🔍 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.