Use when asked to research a topic, find information across multiple sources, investigate a question in depth, or produce a report with citations. Triggers on words like research, investigate, look into, find out, deep dive, report on, what do we know about.
Multi-source web research that produces structured reports with citations.
digraph research {
"Receive topic" -> "Clarify scope?";
"Clarify scope?" -> "Ask 1 question" [label="ambiguous"];
"Clarify scope?" -> "Plan queries" [label="clear"];
"Ask 1 question" -> "Plan queries";
"Plan queries" -> "Search in parallel";
"Search in parallel" -> "Read top sources";
"Read top sources" -> "Enough coverage?" [label="extract key claims"];
"Enough coverage?" -> "Search deeper" [label="no, gaps remain"];
"Search deeper" -> "Read top sources";
"Enough coverage?" -> "Synthesize report" [label="yes"];
"Synthesize report" -> "Deliver";
}
# [Topic]
## Summary
[2-3 sentence overview of key findings]
## Key Findings
- [Finding 1 with context]
- [Finding 2 with context]
- [Finding 3 with context]
## Details
[Organized by subtopic. Include direct quotes where valuable. Note conflicting information.]
## Sources
- [Title](URL) - [one-line description of what it contributed]
- [Title](URL) - [one-line description]