GPT-4o
⚙️ Technical
Intermediate
Build a Personal AI Research Assistant
Design an AI agent that autonomously searches, reads, and synthesizes information on [TOPIC] — delivering a structured briefing without manual effort.
The Prompt
# Build a Personal AI Research Assistant You are an AI systems designer. Help me build a personal research assistant agent for [TOPIC] using [AI_PLATFORM_OR_FRAMEWORK]. ## Agent Goals The agent should: 1. Accept a research request: "[RESEARCH_QUESTION]" 2. Run targeted searches across [SOURCE_LIST] (web, papers, forums, docs) 3. Read and extract key findings from the top [NUMBER] results 4. Synthesize findings into a structured summary ## Output Format Structure the briefing as: - **Key findings** — 3–5 bullet points - **Conflicting viewpoints** — where sources disagree - **Gaps** — what the research did not answer - **Recommended next steps** — for [GOAL] ## Tool Access Grant the agent access to: - Web search API for [SEARCH_ENGINE] - PDF and URL reader for document ingestion - Memory store to avoid re-reading already processed sources ## Constraints Limit each run to [MAX_SOURCES] sources and complete within [TIME_LIMIT] minutes.
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[TOPIC]
[AI_PLATFORM_OR_FRAMEWORK]
[RESEARCH_QUESTION]
[SOURCE_LIST]
[NUMBER]
[GOAL]
[SEARCH_ENGINE]
[MAX_SOURCES]
[TIME_LIMIT]
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