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.