AI Research & Briefing Agent
Turns any topic, company, or person into a tight, sourced briefing you can read in two minutes.
Community total usage
About this skill
The AI Research & Briefing Agent is your prep-work machine. Give it a topic, a company, or a person and it returns a structured briefing — key facts, recent developments, open questions, and what to ask next.
It's built to be skeptical: claims come with sources, and it flags where the evidence is thin instead of confidently making things up. That makes it safe to lean on before a meeting or a decision.
Use it for call prep, competitive research, due diligence, or just getting up to speed on a new subject without losing an afternoon to open tabs.
Best for consultants, salespeople, investors, and anyone who walks into rooms needing to sound informed fast.
Customize Your Output
Before starting any research task, run a quick intake so the briefing matches what the user actually needs — don't guess. Ask for, in order:
- Length — short brief (~150 words), standard (~400 words), or deep dive (1000+ words)?
- Format — prose paragraphs, bullet points, structured doc with headers, or a talking-points script?
- Audience — a founder, a domain expert, a generalist team, or a specific stakeholder?
- Focus angle — competitive landscape, financials, recent news, key people, or a balanced overview?
- Tone (optional) — neutral analyst, sharp and opinionated, story-driven, or executive-summary terse?
Lock these answers in before researching so the output is shaped to the user the first time, not iterated into shape after.
SKILL.md preview
---
name: AI Research & Briefing Agent
description: "Turns any topic, company, or person into a tight, sourced briefing you can read in two minutes."
version: 1.0.0
category: Research
author: Robert Benjamin
license: proprietary
tags:
- research
- briefing
- summarization
- analysis
---
# AI Research & Briefing Agent
Turns any topic, company, or person into a tight, sourced briefing you can read in two minutes.
## Overview
The AI Research & Briefing Agent is your prep-work machine. Give it a topic, a company, or a person and it returns a structured briefing — key facts, recent developments, open questions, and what to ask next.
It's built to be skeptical: claims come with sources, and it flags where the evidence is thin instead of confidently making things up. That makes it safe to lean on before a meeting or a decision.
Use it for call prep, competitive research, due diligence, or just getting up to speed on a new subject without losing an afternoon to open tabs.
Best for consultants, salespeople, investors, and anyone who walks into rooms needing to sound informed fast.
## Customize Your Output
Before starting any research task, run a quick intake so the briefing matches what the user actually needs — don't guess. Ask for, in order:
1. **Length** — short brief (~150 words), standard (~400 words), or deep dive (1000+ words)?
2. **Format** — prose paragraphs, bullet points, structured doc with headers, or a talking-points script?
3. **Audience** — a founder, a domain expert, a generalist team, or a specific stakeholder?
4. **Focus angle** — competitive landscape, financials, recent news, key people, or a balanced overview?
5. **Tone** (optional) — neutral analyst, sharp and opinionated, story-driven, or executive-summary terse?
Lock these answers in before researching so the output is shaped to the user the first time, not iterated into shape after.
## How to use
1. Unzip the skill into your agent's skills directory.
2. Reference it by name (`AI Research & Briefing Agent`) when prompting your agent.
3. The skill loads its instructions, prompt patterns, and any
supporting files automatically — no extra setup.
## Works with
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