendeley (paid plans).
- Map more papers. Open a key paper in the Citation Map (free) to see what it cites and what cites it.
- Draft the review chapter in the Writing Studio, then rewrite it in the editor in your own words.
- Review. Run the Reviewer on each chapter at Master's level. Fix the major comments first.
- Share. In the project, choose Invite by email and give your supervisor Can comment.
The workspaces you will use
| Workspace | What you do with it | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis Suite | Research question, outline, methodology, framework, gaps, timeline | 3 a module |
| Deep Research | Summary answers and Deep reports for the review chapter | 1, 15, Detailed 45 (paid) |
| Writing Studio | Literature review draft, section writer, abstract | Section 3, whole draft 15 |
| Reviewer | Master's-level feedback on a chapter | 10 per 10,000 words |
| Projects | One folder for the thesis, shared with your supervisor | 0 |
| Thesis defense prep | Likely examiner questions by chapter | 3 |
Which plan fits, and a month worked out
Plus fits most master's students in a writing month: 750 credits, Detailed reports, 10 projects with 3 people on each, unlimited PDFs, Zotero and Mendeley import, and LaTeX and PowerPoint export. It costs $12 a month or $96 a year. The free plan (45 credits, one project with one invited person) is enough for the planning months.
For the last 90 days before submission and the defense, the Defence Pass is $49 once for 90 days of Pro: 1,500 credits a month and High quality reviews (30 credits per 10,000 words, with score charts and issues by section). On an account that already subscribes, the pass becomes 4,500 extra credits instead.
Example month (invented, on Plus): a 20,000-word education thesis, month four of six.
| Job | How many | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Thesis outline, Methodology builder, Research gaps | 3 | 9 |
| Deep reports on the three review themes | 3 | 45 |
| Detailed report on the main question | 1 | 45 |
| Literature review draft (Writing Studio) | 1 | 15 |
| Summary answers | 30 | 30 |
| Questions to PDFs | 40 | 40 |
| Reviewer, Standard, on an 18,000-word draft, twice | 2 | 40 |
| Editor checks (claim check, proofread) | 10 | 20 |
| Total | 244 of 750 |
The unused 506 credits do not roll over, but they leave room for a heavy final month.
AI-use rules that matter to you
Your university and program set the rules for AI in a thesis, and your supervisor applies them. Before you start:
- Read your program's AI policy and the thesis regulations. Many allow AI for searching and language help but not for writing the argument.
- Agree the uses with your supervisor in writing, by email is enough: which tools, for which tasks.
- Record what you use as you go, so the declaration or methods note is easy to write at the end.
- Check every source yourself. You are responsible for every citation in the thesis.
The editor's authorship report records what you typed, pasted and accepted from AI, if your program asks for evidence of process.
What it does not do
- It does not write a thesis you can submit as your own, and the Reviewer's scores are not your examiners' marks.
- It does not search Google Scholar, Scopus or Web of Science; search those through your library and import the PDFs.
- Drafts cite real papers, but you must read them: AI text can overstate a finding.
- Long reviews run while the page is open; closing the tab stops them.
Who else it is for
Writing your first essays? See AI for college students. Starting a doctorate? See AI tools for PhD students.
Writing the methods chapter? Operationalize your variables into a table of definitions, indicators and instruments, code interviews with qualitative coding, and turn the results into a poster with the research poster maker.
Learn more
- How to write a thesis outline
- How to write a methodology chapter
- Dissertation help tools
- Thesis defense guide
Last updated 2026-11-13