# Citation File Format (CFF) 1.2.0 — https://citation-file-format.github.io
cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If Sharly AI was part of your research method, please cite the technical note below (preferred-citation) and disclose the tool's use in your methods or acknowledgements."
type: software
title: "Sharly AI"
abstract: "AI research assistant for source-grounded document analysis. Users upload documents and ask questions answered from passages retrieved from those documents, with the source excerpts and pages shown beside each answer."
authors:
  - family-names: Macario
    given-names: Simone
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5479-3703"
    affiliation: "VOX AI Inc."
version: "2026.09"
date-released: "2026-09-17"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.22803980
    description: "Technical note, all versions"
  - type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.22803981
    description: "Technical note, version 2026.09"
url: "https://sharly.ai"
repository-artifact: "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22803980"
license-url: "https://sharly.ai/terms"
keywords:
  - research assistant
  - research methodology
  - systematic literature review
  - citations
  - source verification
  - generative AI
  - higher education
contact:
  - name: "VOX AI Inc."
    email: info@sharly.ai
    website: "https://sharly.ai"
preferred-citation:
  type: report
  title: "Sharly AI: an AI research assistant for source-grounded document analysis"
  authors:
    - family-names: Macario
      given-names: Simone
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5479-3703"
      affiliation: "VOX AI Inc."
  year: 2026
  month: 9
  institution:
    name: "VOX AI Inc."
  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.22803980
  url: "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22803980"
  notes: "Technical note. Concept DOI resolving to the latest version; the September 2026 version is 10.5281/zenodo.22803981."