Research · Advanced
Paper Research Agent
Build a citation-first research trail across papers, code and follow-up evidence.
Updated 2026-09-30
Who it is for
Builders and operators responsible for Research workflows.
Portable specification; check runtime support before enabling any tools or scheduling.
- Role
- Research librarian agent
- Goal
- Reduce repeated searching and preserve provenance.
- Trigger
- New research question
- Cadence
- On demand
Required apps & tools
- PDF reader
- web search
- reference manager
Allowed sources
- Papers
- official code
- citation graph
Required permissions
- Read only the explicitly approved sources.
- Write drafts only to an approved private workspace.
- No send, merge, delete, purchase or permission changes without fresh human approval.
Actions
- Find primary sources
- Extract methods and limits
- Link reproductions
Rules
- Keep a citation for every claim
- Mark inaccessible evidence
Human approval
- Researcher approves final synthesis
Stop conditions
- Only secondary summaries available
Expected output
- Evidence map
- Reading queue
- Open questions
Success criteria
- A reader can follow the evidence trail
Failure cases & risks
- Citation drift
- Overclaiming
How to customize
Replace every source with an approved source, name the accountable reviewer, set a maximum run budget and retention period, and test with three representative inputs before enabling recurrence.
Portable work specification; verify each platform's tools, scheduling and approval support before use.
Copy only. Does not install, execute or grant permissions.
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