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MESSAI · How to use · about 10 minutes

How to use MESSAI

What the platform is for, eleven short screen recordings of the screens a researcher uses, and the user manual. The long engineering reference is separate, and labelled, at the bottom of this page.

Watch the recordings User manual Onboarding overview

01

MESSAI for a researcher, in five points

  1. Search the literature. Find papers by keyword, author, DOI or meaning. The corpus lists 19,000+ papers (October 2026); each result opens to its abstract and the parameter values extracted from it.

    Research /research

  2. Check a number before you rely on it. An extracted value sits next to the paper it came from, so you can compare it with the literature rather than trust a table.

    Parameters /parameters

  3. See how parameters relate. Each canonical parameter has one definition, unit and literature range. The knowledge graph shows which parameters drive a target, and where the literature has little to say.

    Knowledge graph /parameters/knowledge-graph

  4. Compare reactor designs. Pick a model in the lab, change its parts and operating conditions, and watch the 3D model and the forecast move together. Forecasts show a range, and each predictor has a methods page that says what it leaves out.

    Lab /lab

  5. Judge a paper, follow a collaboration. The reproducibility checklist scores what a paper reports so another lab can repeat it. Collaboration workspaces show what the corpus already holds for a use case and what is still missing.

    Reproducibility /tools/reproducibility

MESSAI supports comparison and screening. A forecast is an estimate with a range, not a measurement; check the methods page of the predictor behind it before quoting a number.

02

Eleven screen recordings

Each recording is silent and 15 to 23 seconds long. Open one to play it; the numbered steps for the same screen are one link away.

  • /research

    Research listing

    Search the literature by keyword, author, DOI or meaning. Each result is a paper record with its abstract and extracted values.

    Play the recording The Research page opens with a search box, Keyword, Hybrid and Semantic modes, and a Filters sidebar beside the paper list.
    Written steps

  • /research/paper/<ref>

    Paper detail

    One paper, with the values extracted from it laid next to the literature. Use it to check a number before you rely on it.

    Play the recording From the Research list, Open full page opens the first paper’s detail page on its Overview tab.
    Written steps

  • /parameters

    Parameters catalog

    Every canonical parameter with its definition, unit, literature range and couplings, so a name such as power density has one meaning across papers.

    Play the recording The Parameter Catalog opens with a search box, the Catalog, Correlations and Global Analysis tabs, and a category filter.
    Written steps

  • /parameters/knowledge-graph

    Knowledge graph

    Evidence, causal structure, correlations and knowledge gaps in one view of the parameters.

    Play the recording The MES Knowledge Graph renders as a force-directed network with a legend and a list of Highest-value knowledge gaps.
    Written steps

  • /lab

    Lab reactor builder

    Design a reactor: pick a model, edit its parts and conditions, and watch the prediction and the 3D model change together.

    Play the recording The Lab opens with a reactor model rail, a 3D canvas, a Parameters panel and the Assistant side by side.
    Written steps

  • /predictions

    Predictions form

    Enter a system configuration and get a forecast with a confidence score. The page labels its output as an illustrative simulation.

    Play the recording The Performance predictions page opens on Configure System and is labelled Illustrative simulation.
    Written steps

  • /lab

    Predictions in the lab

    The lab’s live prediction panel shows a quick estimate with the corpus p10 to p90 range under each value.

    Play the recording The Lab’s Live prediction panel shows a quick estimate for the H-cell model with the corpus p10 to p90 range under each value.
    Written steps

  • /tools/reproducibility

    Reproducibility scorer

    A checklist of what a paper must report so another lab can compare or repeat it. Score a paper from its DOI, or tick the criteria for your own manuscript.

    Play the recording The Reproducibility checklist opens with a Paste a DOI box and four sample paper chips from the corpus.
    Written steps

  • /collab/korth/nitrogen

    Collaboration workspaces

    One workspace per collaboration: what the corpus holds today, what each pipeline stage will add, and what the use case still needs.

    Play the recording The Nitrogen cycling page opens with Cohort papers, Full-text PDFs, Modelable facts and Complete records tiles.
    Written steps

  • /methods

    Methods

    One page per predictor: its relations and constants, what it leaves out, and the gates over its intervals. Read it before quoting a prediction.

    Play the recording The Methods page lists one predictor per physics family, each with its id and a short description.
    Written steps

  • /learn/onboarding/atlas

    The maintainer runbook

    A tour of the long engineering reference, so you know what is in it before you open it.

    Play the recording The onboarding atlas opens on Part I with a search box and six part cards from Onboarding atlas to Database overhaul.
    Written steps

03

The user manual

Task-by-task guides: getting started, core features, the 3D lab, and data and analysis. Start there when you know what you want to do and not which screen does it.

Open the manual Lab build guide

Maintainer runbook · engineering history · long

Maintainer runbook (engineering history, long)

The onboarding atlas is the engineering record kept for the people who run the data pipeline: 7 parts, 67 sections, about 4 hours of reading. It holds dated incident notes, fixes and the ranked list of open gaps. Its figures are snapshots with their dates, not the current counts; the live paper count is on /research. You do not need it to use the platform.

Open the maintainer runbook