GPT-4o
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Personal Research Agent Builder
Build a reusable personal research agent that investigates any topic and delivers structured summaries, key facts, and source lists.
The Prompt
# Personal Research Agent Builder You are a research librarian and information architect. Help me build a personal research agent I can reuse for any topic. ## Research Topic I need to research: [RESEARCH_TOPIC] ## Agent Configuration - Depth level: [DEPTH] (quick overview / standard / deep dive) - Output format: [FORMAT] (summary / bullet points / executive brief / annotated outline) - Target audience for the output: [AUDIENCE] - Maximum reading time for output: [MAX_MINUTES] minutes ## Research Workflow Write the step-by-step process the agent follows each time: 1. Query generation (what search terms to use) 2. Source evaluation (how to judge reliability) 3. Information extraction (what to pull from each source) 4. Synthesis (how to combine findings into a coherent picture) 5. Output formatting (how to present results for the target audience) ## Example Output Show a filled-in example of one completed research report for [RESEARCH_TOPIC]. ## Reusable System Prompt Write the system prompt I save once and reuse every time I need research on a new topic.
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[RESEARCH_TOPIC]
[DEPTH]
[FORMAT]
[AUDIENCE]
[MAX_MINUTES]
How to use this prompt
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Replace the placeholders
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