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Welcome to DORA
Draft Outline Research Assistant
DORA is an AI-driven platform designed to simplify and streamline the process of drafting scientific documents, including research papers, grant applications, and text for multipropose. With its powerful features and user-friendly design, DORA empowers researchers to create high-quality, data-driven documents faster and more effectively.
This manual will guide you through the key features of DORA and provide a step-by-step tutorial to help you master its tools for creating scientific texts.
Get started
Choosing Template
Run Document generation
Add Custom citation
Apply AI actions
Find references
Polish the final text
Explore Visual summary
Contact
  • Getting Started
  • Visit the Portal
    dora.insilico.com/login
  • Access and Login
    Enter your credentials to access your account.
  • New User?
    Click Create an account to register using your email only and follow the step-by-step process.

    After logging in, you’ll arrive at the main page where you can start creating your document.
Subscriptions and Free Trial
Manage Your Subscription
  • Modify Anytime: Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your plan at your convenience.
  • Access Until End of Cycle: Cancellations do not take immediate effect; your subscription remains active until the billing period ends.
  • Stay informed with email alerts about payments and any changes to your plan.
Subscription Renewal
  • Receive an email reminder 3 days before your auto-payment date.
  • Document counts reset automatically at the start of each billing cycle.
  • Payments are processed quickly and securely via Stripe.
When Your Plan Expires
  • Export feature remain accessible; however, text evidence for bibliography ll be not visible.
  • Features like inline editing, text evidence, advanced visualizations, and AI tools will become unavailable.
Choosing Template
Choose a template tailored to your document type, complete with pre-configured sections to guide DORA agents’ writing. Preview 4 standout examples from our collection of 15+ templates!
Review article
For comprehensive reviews summarizing and evaluating current research in a specific field
Research Article
For detailed research articles with methods/results
Target Feasibility
For analyzing the feasibility of a target gene in drug discovery, focusing on its biological function, disease relevance, and clinical potential.
Press Release
Craft announcements about the study for public or media dissemination
And More!
Run Document generation
Once you’ve selected your template, it's time to customize it by adding your data and selecting resources to meet your goals. Follow these steps to ensure your document is tailored to your needs:
  • 1
    Set Goals and Input Ideas
    Define your goals and enter your ideas into the template fields. Use full entity names for clarity, and avoid abbreviations. Be specific about your research objectives to ensure the document aligns with your needs.
  • 2
    Add Custom Data
    If you've drafted parts (e.g., the Results section or abstract), insert them, and DORA will use this data in the document generation process.
  • 3
    Upload Custom bibliography
    Upload your own files, such as research papers or reports that suit your topic. DORA ll use your data along with other external sources. During generation DORA ll use it as a knowledge database for document generation focusing on your topic.
  • 4
    Adjust the Research tasks
    DORA will auto-generate a Research tasks outlining key points for your document. Edit this plan by:
    • Adding or removing points.
    • Refining action steps for better alignment with your goals.
Document page settings
Explore the Document result
Once generation completed it's time to edit and polish to the final version! Enrich text by custom citations, apply inline editing tools. The final step is to make a final polish and review the result
Add citation feature
Add custom citation
  1. Place your cursor where you want the citation.
  2. Click “Add citation” and search for references by ID (PMID, PMC, DOI, Title, or query). You can enter multiple manuscript IDs at once.
  3. Explore the results, select one or more publications, and click “Add.”
  4. DORA will insert the selected citation in the text and update the bibliography accordingly.
Searching by query lets you search across all full texts in the PMC database, but this process may take some time. If you know the paper, using the ID or exact title will yield faster and more accurate results
AI actions for text editing
Apply AI actions
AI actions help you refine text while preserving references and using scientific evidence to adjust content. Highlight the text and choose an action:
  • Summarize: Make sections more concise and focused.
  • Extend: Add more detail to sections for further elaboration.
  • Ask AI to Improve (Custom Prompt): Rewrite the content based on your specific request.
For example:
  • "Translate into Chinese."
  • "Start with a brief introduction about..."
  • "Preserve original text evidence from citations ."
Find references feature
Find Reference
  1. Highlight specific text part that you want to enrich my citations.
  2. Press “Find references”
  3. Explore the results that are similar to the selected text
  4. Add references to enhance the relevance of your document.
Polish the final text
The Polish feature ensures document coherence after manual or AI-powered edits.
It activates with any inline text changes, maintaining consistency across sections.
Use Cases for Research Article Template
  1. Cross-Section Coherence. When you remove a section, such as genetic results from the Results, the system automatically updates related sections like Methods, Discussion, and Abstract to ensure consistency.
  2. Adaptive Refinement. Adding new analysis in the Discussion prompts the system to refine the Abstract, keeping it aligned with the updated content.

How to Use

  1. Trigger Polish: Edit text, then click Polish when active.
  2. In Progress: Affected sections show loading; editing/exporting is disabled.
  3. Review Updates: Compare and Apply or Keep Original.
  4. Finalize: Once reviewed, editing and export are re-enabled.
Explore Visual summary
  • 1
    Generate graphical abstracts or flowcharts to summarize key findings visually. Explore in separate modal, apply zoom in/out, or SVG export.
  • 2
    Switch between diagram types
    (e.g., State, Timeline, Sequence) for flexibility.
  • 3
    Exported PDF, DOCX file will include the current diagram type.
  • 4
    Delete diagramm if this not to include in the final document.
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