Turn a plain question into a sourced research report

Takes a plain question, researches several credible sources with AI, and returns a fact-checked summary report.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each source found for the question.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsEmail AutomationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market IntelligenceFinance & Accounting
Connects
Bright DataOpenAIRedisGoogle SheetsSlack

The problem it solves

Researching a question properly means finding the right sources, reading through them, and pulling out what's actually true and relevant. Doing this by hand for every question that comes up eats into time you'd rather spend on decisions, not searching.

Who it fits

Research, due diligence, or content teams who need quick, credible answers without spending hours searching manually.

How it works

  1. You submit a question, often from a spreadsheet
  2. AI breaks the question into smaller, focused searches
  3. The automation finds and scrapes several credible sources
  4. AI extracts and validates the key facts from each source
  5. You receive a summary report with confidence scores and key insights
What you get

Questions answered with sources instead of a blank search

You turn any question into a researched, fact-checked summary pulled from credible sources, ready to read in one report.

What you get

A fact-checked research summary with key insights, sent by email, Slack, or back to your spreadsheet.

What you need

A Bright Data account, an OpenAI API key, and a Redis instance.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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