Research
Find, read, compare and cite sources.
5 skills
Web Research
Research a question across several independent, reliable web sources and return a sourced answer with confidence notes. Use when the user asks to look into a topic, verify a claim, compare viewpoints, or needs citations - not for a single quick fact (use web-search for that).
Academic Research
Find, read and summarise peer-reviewed papers and build a short cited literature review. Use when the user asks what the research says, wants papers on a topic, needs a literature review, or asks to evaluate a study's methods.
Competitive Analysis
Compare specific competitors on features, pricing, positioning, strengths and weaknesses using their public materials, and turn that into a comparison matrix and positioning gaps. Use when the user names competitors, asks who competes with a product, or wants to know how to differentiate.
Market Research
Size and describe a market - segments, customers, trends, pricing norms and demand signals - from public sources, with every number sourced. Use when the user asks how big a market is, who the customers are, whether there is demand, or wants a market overview for a product idea.
Web Search
Answer a single factual question quickly with one or two web lookups and a source link. Use for quick facts, current values, definitions, dates, or finding an official page - escalate to web-research when the answer is disputed or needs synthesis.