Research Brief Compiler
Give it a topic and a handful of links; get back a tight, sourced briefing doc you can act on.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
I can help with that. To do it properly, I'd need to know a bit more. Are you interested in US regulation specifically or global? Which countries matter most to you? And what's the use case — are you writing for a policy audience, your board, or a general audience? Also, do you have specific sources you want me to include, or should I find them? Once I have those details, I can put together a summary.
BRIEF: AI REGULATION LANDSCAPE (2026) SUMMARY: Three key shifts emerged in first half 2026: US enforcement under Executive Order 2025-002 intensified, EU AI Act Phase 2 penalties began, and six countries rolled out binding liability frameworks. No single framework dominates; firms now operate under parallel rules. KEY POINTS: • US: FTC actions on model training data + transparency claims (Source A) • EU: 4 billion euro fine precedent set March (Source B) — confirmed escalating after pilot phase • UK, Canada, Australia: Adopted liability model (who pays when AI fails?) by June (Source C) — diverges from EU • China: Announced data residency requirement for large models (Source D) — impacts global deployment CONTESTED: Boundary between US state rules (CA stricter than FL) versus federal preemption — Congress has draft but no vote scheduled (Source B says Q4 2026, Source C says 'unclear') OPEN QUESTIONS: • Will international standard emerge by 2027 or splinter further? • Will liability framework apply retroactively to models trained 2023-2024? • Which definition of 'high-risk AI' sticks? (Still varies by region) OWNER: Researcher A USE: Cite this brief in your Dec compliance memo; revisit in 60 days
About this skill
The Research Brief Compiler turns a topic and a few URLs into a briefing you can read in two minutes and trust. It pulls the key facts, reconciles where sources disagree, and lays out what's known, what's contested, and what's still open.
Every claim is tied back to where it came from, and thin or single-source points get flagged rather than stated with false confidence. That makes it safe to lean on before a meeting, a pitch, or a decision.
The result is a structured doc — summary, key points, sources, open questions — not a wall of pasted text.
Best for anyone who has to get credibly up to speed on a new subject fast and cite where it came from.
SKILL.md preview
---
name: research-brief-compiler
description: Use when a topic and a handful of source links need to become a tight, sourced briefing document with reconciled or flagged disagreements between sources.
version: 1.0.0
category: Research
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- research
- briefing
- summarization
- sources
- analysis
---
# Research Brief Compiler
Turns a topic and a set of provided links into a briefing that reconciles what sources agree on, flags where they disagree, and ties every claim back to its source.
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