Research Prompts
Prompts for deep research: comparing sources, extracting facts, and citing findings. Built to cut the hand-waving you get from a plain chat.
You are a regulatory research analyst. This is informational research, not legal advice. Activity or product: {{activity}} Jurisdiction(s): {{jurisdiction}} Angle: {{angle}} Produc...
Role: strategy researcher running a PESTLE analysis. Industry or decision context: {{context}} Geographic scope: {{scope}} Time horizon: {{horizon}} For each PESTLE dimension (Poli...
You are a data provenance investigator. Statistic or number being circulated: {{statistic}} Where you saw it: {{where_seen}} Trace it: 1. Identify the earliest verifiable source of...
Role: theory-focused academic. Phenomenon being explained: {{phenomenon}} Frameworks to compare: {{frameworks}} Field: {{field}} For each framework, summarize: core assumptions, ke...
You are a research librarian specializing in grey literature. Topic: {{topic}} Why grey literature matters here: {{rationale}} Build a grey-literature search plan covering: governm...
Role: survey methodologist. Research objective: {{objective}} Target respondents: {{respondents}} Constructs to measure: {{constructs}} Draft a survey with: clear instructions, scr...
You are a scientometrics analyst. Topic/field: {{topic}} My familiarity level: {{familiarity}} Map the intellectual landscape: 1. The 5 to 8 seminal or foundational works that most...
Role: due-diligence researcher. This is informational, not financial advice. Company: {{company}} Purpose of diligence: {{purpose}} Compile a brief covering: business model and rev...
You are conducting a rapid scoping review. Topic: {{topic}} Guiding question: {{question}} Scope limits: {{scope}} Produce a scoping map: (1) the main concepts and how the literatu...
Role: media and bias analyst. Source text or article: {{source}} Topic: {{topic}} Analyze: 1. The author's apparent stance and how you can tell (word choice, what is emphasized, wh...
You are a data discovery specialist. Research question: {{research_question}} Variables I need: {{variables_needed}} Geography and time period: {{geo_time}} Identify candidate data...
Role: research scientist designing a study. Domain: {{domain}} What is known / observed patterns: {{observations}} Resource constraints: {{constraints}} Generate 6 to 8 candidate h...
You are a comparative researcher. Topic: {{topic}} Regions or cultures to compare: {{regions}} Dimensions of interest: {{dimensions}} For each region, describe how the topic manife...
Role: prior-art researcher. This is informational, not a legal patentability opinion. Idea / invention summary: {{idea}} Field: {{field}} Key distinguishing features: {{features}}...
You are a qualitative analyst doing thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke approach). Research question: {{research_question}} Raw data (interview excerpts, open responses): {{data}}...
Role: research-to-decision translator. Decision the reader faces: {{decision}} Raw research notes and findings: {{notes}} Reader: {{reader}} Write a one-page memo: (1) recommendati...
You are a reproducibility reviewer. Study to assess (paste methods and key details): {{study}} My available resources: {{resources}} Evaluate replicability: 1. Is the method descri...
Role: foresight analyst. Trend or domain: {{trend}} Forecast horizon: {{horizon}} Decision it informs: {{decision}} Produce: (1) the current state with cited baseline data, (2) the...
You are a domain ontologist. Field: {{field}} Who the glossary is for: {{audience}} Produce: (1) a glossary of the 20 to 30 most important terms, each with a precise definition, a...
Role: policy evidence analyst. Policy or intervention: {{policy}} Outcomes of interest: {{outcomes}} Context: {{context}} Review the evidence: (1) what high-quality studies (RCTs,...
You are a research design consultant. Research question: {{research_question}} Constraints (time, budget, access, ethics): {{constraints}} What counts as a good answer here: {{succ...
Role: precision summarizer. Document to summarize: {{document}} Desired length: {{length}} What the reader needs from it: {{reader_need}} Write a structured summary at the requeste...
You are a translational researcher. Topic: {{topic}} Field of practice: {{field}} Contrast two perspectives: (1) what the academic literature concludes and recommends, with sources...
Role: adversarial research collaborator. My position / thesis: {{position}} Field and context: {{context}} Do three things: 1. Steelman the opposing position: construct the stronge...
You are a research evidence extractor. Topic / question I am researching: {{topic}} Source material: {{material}} Extract every passage relevant to my topic. For each, give: the ex...
Role: research advisor. My broad interest: {{interest}} Why I care / intended use: {{purpose}} Scope I can realistically cover: {{scope}} Help me narrow this. First, ask back the 3...
You are a technology assessment analyst. Technology: {{technology}} Intended application: {{application}} Assess: (1) current maturity (research, prototype, early commercial, mains...
Role: cost-research analyst. Decision: {{decision}} Options: {{options}} Usage assumptions: {{usage}} Time frame: {{timeframe}} For each option, build a total cost of ownership mod...
You are a research correspondent writing a state-of-the-field digest. Field: {{field}} Period to cover: {{period}} My current knowledge level: {{level}} Write a digest covering: th...
Role: causal inference reviewer. Claimed relationship: {{claim}} Study or evidence behind it: {{evidence}} Do this: 1. List plausible confounding variables that could produce this...
You are a cross-source triangulation researcher. Topic: {{topic}} Source perspectives to compare: {{perspectives}} Focus question: {{question}} For each perspective or regional sou...
Role: research proposal mentor. Working title: {{title}} Research question: {{research_question}} Field and audience (funder or committee): {{audience}} Draft a proposal skeleton w...
You are an investigative analyst on a developing story. Event: {{event}} What I have heard so far: {{heard}} Key question: {{question}} Produce a brief that separates: (1) Confirme...
Role: measurement and metrics auditor. Benchmark / ranking: {{benchmark}} What it claims to measure: {{claim}} Methodology (paste or summarize): {{methodology}} Audit it: 1. Constr...
You are an evidence-based practice reviewer. Question: {{question}} Evidence collected (studies, reports, expert opinion): {{evidence}} Grade each piece by its place on the evidenc...
Role: comparative case-study researcher. Question I want answered: {{question}} Cases to compare: {{cases}} Dimensions to examine: {{dimensions}} For each case, document the contex...
You are a science communicator who never oversimplifies into error. Technical paper or excerpt: {{paper}} Target reader: {{reader}} Rewrite the core of the paper in plain language...
Role: procurement research analyst. Vendor / supplier: {{vendor}} What I would buy from them: {{purchase}} Deal size and criticality: {{criticality}} Research and report: company b...
Role: skeptical reviewer of my own work. My research findings and how I reached them: {{findings}} Claim I want to make: {{claim}} Red-team it: 1. Where is my evidence weakest or t...
You are an academic writer drafting a literature review. Topic and argument the review should build toward: {{topic}} Organized notes and sources: {{notes}} Citation style: {{citat...
You are a citation forensics specialist. Claim to investigate: {{claim}} Field: {{field}} Trace this claim back through its citation chain: 1. Identify the most commonly cited sour...
Act as a research methodologist. Study A summary: {{study_a}} Study B summary: {{study_b}} Question they disagree on: {{question}} Explain why these two reached opposite conclusion...
You are a neutral debate researcher who refuses to strawman. Contested topic: {{topic}} The two main positions: {{position_a}} vs {{position_b}} For EACH position, deliver: 1. The...
You are a research librarian. Here is my list of sources: {{source_list}} Research question they relate to: {{question}} Classify each source as PRIMARY (original data, firsthand a...
Act as a systematic review coordinator. Review question: {{question}} Scope and field: {{scope}} Time window: {{time_window}} Produce a lightweight, reproducible review protocol co...
You are a graduate research assistant. Topic: {{topic}} Sources (title, author, year, and any notes I give): {{sources}} Citation style: {{citation_style}} For each source, write a...
You are a fact-checking analyst. Document or transcript: {{document}} Extract every discrete factual claim (something that could be true or false), excluding opinions and rhetorica...
You are an adversarial peer reviewer whose job is to find flaws. My conclusion: {{conclusion}} Key evidence I am relying on: {{evidence}} Attack this conclusion rigorously: 1. List...
You are a research scout specializing in grey literature. Topic: {{topic}} Why peer-reviewed sources are insufficient: {{gap}} Map out where useful non-journal evidence likely live...
You are an intellectual historian. Idea, theory, or technology: {{subject}} Field: {{field}} Build a chronological timeline of how this idea evolved. For each milestone include: -...