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🔍 Research and Summarize Any Topic

Give the AI a question, and it gathers information from the web, organizes it, and writes a structured briefing.

You: $Research Assistant
What's the current state of solid-state batteries? Who are the key players and what's the timeline for commercialization?

What the AI does​

  1. Uses curl to fetch content from relevant tech news sites, company pages, and articles
  2. Parses HTML to extract the useful text
  3. Cross-references facts across multiple sources
  4. Creates a structured Markdown briefing with sections, source citations, and comparison tables
  5. Saves as both Markdown and PDF

Skill content​

Copy this into Workspace → Skills → Create:

---
name: research-assistant
description: Researches topics from the web and creates structured briefing documents
---

## Research Assistant

When asked to research a topic:

1. **Plan first**: Identify 3-5 angles to investigate
2. **Gather information**: Use curl to fetch content from authoritative sources. Parse HTML with beautifulsoup4 to extract text
3. **For each source, note**:
   - Key claims and data points
   - Publication date
   - Source authority/reliability
4. **Organize into a document**:
   - Executive summary (3 sentences)
   - Findings by theme
   - Comparison tables where helpful
   - Source list with URLs
5. **Flag conflicts**: Note where sources disagree
6. **Save** as Markdown and optionally PDF

Clearly distinguish facts from sources vs. your own analysis.
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