Research Briefing AI Agent

What this agent does

Turning a research question into something you can actually act on usually means twenty open tabs, half-read articles, and a blank doc at the end. This agent runs the research and hands you a finished briefing — synthesized, cited, and structured to read in five minutes.

1. source-gatherer — runs a structured multi-query search across the web (using web_search/web_research) to collect the most relevant, credible sources for your question, filtering out SEO filler and low-quality results.
2. briefing-synthesizer — reads every gathered source and writes a structured briefing doc: an executive summary, key findings grouped by theme, points of disagreement between sources, and a citation for every claim.

Every run saves the finished briefing as a dated Markdown file, so you build a running research archive instead of losing the output in a chat scrollback.

Requirements

• Runs on free, built-in research tools (web_search, web_research) — no paid SERP or research API required.
• Works on OpenClaw and on Claude AI (claude.ai with web search enabled, or Claude Code) — the two skills are plain SKILL.md files with no platform-specific dependencies.
• No API key beyond your existing OpenClaw or Claude access.

Setup

1. Unzip the package into your workspace, keeping the folder structure intact.
2. (Optional) Edit config/briefing-preferences.md to set a default output length, tone, and citation style.
3. Run a starter prompt from starter-prompts.md with any research question to see the full pipeline end to end.
4. For recurring topics (e.g. a weekly competitor scan), schedule automation-prompt.md with a fixed question.

What's included

• Skills/source-gatherer/SKILL.md and Skills/briefing-synthesizer/SKILL.md
• config/briefing-preferences.md — editable length, tone, and citation style
• config/briefing-archive/ — where finished briefings are saved, one dated Markdown file per run
• installation-prompt.md — install instructions for OpenClaw and Claude AI
• automation-prompt.md — instructions for scheduling a recurring topic
• starter-prompts.md — example research questions to try first
• assets/ — pipeline diagram