Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin Tutorial, Use Cases & Prompts

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Do you want to learn more about the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin?

In this ChatGPT plugin tutorial, we are going to show you how to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, how to install the plugin, and what the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin can do.

We are also going to explain what to do when this ChatGPT plugin is not working and anything else important that you need to know about the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin.

What can you do with the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin?

Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin is a ChatGPT plugin that enhances the capabilities of ChatGPT by integrating with external applications related to academic research papers from arXiv. Here are the things you can do with the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin:

1. Collecting academic papers related to a specific research topic.
2. Finding research papers on arXiv about a specific research topic.
3. Summarizing the key points from an academic paper.
4. Providing a summary of the latest research papers on a specific research topic.
5. Extracting information from a research paper about a specific query.
6. Identifying the key findings in a research paper.
7. Finding academic papers that discuss a research topic from a specific time period.
8. Retrieving the abstract of a specific research paper.
9. Providing an overview of a research paper.

With the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, you can leverage the power of ChatGPT to interact with external applications and seamlessly access academic research papers, extract relevant information, and obtain summaries and overviews of papers. This plugin greatly enhances the research capabilities of ChatGPT, making it a valuable tool for academic purposes.

How to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin?

Here is how to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin:

  1. Open the ChatGPT website
  2. Sign in to your ChatGPT account
  3. Make sure that you have enabled ChatGPT plugins in your account.
  4. Select GPT-4 model from the model selector.
  5. Click on the ChatGPT plugin icon
  6. Select Plugin store.
  7. Search for the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin
  8. Click on ‘Install’ to add the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin to your ChatGPT account.

Now, also make sure that if you want to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, you have to use the GPT-4 model and you also have to enable the plugin. (currently, only 3 ChatGPT plugins can be enabled at the same time).

Now, all you have to do is use a Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin prompt to activate the plugin.

If you are not sure what plugin prompts you can use to activate the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, make sure to check out our ChatGPT plugin database here.

Can’t install the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin

If you can’t install the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, here is how to troubleshoot and find out why you can’t install and use this specific plugin.

1.Make sure you have upgraded to a GPT Plus subscription as ChatGPT plugins are currently only available for Plus subscribers

2. Next, you also have to make sure that the ChatGPT plugins are enabled in your ChatGPT account.

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3. It is possible that the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin is not available in the ChatGPT plugin store anymore temporarily because of some technical issues with the integration.

If you have already installed the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin but it still not generating the right response, check out the next section.

Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin not working – how to fix it?

If the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin is not working properly or you get error messages instead of a ChatGPT response, here are some ways to fix it.

  1. Click on the ‘Regenerate response’ button

Keep in mind that the ChatGPT plugin is still a beta feature, so bugs and other technical issues can occur frequently when you try to make any ChatGPT plugin work.

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However, in a lot of cases, the ‘Regenerate response’ button can help you fix a lot of errors.

  1. Check if you have selected the ChatGPT plugin mode

Once you have installed the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, you also have to make sure you are using the Plugin mode in ChatGPT if you want to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin

Currently, the browsing mode and the plugin mode can’t be used at the same time as you can see on this screenshot:

ChatGPT plugin mode enabled

  1. Make sure you have enabled the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin

Once you have selected the plugin mode, also make sure you have enabled the ChatGPT plugin.

Keep in mind that only three ChatGPT plugins can be enabled at the same time.

  1. Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin giving me a bad response or output.

If you can’t get the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin to give you the desired output, the easiest method is to ask ChatGPT directly using the GPT-4 model how to get better responses from the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin.

  1. Check other reasons why ChatGPT is not working

It is also possible that there aren’t any issues with the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, but ChatGPT has some technical issues in general. So as a best practice test, if ChatGPT is working without the plugin mode enabled.

If ChatGPT without the plugin mode enabled is not giving you a response as well, then most likely the bug is not related to the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin.

How to uninstall Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin?

If you no longer want to use the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin, here is how to uninstall it:

  1. Open and sign in to ChatGPT.
  2. Select GPT-4 model from the model selector.
  3. Click on the ChatGPT plugin icon
  4. Select Plugin store.
  5. Search for the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin
  6. Click on ‘Uninstall’ to remove the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin.

Official description of the Scholar Assist ChatGPT Plugin in the plugin store

Search academic research papers from arXiv and find answers to your questions.

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