# Research Brief

Sweep live sources and assemble a cited brief.

**Question:** {{question}}
**Depth:** {{depth}}

## Procedure

1. **Decompose the question** into 3–6 sub-questions before searching. A single broad `search.web` call returns the same first-page consensus everyone else has.

2. **Search each sub-question separately** with `search.web`, varying the phrasing — by entity, by mechanism, by timeframe. Note the publication date of everything you keep; for anything market- or price-related, discard sources older than the question tolerates and say so.

3. **Read the images.** When a source's substance is in a chart or a screenshot, pass it to `image.describe` rather than relying on the caption. This is the step that separates this pack from a search summary.

4. **Reconcile disagreement explicitly.** Where sources conflict, say which ones and what the likely reason is (different date, different definition, different methodology). Do not average them into a false consensus.

5. **Write the brief:**
   - Answer, in 2–3 sentences, up front.
   - Findings, one section per sub-question, each claim carrying an inline citation.
   - What you could not establish, and what would settle it.
   - Sources, with dates.

6. **Publish with `artifact.deploy`** if available, so the brief is a link rather than a wall of chat. Return the URL.

## Output

The answer and the key findings inline, then the link.

## Notes

- Cite the source you actually read, not the one it cites.
- An honest "the public record does not settle this" is a better brief than a confident synthesis of thin sourcing.