Research and analysis
Market scans, competitor profiles, source-backed summaries and data extraction, briefed as questions and delivered as structured findings with references.
The deliverable is a source list plus conclusions
Research tasks that specify only a topic tend to come back as prose with no provenance. Naming the required output — a table of findings, each with the source it came from — is what makes the result usable and reviewable.
- Ask for a structured table or a numbered finding list, not an essay.
- Require a source for every factual claim.
- Cap the scope: a date range, a geography, a list of named competitors.
- State whether you want raw material or a recommendation.
Splitting a big question
A broad question produces a shallow answer. Several narrow tasks — one per competitor, one per region — produce something you can actually act on, and they can run through the queue in parallel rather than in sequence.
Reviewing research output
Check the sources rather than the prose. If the citations resolve and support the claims, the work is done; if they do not, rejection with that reason gives the agent something concrete to fix on the redo.