When your work holds up, the tutor stays silent
No praise and no filler. What you wrote meets the rules you set, so it is saved and you move on.
Write a publishable narrative review. Every word yours.
Ten gated steps take you from a topic to a submission-ready manuscript. A tutor checks your work, speaks only when something is off, and never writes a sentence for you.
How MannyScript helps while you work
When something is off, it flags it
One note in the margin, pointing at your own words. It asks. You fix it.
Ten steps, each with a checkpoint
A step opens when the one before it is done, and each one leaves you with something you keep.
- 1
Know what you're writing · Review genre
You’ll leave with one sentence that says what kind of paper you are writing, and why.
- 2
Turn your topic into a question · Guiding question
You’ll leave with one question with a population and an outcome — the test every paper is screened against.
- 3
Draw the boundaries · Scope, landscape scan, model paper
You’ll leave with a scope statement, a gap statement, and a model paper that sits beside your draft.
- 4
Build your search · Boolean search strategy
You’ll leave with a search string and Table 1 of your methods, written from your log.
- 5
Decide which papers count · Screening
You’ll leave with a decided pool of papers and Figure 1, the flow diagram, drawn from your decisions.
- 6
Pull out what each paper found · Data extraction
You’ll leave with one row per paper — the matrix your argument is read from.
- 7
Weigh the evidence · Critical appraisal
You’ll leave with a certainty grade on every paper and Table 2 of your methods.
- 8
Find the argument · Themes and thesis
You’ll leave with three to five claims, every paper sorted under them, and a thesis.
- 9
Write the paper · Outline and draft
You’ll leave with a full draft, every section in your words.
- 10
Revise, cite, disclose, ship · Final checks and export
You’ll leave with a manuscript read through once, cited, disclosed, and exported.
Your methods, drawn from your record
Table 1, Figure 1 and Table 2 are generated from what you searched, decided and graded. The paragraph about them is yours.
Table 1 · Search strategy. Every version of your search: the string, the date, the hits, and the reason you gave for each change.
Figure 1 · Study selection. The flow diagram, counted from your screening decisions and the criteria you excluded on.
Table 2 · Certainty by source. Each paper's design, where it started, the problems you named and the grade you gave it.
It refuses to do the work
Every sentence in the manuscript is one you typed.
Papers and metadata from
- PubMed
- CrossRef
- OpenAlex
- Unpaywall
- Europe PMC
Every paper weighed before you argue from it
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Levels of certainty
High, Moderate, Low, Very low. A paper starts where its design puts it and cannot end above that.
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Sentences written for you
The tutor checks consistency and structure. The words are yours, and your declarations can say so.
- 6
Ways to export
The manuscript as .md or .html, the methods exhibits, your papers as .csv, your references as .ris or .bib.
Start free. Pick a plan when you're sure.
Every review starts free. You meet a price only after the tutor has checked your first 3 screening decisions, so you know what you are paying for.
Free on every review: Steps 1 to 4 and your first 3 screening decisions, with the tutor checking each one. Start free
Monthly
$59a month
For one review you'll finish fast.
- 3 reviews, start to finish
- Edit and export while your plan is active
- Cancel anytime: it runs to the end of the month you paid for
- Extra reviews $15 each
Pay once
$249once
For a review that takes a few months, or more than one.
- 3 reviews, start to finish
- Edit and export for good
- On Monthly already? Your payments count, up to $177
- Extra reviews $15 each
All access
Coming soon$499
- Leave your email and we'll tell you when it opens.
Each review covers every paper screened, the extraction matrix, a grade on every paper, your themes and thesis, a full draft in your own words, and all six exports. A full refund within 14 days of a payment if it isn't for you.
Frequently asked questions
Will the tutor write any of my paper?
No. It checks what you wrote against the criteria you set, flags what does not hold up, suggests where to look, and asks questions. It does not draft, summarize, screen or theme for you. Ask it to and it tells you that part is yours, then helps you do it.
Who is MannyScript for?
Pre-med and early-stage undergraduate researchers writing their first narrative review. No research experience is assumed: terms are explained where they first appear, and the harder steps are worked through on a real paper before you do them on yours.
What is a narrative review, and can one be published?
A review that surveys what is known on one question and argues what it adds up to. It does not need a systematic review's exhaustive search or a meta-analysis's pooled numbers, which makes it a realistic first paper. Student journals, preprint servers and conferences take them; whether yours is accepted is up to their editors and reviewers.
Is it free?
Starting is free: the genre, the question, the scope, the search, and your first 3 screening decisions with the tutor working. After that you choose a plan: Monthly at $59 a month, or Pay once at $249. Each covers 3 reviews.
Monthly or Pay once?
A narrative review can take up to four months. Monthly suits one review you'll finish quickly. Pay once suits a slower review or more than one, and your reviews stay yours to edit and export for good. Start on Monthly and change your mind? Your monthly payments count toward Pay once, up to $177.
When does a review use one of my plan's reviews?
When you go past your first 3 screening decisions on it. A review you start and leave in the first steps uses nothing. Deleting a review does not give its place back. Need more than 3? Each extra review is $15.
What happens if I stop paying monthly?
Cancelling stops the next payment. Your plan runs to the end of the month you paid for. After that your reviews stay, view-only: you can read every step and your manuscript, but not edit, export or ask the tutor. Subscribe again and everything opens where you left it. Nothing is deleted.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Write to us within 14 days of a payment and it is returned in full. Your reviews stay; without a plan they become view-only.
Do I have to disclose that I used it?
Yes, and the last step asks you to. Journals expect a line on how AI tools were used. You write that line yourself, and it is a short one: the tutor checked consistency and structure, and wrote no text.
What do I leave with?
A manuscript in your own words with its reference list, plus Table 1, Figure 1 and Table 2 for your methods. It exports as .md or .html, with your papers as a .csv and your references as .ris or .bib.