ThesisStarter
Free AI tools to plan and start your thesis faster
14 followers
Free AI tools to plan and start your thesis faster
14 followers
ThesisStarter helps students move from a blank page to a clear thesis plan. It includes free tools for generating thesis statements, research questions, topic ideas, outlines, proposal drafts, and writing checklists. Instead of offering a generic writing assistant, it focuses on the early thesis workflow: choosing a direction, structuring an argument, and turning ideas into an actionable research plan.
Nice focus on the early planning stage, that is where most students get stuck. One thing that would really help is a built-in citation placeholder system, so when the outline generator produces a claim, it can suggest a likely source type (journal, book, dataset) and where to look. Would save a lot of time during the actual drafting phase.
@esmatztb Great suggestion, and I just added a first version of this.
The outline, proposal, and literature review tools now include citation placeholders with APA/MLA/Chicago-style prompts. They show where evidence should be added and remind students to replace placeholders with real sources they have checked.
Adding a built-in citation placeholder system that maps to common styles like APA or MLA would save a lot of time during the outline stage, so students can see exactly where sources need to land instead of hunting for them later.
@ilk_l13311 Great suggestion. A citation placeholder system for APA/MLA would make the outlines more practical by showing students where evidence and sources should be added during drafting.
Took it for a spin with my research question on urban transit policy and got a solid outline plus a few angles I hadn't considered. Wish more writing tools focused this much on the messy planning stage.
Love how laser-focused this is on the early thesis stage rather than trying to be another all-purpose writing tool. The research questions generator alone would have saved me hours when I was starting my dissertation.
love how you zoomed in on just the messy first stage of writing instead of trying to be another all-purpose ai assistant. the early pipeline tools feel genuinely useful for someone staring at a blank doc.