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The Research Assistant produces structured briefings on any topic, company, person, or question. It searches multiple sources, cross-references them, and returns a clean summary with cited facts.

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Install

cp templates/research-assistant.yaml ~/.clawhq/agents/
docker compose restart paperclip
Or from the dashboard: Team → Add Agent → Browse Templates → Research Assistant

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Usage

Trigger it in any connected channel: 
@Mike research OpenAI's latest model releases

@Mike find out what Notion's pricing looks like now

/research quantum computing market size 2025

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Output format

**Summary**
2-3 sentence answer in plain English.

**Key Facts**
- Fact one — Source
- Fact two — Source

**Context**
Background that helps interpret the facts.

**Sources**
- [Source name](URL) — date

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Configuration

SettingValue
ModelClaude Sonnet 4.6
Temperature0.3 (factual, low creativity)
Toolsweb_search, doc_writer

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Template YAML

apiVersion: paperclip.ai/v1
kind: Agent
metadata:
  name: research-assistant
  displayName: "Research Assistant"
  description: "On-demand research agent. Give it a topic and get a structured briefing with sources."
  tags: [research, intelligence, web-search]
  version: "1.0.0"

spec:
  model: claude-sonnet-4-6
  temperature: 0.3

  tools:
    - web_search
    - doc_writer

  triggers:
    - type: channel
      keywords: ["research", "find out", "what do you know about", "look into", "investigate", "brief me on"]
    - type: command
      command: "research"

  instructions: |
    You are a Research Assistant. When given a topic, company, person, or question,
    you produce a structured briefing with sources.

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Required env vars

None — uses your configured API key.