{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-research-synthesist", "type": "agent", "name": "Research evidence reviewer", "summary": "Turn a pile of articles, papers or reports into one honest summary. See what is well backed, what is disputed and what is missing.", "headline": "Research evidence reviewer", "subhead": "Give it a question and the sources you have, such as papers, articles, reports or links. It grades each source and finds claims that only repeat each other. You get a summary of what the evidence supports, with a source table and the gaps.", "job": { "id": "research-topics", "name": "Research a topic properly" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "source_text", "required": false, "label": "Source text", "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "document", "required": true, "label": "Document", "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes" } ], "you_give": [ "The question you want the research to answer, in one or two sentences", "The sources you have, pasted or attached, such as papers, reports, articles or links", "How wide to look, such as the years and the places to cover (optional)", "What would be enough proof for you to act (optional)" ], "you_get": [ "A summary sorted into well established, contested and single-study findings", "A source table with each source's type, quality and how much weight it gets", "A list of claims that only repeat one original source", "The gaps, meaning what was searched for and not found", "A confidence level with the reason for it" ], "use_when": [ "You have a folder of papers, reports or articles on a topic and need one summary you can trust.", "Everyone repeats the same statistic and you want to know where it first came from.", "You must tell your team or a client what the research says, including where the experts disagree.", "You are starting a new project and want to know what is already known before you spend money on your own study." ], "skip_when": [ "You want to know whether a trend is rising and worth acting on. Use the Trend Researcher agent.", "You want a health or outcome claim in your own document checked. Use the Clinical evidence reviewer.", "You want to compare software or tools you could buy. Use the Software tool comparison planner.", "You need a single fact checked right now. Open the original source, or ask your AI to search for it." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "Your question in one or two sentences", "The sources you have, pasted, attached or linked", "The years and places to cover (optional)", "What would be enough proof for you to act (optional)" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that can read long documents or search the web" ], "output": [ { "name": "Question and search limits", "contains": "Your question in a searchable form, what was searched, the date range and what was left out." }, { "name": "Source table", "contains": "Each source with its type, quality, whether it stands alone and the weight it gets." }, { "name": "Evidence summary", "contains": "Findings sorted into well established, contested and single-study, with the sources for each." }, { "name": "Repeated claims", "contains": "Claims that many places repeat but that trace to one original source." }, { "name": "Gaps", "contains": "What was searched for and not found, so silence is not read as an answer." }, { "name": "Confidence", "contains": "A low, moderate or high rating with the reason, tied to the weakest key source." } ] }, "output_shape": "QUESTION\n Subject | Compared with | Outcome | Enough proof means \n\nSEARCH LIMITS\n Sources searched | Terms | Date range | Left out and why | Count \n\nSOURCE TABLE\n | | | | \n\nEVIDENCE SUMMARY\n Well established \n Contested \n Single study only \n\nREPEATED CLAIMS\n | | \n\nGAPS\n \n\nCONFIDENCE\n | \n\nASSUMPTIONS AND CHECKS STILL NEEDED\n ", "how_to_use": [ "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md.", "State your question. Say who or what it covers, what you compare, and which result matters.", "Paste or attach your sources. If your AI can search the web, say whether you want it to add sources or stay within your pile.", "Type \"Make the evidence summary. Trace repeated claims to their origin. Say what you did not find.\"", "Read the source table first. Check that the sources it marked strong are the ones you would trust.", "Open the original source for any claim you plan to quote." ], "checks": [ "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.", "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.", "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened." ], "next": [ { "name": "Source note summariser", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/prompts/source-note-summariser", "why": "Source note summariser" }, { "name": "Research paper discovery reviewer", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/research-topic-watcher", "why": "Research paper discovery reviewer" } ], "source": { "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/research/research-synthesist.md", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "Research Synthesist", "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219" }, "credits": [ { "title": "Research Synthesist", "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/research/research-synthesist.md", "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE", "references/source-agent.md", "SETUP.md", "source.json" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-research-synthesist", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-research-synthesist.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-research-synthesist.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-research-synthesist/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-research-synthesist.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-research-synthesist", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-research-synthesist", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }