Grammarly has introduced nine new AI agents designed to assist with writing and grading. The release targets both students and educators, offering specialized tools within Grammarly’s “AI-native writing surface,” known as docs. These agents are immediately accessible to Grammarly Free and Pro users without incurring additional charges.
The new AI agents address various writing-related challenges. These include aiding educators in identifying plagiarism and AI-generated content, assisting students in predicting reader reactions to their work, providing citation support, and even offering insights into potential grades on assignments. These tools are intended to be accessible and integrated directly within the Grammarly environment.
Jenny Maxwell, Head of Grammarly for Education, stated, “Students today need AI that enhances their capabilities without undermining their learning. Grammarly’s new agents fill this gap, acting as real partners that guide students to produce better work while ensuring they develop real skills that will serve them throughout their careers. By teaching students how to work effectively with AI now, we’re preparing them for a workplace where AI literacy will be essential.”
A key feature is the AI grader agent. This tool utilizes uploaded course details and “publicly available” information regarding the instructor to furnish feedback. Grammarly asserts that the AI grader can offer tailored writing recommendations and estimate the grade a paper might receive in its current form, allowing students to refine their submissions before they are officially graded.
Beyond grading assistance, Grammarly provides additional AI agents aimed at improving writing quality. The reader reactions agent predicts potential questions or concerns that readers might have after reviewing a document. The proofreader agent delivers in-line suggestions to enhance writing clarity and correctness. A paraphrase agent is available to adapt writing to specific tones, audiences, and styles.
For assistance with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly has introduced a citation finder agent. This tool automatically generates correctly formatted citations to support claims made within a piece of writing. An expert review agent offers personalized, topic-specific feedback to further refine the content.
Recognizing the needs of educators, Grammarly is also launching tools to aid in the review process. The plagiarism checker agent scans “vast databases, academic papers, websites, and published works” to detect similarities between submitted text and existing sources. Complementing this, an AI detector agent assigns a score indicating the likelihood of a text being human-written versus AI-generated.
Initially, the AI and plagiarism detector agents will be exclusively available to Grammarly Pro users. Grammarly has indicated that these AI agents, along with others, will be extended to Enterprise and Education users “later this year.” The company also plans to introduce additional AI agents, with announcements scheduled for a later date.
