ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin Tutorial, Use Cases & Prompts

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Do you want to learn more about the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin?

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

If you prefer to watch a video tutorial on how to use the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin, check out this one from our YouTube channel:

What can you do with the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin?

ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin is a ChatGPT plugin that provides access to scientific knowledge and enables interactions with fast, reliable, and peer-reviewed data. With this plugin, you can:

– Find me the most cited papers on {topic} in the last 5 years.
– Get abstracts of recent papers on {topic}.
– Find the full text of a paper using its URL: {pdf_url}.
– Search for peer-reviewed articles on {topic}.
– Discover the most recent papers on {topic}.
– Save a citation to your Zotero reference manager using the DOI: {doi}.
– Retrieve the full text of a paper using its DOI: {doi}.
– Find papers on {topic} published between {start_year} and {end_year}.
– Obtain the abstracts of the most influential papers on {topic}.
– Search for papers on {topic} that are not peer-reviewed.

How to use the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin?

Here is how to use the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin
  8. Click on ‘Install’ to add the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin to your ChatGPT account.

Now, also make sure that if you want to use the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin prompt to activate the plugin.

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

Can’t install the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin

If you can’t install the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin but it still not generating the right response, check out the next section.

ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin not working – how to fix it?

If the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin, you also have to make sure you are using the Plugin mode in ChatGPT if you want to use the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI 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. ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin giving me a bad response or output.

If you can’t get the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin.

  1. Check other reasons why ChatGPT is not working

It is also possible that there aren’t any issues with the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin.

How to uninstall ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin?

If you no longer want to use the ScholarAI 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 ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin
  6. Click on ‘Uninstall’ to remove the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin.

Official description of the ScholarAI ChatGPT Plugin in the plugin store

Unlock the power of scientific knowledge with fast, reliable, and peer-reviewed data at your fingertips.

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