research-brief

When to use this skill

Use it when the user wants a short, decision-useful brief they can trust, not a wall of links:

• "Research [topic]" / "brief me on [person or company]" / "background on this vendor before the call"
• "What's the latest on [X]?" / "state of play on [Y]?" / "catch me up on [Z]"
• "Build me a research brief and file it in Notion / Drive"
• Any request for a sourced, filed rundown ahead of a meeting, decision, pitch, or post.

This is the light, business-brief version of research. It is fast (a handful of searches, minutes not hours), it fits on a page, and it ends up filed where the user already works. If the user wants an exhaustive multi-hour investigation or an academic paper with dozens of sources, that is a different, heavier job, say so and offer this instead.

Do not use it to state anything you have not verified as fact, to file without the user's confirmation, or to research private individuals using non-public data.

What it needs (setup)

A built-in tool plus one filing connector: