Every digest pairs a new paper with a seminal classic — so you stay current without losing depth.
Rate papers 1–5 stars. The model recalculates after each session and sharpens your next digest.
Configure LitFlo for your field — bioleaching, ecology, ML, materials science — and it adapts.
Daily or weekly. Never overwhelming. Pause or cancel any time — you're always in control.
Two papers, hand-picked by your personal model. Each card includes an AI-generated summary, key findings, and a direct link to the full paper via your institution's subscription.
Saturday, April 5, 2026
LitFlo started as a personal script. A researcher in bioleaching and rare earth element recovery was tired of missing important papers and equally tired of reading papers that weren't worth her time.
The system that became LitFlo fetches from PubMed and OpenAlex every morning, generates one-sentence AI summaries using Claude, and ranks everything against a growing personal rating history. After two weeks of daily use, it became the only research tool she opened first.
LitFlo is now being built into a platform so any researcher — in any field — can have the same thing.
Everything you need to know before you sign up.
Any field with papers indexed on PubMed or OpenAlex — which covers most of science and engineering. You configure your topic, search terms, and subtopics when you set up your account.
Daily or weekly — your choice. You can change your frequency any time from your account page. Each digest contains one recent paper and one foundational classic.
After reading each digest, rate the papers 1–5 stars. The ML model recalculates your preference profile after each session — learning which topics, authors, and paper types you actually read.
LitFlo pulls from PubMed for recent work and OpenAlex for both recent and highly-cited foundational papers.
LitFlo launches with a free one-month trial, then $5.00/month. Cancel any time — there are no contracts and no hidden fees.
LitFlo links to DOIs — if your institution has a subscription you'll have full access. Many papers are also available open-access.