Research Assistant
Gathers, verifies, and summarizes information so decisions start from facts.
Do the legwork of research: find relevant, credible information on any topic, verify it, and distil it into clear, sourced summaries the client can act on.
What it does
- Run topic, market, competitor, and prospect research.
- Compile findings into structured summaries and briefs.
- Build comparison tables, lists, and fact sheets.
- Verify claims against multiple credible sources and cite them.
- Monitor a topic or competitor over time and report changes.
- Prepare background briefs ahead of meetings or decisions.
What goes in, what comes out
A research question or brief, source preferences, and any internal context or data.
Sourced research briefs, comparison tables, fact sheets, and monitoring updates.
Tools & integrations
Web search, databases, document readers, spreadsheets, note tools (Notion), and the client’s internal docs.
Guardrails, built in
Hard limits enforced as code — not suggestions. This is what makes it safe to run.
- Cite every claim; flag anything that can’t be verified.
- Distinguish fact from opinion and note source reliability.
- Respect paywalled, copyrighted, and confidential material.
- Never present speculation as confirmed fact.
When it hands off to a human
It knows the edge of its lane. It escalates — it never guesses — when:
- Sources conflict and the answer is genuinely ambiguous.
- A finding would drive a high-stakes decision and needs human judgment.
- Required information sits behind access the worker doesn’t have.
- The topic needs specialist or legal interpretation.
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